The Prince & Me (2004)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Writers (WGA):

Mark Amin (story) and
Katherine Fugate (story) ...

Release Date:

2 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Finding your inner princess can be such a royal pain.

Plot:

At a Wisconsin university, local farmer's daughter Paige Morgan is intrigued by odd Danish exchange student Edvard 'Eddie'...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Queen | Wisconsin | Prince | University

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Julia Stiles	...	Paige Morgan
Luke Mably	...	Eddie
Ben Miller	...	Soren
Miranda Richardson	...	Queen Rosalind
James Fox	...	King Haraald
Alberta Watson	...	Amy Morgan
John Bourgeois	...	Ben Morgan
Zachary Knighton	...	John Morgan
Stephen O'Reilly	...	Mike Morgan (as Steve O'Reilly)
Elisabeth Waterston	...	Beth Curtis
Eliza Bennett	...	Princess Arabella
Devin Ratray	...	Scotty
Clare Preuss	...	Stacey
Yaani King	...	Amanda
Eddie Irvine	...	Himself

Also Known As:

The Prince & the Freshman (USA) (working title)
The Prince and Me (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some sex-related material and language.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Czech Republic

Language:

English | Danish | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Norway:11 (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

During filming, Luke Mably accidentally cut himself on the meat slicer. In the shot of Paige and Eddie dancing at the coronation ball, you can see his left index finger wrapped up (in a condom, according to Luke Mably in an interview) to cover the wound.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene in the deli when Paige is teaching Eddie how to use the meat slicer, smudges on the slicing blade reveal that the blade is not actually moving even after Eddie supposedly turned it on.

Quotes:

Soren: The chances of a relationship between yourself and Miss Paige are not promising. You two are of a completely different caliber.
Eddie: Soren, just cause she isn't royalty doesn't mean she's not important.
Soren: The higher caliber I was referring to, sir, was hers.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Six Feet Under: The Dare (#4.7)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Fire Escape

what America doesn't get

The fact that I'm a Dane made my view towards this movie very critical. The way Denmark and Danes are portrayed don't have any part of reality in it, and the view on Europeans seems shallow, simple and very caricature-like. I hope that one day even teen-movies from U.S.A. can be a little sophisticated and subtle.

I really like Julia Stiles as an actress and I admire her talent but I simply doesn't get why she's able to participate in such a simplified film. The old-fashioned love story is kind of great, but when you have some knowledge of how Danish society actually functions you can't really appreciate this movie as you're supposed to.

Facts about Denmark: The Royal Family doesn't take part in politics and none of the members are allowed to vote at elections. The actual Danish Crown Prince, Frederik 10th, has been studying Political Science at Harvard University (92-93) without any undercover servant/nanny, can you believe that!(just kidding)

To sum up the plot itself is okay, but the superficial way of portraying Europeans is a bad habit a lot of Americans has, sorry but true. A whole lot of people seem to think that Denmark is the capital of Sweden. My point is that Europe contains several different cultures and the countries are actually easy to separate from one another.