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Paige hails from Wisconsin, Charles from Denmark. She drives a truck, he a Lamborghini and "mother's limo." She's a farm girl; he is a Danish prince (albeit incognito). This is the stuff of which Cinderella stories and fairy-tale romances are made, especially in Hollywood. The enchanting Julia Stiles is well on her way to becoming a screen queen herself; she does not stoop to conquer an audience's heart. Paige is the quintessential Stiles character: a beautiful, smart, and independent pre-med student with "a life plan." Luke Mably's Eddie, on the other hand, is "a royal pain," thoughtless and arrogant. But when the two are paired off as lab partners, their chemistry is undeniable. All that's left is for them to fall in love, for Paige to discover Eddie's true identity and break up with him, have a change of heart and follow him to Denmark, be treated shabbily by the queen, win her over, and have to choose between monarchial matrimony or her dream of being a doctor (among this DVD's extended and deleted scenes is an alternate ending more bittersweet than the storybook theatrical version). Some mild sexual situations and scenes in which the characters consume alcohol earn this film its PG rating. But dreamy-eyed teens will be happy ever after with this irresistible romance. Donald Liebenson

All Movie Guide

For the second time in her career, Julia Stiles plays a character romancing the Crown Prince of Denmark in The Prince & Me, a romantic wish-fulfillment fantasy from director Martha Coolidge. Far from her role as Ophelia in 2000's Hamlet, however, Stiles plays Paige, a plucky, determined college student from the Midwest who's buried in her last few semesters of pre-med studies when she meets Eddie, a brash, impudent Danish foreign-exchange student who just happens to have a mysterious partner (Ben Miller) shadowing him in everything he does. What Paige doesn't know is that Eddie is in fact the spoiled son of the King (James Fox) and Queen (Miranda Richardson) of Denmark, on holiday in America hoping to find a nonstop keg party complete with buxom American babes. What he and his butler don't count on is squalid dorm life, final exams, and the possibility that Eddie might actually find his true soul mate in the sensible Paige. But when Eddie finally reveals his secret, will Paige want to give up her dreams of becoming a doctor for a playboy prince? Michael Hastings

Product Details

• UPC: 097363423843
• Source: PARAMOUNT
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Theatre Wide-Screen (1.85.1)
• Presentation: Wide Screen
• Sound: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• Language: English, Français
• Subtitles: English, Español
• Time: 1:50:00
• Sales Rank: 13,619

This DVD is also available as part of a box set:

• The Prince & Me / Sabrina / I.Q.
• Prince and Me/the Prince and Me 2: the Royal Wedding

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