Ice Princess (2005)

Director:

Tim Fywell

Writers (WGA):

Meg Cabot (story) and
Hadley Davis (story) ...

Release Date:

18 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

From Scholastic...To Fantastic!

Plot:

With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Plot Keywords:

Female Bonding | Rivalry | Coach | Frozen Lake | Teenage Girl

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Aug. 2

2:00 PM

Telemundo

Cast

Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Casey Carlyle
Joan Cusack	...	Joan Carlyle
Amy Stewart	...	Ann
Steve Ross	...	Mr. Bast
Hayden Panettiere	...	Gen Harwood
Kim Cattrall	...	Tina Harwood
Trevor Blumas	...	Teddy Harwood
Kirsten Olson	...	Nikki
Jocelyn Lai	...	Tiffany
Connie Ray	...	Nikki's Mom
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee	...	Tiffany's Dad
Roy Bradshaw	...	Tiffany's Coach
Mark Hird	...	Nikki's Coach
Ben Gilbank	...	Brian
Cole Campbell	...	Rink Kid

Also Known As:

Une princesse sur la glace (Canada: French title)
Eisprinzessin, Die (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Ice princess - Un sogno sul ghiaccio (Italy) [it]
Isprinsessan (Sweden) [sv]
Prigipissa tou pagou, I (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Princesse on Ice (France) [fr]
Soñando, soñando... triunfé patinando (Spain) [es]
Sonhos no Gelo (Brazil) [pt]
Sueños sobre hielo (Argentina) (video title) [es]

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | Brazil:12 | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:All | New Zealand:PG | USA:G (certificate #41512) | Malaysia:U | Australia:PG | Singapore:G | USA:G | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Millbrook, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The "pond" that Casey skates on is actually a custom ice rink (built by Custom Ice inc.)

Goofs:

Errors in geography: On the results list in the first competition, Zoe's hometown is listed as "Wooster." The correct spelling is "Worcester."

Quotes:

Teddy Harwood: [Casey falls in ice bucket] Just can't keep off the ice, can ya?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Black Christmas (2006)

Soundtrack:

Toxic

Decent movie except for the bogus physics

This movie was typical Disney; a sweet feel-good story despite some mediocre acting and plot holes. Michelle Trachtenberg is a very likable heroine, and both Joan Cusack and Kim Cattrall perform admirably in their respective roles. Granted, the "child breaks away from parent's desires to follow her own dream" story has been done many times, and this version is nothing special, but it's good for us well-intentioned mothers to be reminded every so often to let our children find their own paths in life.

My only big gripe is with what is presented as Casey's incredible physics discoveries. Some of the statements are downright wrong (pulling in your arms while spinning DECREASES, not increases, your moment of inertia), and all the equations shown in the movie are nothing but basic laws of Newtonian mechanics. While the target pre-teen audience will be fooled, anyone older who's ever taken a physics class will not. Come on, Hollywood...with all the recent publicity about whether women are suited for math and science, please don't insult our intelligence by assuming that scientific details are unimportant in a movie marketed to young girls.