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Disney
has a way of producing movies about princesses, and this is no
exception. Once upon a time there was a beautiful young princess .
. . . and in any movie, she is in trouble. An evil man is trying
to take over her country and to avoid capture, her mother calls upon the
services of the PPP, the Princess Protection Program. The PPP
places Princess Rosalinda (Demi Lovato) under the care of one of their
most trusted agents, who happens to have a daughter named Carter (Selena
Gomez) who happens to be about the same age. The two come
together, but to enhance the plot, Rosalinda, now referred to Rosie to
hide her identity, and Carter do not get along. Rosie is too prim
and proper like a movie princess and Carter is so not the princess type.
Without giving away the rest of the movie, eventually the two girls
learn to get along and blend their two worlds so that Rosie becomes a
little more like the average kid and Carter becomes a little more
pricess like. In the process they also overcome a number of
obstacles in school and with the coup of Rosie's country.
Okay, so the plot is fairly simple, but
many of the good Disney movies are as well. Luckily, the writing
was fairly good or else the movie could have been a disaster. The
two lead girls were not too bad in their roles as well. Neitehr
Gomez nor Lovato will win an Academy Award, but their acting was not bad
for this movie and they show a greater depth for the art than they do in
their respective TV shows (Wizards Of Waverly Place and Sonny
With A Chance). However, the movie was written for that tween-teen
set and provides dialog, jokes and banter geared towards that age group.
Although there are some slow points in the movie, it was fairly
intersting to watch. There are some action scenes, some romantic
scenes and some emotional scenes throughout. Everything that the
teen-tween crowd enjoys.
The production of the movie was okay, but
there were not many complicated scenes that needed any great direction,
except for the action sequences which were average. The sound and
picture quality were of a good quality, even during some of the bonus
features, such as a video with both Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato singing
"One And The Same." Another featurette interviews both of the
girls in which they discuss their real life freindship from when they
acted together years ago on Barney and Freinds. I think it must
be cool for them to be freinds all these years and then co-star in a
movie together. As Disney always does, they also included a bunch
of other extras to even enhance this movie any more.
This is not a classic princess movie in the
realm of a Cinderella or Snow White, but your tween may enjoy it more
than those, at least for a few years. It's a fun movie to watch,
and I can almost guarantee that they will watch it a few times over.
So if you want to give your own princess a gift, this may be better than
a diamond tiarra. |