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The Prince and Me

(2004, Rated PG, Comedy, Starring Julia Stiles, Ben Miller, Luke Mably)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 11.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Good acting saves unoriginal Cinderella story.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 11–12

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Good female role model. Gay joke.
  • Violence:

    An ailing parent.
  • Sex:

    Some passionate kissing and sexual references including "Girls Gone Wild" video, mild gay joke.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Drinking, scenes in bar, drinking game.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Prince and Me

Parents need to know that this movie has some mild language and some passionate kissing and sexual references. The prince comes to America because he sees a commercial for the "Girls Gone Wild" videos and thinks that in the US girls all take their tops off for anyone who asks. There is an interrupted encounter that the couple might have intended to become more intimate, but there is no implication that Eddie and Paige go to bed together. There is a mild gay joke when characters do not understand the relationship between Eddie and the aide his family has sent to watch over him. There are scenes in a bar and characters drink, including a drinking game.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about what Eddie and Paige saw in each other and what challenges lie ahead of them. What would be the best thing about being a prince? What would be the worst? What made Eddie's mother change her mind? How do the costumes and uniforms Eddie and Paige wear help tell the story? Families might also want to talk about the way Eddie approaches the labor dispute. Why was it so hard to resolve? What do Paige's and Eddie's mothers have in common?

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Hawaii
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    I like it probably should be PG-13 though

  2. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    I have to say, there was a LOT of passionate kissing. Also, Eddy asked a Paige to take off her shirt in a bar and that he likes crazy college girls.

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Montana
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0

    Not a PG movie. PG13

    I wrote a review earlier, but accidentally didn't edit the "youngest age title is relevant for". I know this is not an "R" movie by todays ratings, but why should my 13-15 year old see this? According to today's standards, PG-13 is probably more appropriate. Sad.

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Montana
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 1.0

    Not a PG movie. PG-13

    My 13 year old daughter and I sat down to watch. First, drinking beer and shots while one girl talked about having sex with a 45 year old man over the summer. Next, Girl's Gone Wild clips. I stopped the movie. The rest might have been cute or fun, but I was very disappointed with what I had just exposed my daughter to thinking it would be a cute movie. We did not watch the rest. Be careful. I would watch before showing to my teen.

  5. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Connecticut
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 3.0

    Okay, but not stellar

    The "PG" rating really surprised me. The kissing, "Girls Gone Wild," and a scene where a man asks a woman to take her top off were really inapropriate for younger kids. There was also more drinking than I expected. 12+ only.

  6. I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Cute and entertaining

    My family really liked this movie. It didn't really bother us that there was some mild language (but really, your kid hears worse at school) and that the only reason the Edvard wants to come to America is because he sees a "Girls Gone Wild" video. Some parts were actually laugh-out-loud funny. Anyone 12+ should be able to handle it.

  7. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Utah
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

    Hated it

    I thought this movie was STUPID!!!! it should be rated PG-13! It was so Boring and predictable!!!

  8. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 0.0

    Crude, didn't watch the whole thing

    Just seeing the commercial in the background of the movie showing censored versions of girls taking off their tops was enough for me to not let my daughters watch it. It may have turned out where the prince had a change of heart, but to wade through the visual and auditory things in the beginning was not worth the rest of the movie to me.

  9. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 4.0

    Be careful with young school age children

    I was really surprised at the reference to "Girls gone wild" junk!! The language was unnecessary. Plot and story were cute.

  10. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 3.0

    Sweet Romance

    Prince meets ordinary girl and falls in love. A sweet movie with a classic fairy tale theme. The college scenes and the raucous friends are a bit much but play a small role in the overall movie. Good entertainment but don't expect any amazing moral other than follow your heart.

  11. I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 3.0

  12. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New Hampshire
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 3.0

    Preteen Fairy Tale with Good Conversation Starters

    I saw this at the theater with my 13 year old daughter and we enjoyed it. I don't expect it's the kind of thing that even gets considered for an academy award, but it was great to use as a discussion starting point about promiscuous behavior, responsibility, dating, drinking, stereotypes, etc.

  13. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 3.0

    This movie should have been rated PG-13.

    The Prince and Me was a cute movie. However, it should have been rated PG-13. My daughter and I both heard the "S" word in one of the scenes. Also, there was the scene in the library where Paige and Eddie were taking off their shirts that suggusts having sex (Luckily, the paparazzi came along.). That type of scene should not be in a PG movie at all.

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