The crown slips in The Princess Diaries 2

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Director: Garry Marshall

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, John Rhys-Davies, Heather Matarazzo

Cert: 12.

The first Princess film, a feather-light gathering of fluff, was merely passable. The makers should have realised that a second film would have no legs.

This one barely staggers to its end, covered in a sugar-coating of nothingness, going nowhere, tedious and hopeless.

What is dear Mary Poppins doing in this mash?

There's a battle to woo the Princess (Hathaway); oh, let's just forget it!

It's not funny or romantic, it's not even mildly entertaining; it is decidedly annoying.

Star Rating: 1/5