Ice Princess
Ice Princess
G | 17 March 2005 (USA)
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With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

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richartc

As a figure skater I find this movie incredibly insulting. No matter how much "natural talent" a person has, it is impossible for someone to become that good of a skater in such a short period of time, especially someone her age in the movie. Not only that but there are multiple tests that a skater has to pass in order to compete at that level, and it's not like you can take the tests whenever you want, you have to wait until a test session to take them. Also there's no way she could have competed without her mother knowing, because as a minor you have to have your parent's consent in order to compete (unless of course she forger her mother's signature). Sure the message of the movie is nice, the dialogue is okay, and I like the main actors, but it's just so incredibly unrealistic. I'm 17 and have been skating since I was 7, and skated competitively from the age of 18-13. I spend countless hours training, and its incredibly insulting of Disney to make that portrays figure skating as being something any person with a good understanding of physics could be good at. And as a figure skater the most insulting thing you can tell me is that figure skating is easy. And it's because of movies like this, that people think that. So sure if you want a heart-warming mediocre movie then by all means go see Ice princess, but if you want to see a movie that is far more realistic about figure skating, I think you'll have better luck with Blades of Glory.

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meweiser-1

Ice Princess is a perfectly pleasant, if predictable, little film. However, its message for girls is appalling. "If you are good at science you'll never be popular. You can't successfully combine school and athletics. Elite universities like Harvard are uninterested in your extra-curricular activities, especially if you're passionate about and good at them. What's wrong with wanting to be pretty instead of brainy?" Well, gee, nothing at all, if your goal in life is to get the cute guy to notice you. But if your goal is to make it yourself, to have a viable way of making a living, to participate in the dramatic national need to regain some of our science standing in the world, or anything else--*maybe there's something wrong with this film's message.* It would have taken three minutes of film time, max, to fix the message here--to have the Harvard recruiter say, "Oh, you skate competitively? That's interesting" and make a note, or Casey's mother scheme at the end about her getting a deferred acceptance to college, or Casey herself just express a continued interest in the physics that *had* been her lifelong passion. Instead we get the message "Science? That's only the (unattractive, alone, demanding) mom's dream." No wonder Americans fail at science, when this is the kind of message we give half our population.

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disdressed12

for me,this movie was just bland.not really boring,but not really interesting either.it just plods along to the end.i also thought most of the characters were not interesting.in fact,some of them were unlikable.there are some good actors in this movie,but they seem to sleep walk through it for the most part.once in awhile there is a bot of overacting,at least in my mind.a little levity(humour)would have made the movie better.it's just takers the subject matter too seriously,in my mind.basically,i was disappointed in this movie.i had higher expectations.not the worst movie movie ever made,just sort of middle of the road for the genre.my vote for Ice Princess is a 5/10

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Terryfan

It's hard to find a movie that ain't got all that is in movies today.And might I add that Ice Princess is a wonderful movie from Disney.The movie was made with nothing but heart.I have nothing bad to say about Ice Princess because it's just a fun and enjoyable movie to watch.It's not violent nor a lot of words that would be wrong to say in a film.The music is very beautiful too. A nice collection of music if I might say.You have a nice cast with some new stars.Ice Princess is just one of the best movies to ever come out.I kind of wish I saw it at the movies.Overall if you want a movie that good and fresh, then Ice Princess is the movie for you.I give Ice Princess 8 out of 10 A wonderful movie is Ice Princess

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