To be honest, i think i liked the film because i love figure skating. Ice princess torn between her dreams and her mothers plans, casey carlyle michelle trachtenberg makes herself a better figure skater using physics, which has led to the improvement of several topnotch skaters, in disneys ice princess. The film centers on casey carlyle michelle tratchtenberg, a normal teenager who gives up a promising future academic life in order to pursue her new. To start, she visits a skating club run by former professional skater tina harwood. Ice princess shows women excelling in sports and gives children a peek at the tough world of competitive ice skating. Ice princess 2005 g 03172005 us drama, comedy, family 1h 38m user score. With michelle trachtenberg, kim cattrall, trevor blumas, joan cusack. A 2005 disney teen dramedy film directed by tim fywell, starring michelle trachtenberg, hayden panettiere, joan cusack, and kim cattrall. Tina, who manages the rink where casey trains, has gen on a strict training program. Ice princess g 20050318 1h 39min a brainy ugly duckling realises her dream of becoming a champion figure skater with the help of physics, a disgraced coach, three snooty ice princesses, a chorus of stage parents, and the hunky boy who drives the zamboni.
At harvard, casey meets tina harwood sex and the citys kim cattrall, the mother and coach of junior level skater gen harwood racing. While ice princess may be predictable, right down to the zambonidriving hunk who emerges as a chaste romantic interest for the blossoming casey, the savvy script does allow for refreshingly complicated characters. Casey to gen in ice princess yes, ice princess is a formula movie. A young woman with selfesteem problems dreams of becoming a figure skating champion. The capable casey, for instance, is not a klutz in the lizzie mcguire mold. Kim cattrall tina harwood michelle trachtenberg casey carlyle hayden panettiere gen. Meanwhile, there is increasing tension between caseys coach tina harwood kim cattrall, a disgraced former skater, and her daughter gen hayden panettiere. The many inconsistencies in this movie being able to pass two levels in one go, reaching nationals after a year of skating, etc. The recreational ice skater has a light bulb go off she decides to digitize video of figure skaters in order to analyze their movements in hopes of discovering aerodynamic formulas, but when she applies her own theories, shes so exhilarated with the jumps shes landing.
Mar 17, 2005 with the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the zamboni machine, nothing can stop casey from realizing her dream to be a champion. With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the zamboni machine, nothing can stop casey trachtenberg from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater. Ice princess is a 2005 american figureskating film directed by tim fywell, written. We had our first date the week after i won silver at the regional championship. Nikkikirsten olson real figure skater tiffanyjocelyn lai real figure skater tina. Dont edit casey carlyle rapunzel tangled joan carlyle jessie toy story 2 tina harwood sam sparks cloudy with a chance of meatballs gennifer gen harwood akima titan ae teddy harwood flynn rider tangled chip healey hercules kyle dayton perfect peter horrid henry mr. To be sure, the film is filled with talented young skaters turning in dazzling. To its credit, ice princess departs a bit from expectations. This takes her to the local rink owned by tina harwood kim cattrall. She is obviously a flinty, nononsense kind of woman with definite goals in mind. Im a big fan of underdogs and this movie glorified the main character for working hard and following her passion.
Ice princess is a 2005 american figureskating film directed by tim fywell, written by hadley davis from a story by meg cabot and davis, and starring michelle trachtenberg, joan cusack, kim cattrall and hayden panettiere. The ice princess is both about growing up as well as the growing up of juvenileyouth movies. Nikkis parents took out a second mortgage to do this and tiffanys dad works two jobs. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Ice princess is a 2005 disney live action film, directed by tim fywell. Nikkis parents took out a second mortgage to do this and. Shes pretty but doesnt know it, and so shy i cant talk to anyone i havent known since kindergarten. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Tina never apologizes for any of this, nor does casey expect her toits seen as normal behavior for the sport. Her first feature film was ice princess 2005, as tina harwood.
Now, as she gets the chance to train with championinthemaking gen harwood hayden panettiere and gens famously tough coach and mother, tina kim cattrall, casey. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of ice princess with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. For the scholarship, casey must do a personal project about physics. It also portrays it as a practical, honorable, enormously useful skill.
Ice princess directed by tim fywell produced by bridget johnson story by meg cabot hadley davis starring joan cusack kim cattrall michelle trachtenberg hayden panettiere music by christophe beck cinematography david hennings editing by janice hampton studio walt disney pictures bridget johnson films on the ice productions distributed by buena vista pictures release date march 18, 2005 2005. Set a couple months after the end of btvs season 7. Mar 18, 2005 at harvard, casey meets tina harwood sex and the city s kim cattrall, the mother and coach of junior level skater gen harwood racing stripes hayden panettiere and the owner of the rink. Ice princess is a 2005 american figureskating film directed by tim fywell, written by hadley. It even has the inevitable scene where the gifted young heroine is in the middle of her performance and she looks up into the audience and there she is.
Tina harwood emmywinner kim cattrall owns the local ice skating rink and heads the harwood skating club. At harvard, casey meets tina harwood sex and the city s kim cattrall, the mother and coach of junior level skater gen harwood racing stripes hayden panettiere and the owner of. When young science nerd casey embarks on her project on ice skating, it sparks to life a secret ambition. Strongted201s movie spoof of 2005 disney film ice princess cast. Ice princess a skating flick thats a cinch to figure. A savvier movie and script might have been able to mix some grays into its black and white palette, but ice princess is a movie in which character development is an abrupt and illogical.
One of my dreams is to be a ice skating champion and this movie says that you really have to work if you want your dreams to. As might be expected, in terms of the plot, ice princess is about as. Ice princess is aimed squarely at fans of figure skating and the princess diaries. Both caseys mom and gen hayden panettiere, the captain of the local team, scoff at the idea of casey on the ice. No impressive physics used in ice princess stunts movies. About halfway through the movie, as casey carlyle michelle trachtenberg starts to take ice skating seriously the decision of which creates backlash from almost everyone around her, most prominently her mom she confronts controversial exskater tina harwood played by. Carlyle, hayden panettiere as gen harwood, trevor blumas as teddy harwood, connie ray as nikkis mom, kirsten olson as nikki, jocelyn lai as tiffany, paul sunhyung lee as tiffanys dad, michelle kwan as the female commentator and. Carlyle is a geeky highschool student whose mother joan joan cusack pushes her toward a college career at harvard, but her passion is figure. This may explain why i liked the movie when i dont feel that i should have. Casey carlyle michelle trachtenberg is supposed to go to harvard, just like her mother joan cusack. Michelle trachtenberg as casey carlyle, kim cattrall as tina harwood, joan cusack as mrs. No, i was ridiculous for putting myself through this for so long.
About halfway through the movie, as casey carlyle michelle trachtenberg starts to take ice skating seriously the decision of which creates backlash from almost everyone around her, most prominently her mom she confronts controversial exskater tina harwood played by kim cattrall and asks her to be her coach. In case you were too cool pun intended in 2005, ice princess is a movie. You need a coach, a valet, a choreographer, private ice time. Benson bee movie as chip healey chief bogo zootopia as kyle dayton po kung fu panda as. She is a former skating champion with a clouded past as to why she was disqualified at sarajevo, early in her career. In this case, tina, who manages the ice skating rink where casey is training for competition, is putting her daughter into a strict training program and an even stricter diet. This is the story of megan pohl a character i created, based very loosely on an event from ice princess. But casey soon finds an unlikely ally, and coach, in gens mom, tina kim cattrall, a former skater trying to live down mistakes from her past.
If you like both of those things, then you have a good shot at enjoying this movie. Beyond giving teenage girls a reason to do their geometry homework, ice princess is a great date movie for mothers and daughtersespecially in families struggling over plans and expectations for their teens future. Remember how tina harwood collided with another skater in the short program warmup of the olympics. Kim cattrall english born actress age, birthday, bio.
It is a very worn cliche but it is handled well here. Gen has an even more relentless mother, tina harwood kim cattrall, a onetime olympic skating star and stalinist skating coach, whom cattrall reduces to cartoonish callousness and grating egotism. Ice princess is about finding your own way and not following the path your parents, oh, i forgot this is a disney movie i mean parent wants you to. Ice princess takes aim at teenage girls and hits the target squarely. Both entertaining and enchanting, ive got to score this a perfect 10.
On the other end of the fence is caseys glamorous new coach, tina harwood cattrall, who encourages casey to compete in olympic pretrials. Ice princess movie year 2005 directed by tim fywell produced by bridget johnson written by meg cabot, hadley davis. Tina harwood kim cattrall teddy harwood trevor blumas. Ice princess toonmbias style the parody wiki fandom. Ice princess full movie in hd ice princess free streaming on solarmovie watch free movies online on 123movies. Joan cusack as joan ibu casey kim cattrall as tina harwood. Mar 20, 2005 technically the movie is polished well. Michelle trachtenberg is a good ice skater, and if there were any effects used to make her look even better, they were seamless. Ill describe the central characters in disneys new iceskating flick, ice princess, and you guess the plot. Watch ice princess online stream full movie directv. Ice princess provides examples of alliterative name. She goes to the ice rink in her connecticut town, run by tina harwood kim cattrall, herself an olympic figure skating contender until a disqualification at saravejo. With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the zamboni machine, nothing can stop casey from realizing her dream to.
In conjunction with bend it like beckham the movie provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the way to approach making an ethical decision. Teddy harwood and i have been seeing each other since right before christmas. Mar 18, 2015 in case you were too cool pun intended in 2005, ice princess is a movie starring michelle trachtenberg, hayden panettiere, joan cusack, and kim cattrall in her first postsamantha role. From walt disney pictures, the studio that brought you the princess diaries, ice princess is a hilarious and heartwarming comingofage story featuring popular teen star michelle trachtenberg tvs buffy the vampire slayer, eurotrip. Sep 03, 2008 tina harwood kim cattrall teddy harwood trevor blumas. Recently, i caught my favorite movie from 2005 on tv. Positive ice princess is a sweet movie with a inspiring message about following your dreams. Ice princess 2005 kim cattrall as tina harwood imdb. Ice princess is a 2005 american figureskating film directed by tim fywell, written by meg cabot and hadley davis, and starring michelle trachtenberg, joan cusack, kim cattrall, hayden panettiere, trevor blumas, amy stewart, and kirsten olson. Caseys dream to ice skate is hardly a negative thing so it doesnt really give her mom much to complain about. A teenager is torn between her desire to please her mother and following her own ambitions in this familyfriendly comedy drama. Yes, it makes all the stops and hits all the beats and, yes, it ends exactly as we expect it will. In this movie, she played the character gloria scabius.
Views from a real skater wbz5002 april 21, 2015 at 5. Ice princess strongted201 style the parody wiki fandom. The biggest caveat comes in the form of tina harwood, owner of the local skating club and caseys eventual coach. Watch ice princess online free on solarmovie 123movies. Hayden panettiere, the captain of the local team, scoff at the idea of casey on the ice. Similar in its charm to the princess diaries, ice princess is a delight. My take on the disney movie ice princess as set in buffy the vampire slayer. Casey eventually finds that in order to better understand the principles shes using, she will have to become her own test subject, and joins the skating school. Joan cusack joan carlyle, kim cattrall tina harwood, michelle trachtenberg casey carlyle, hayden panettiere gen harwood, trevor blumas teddy harwood, connie ray nikkis mom, kirsten olson nikki, juliana. This film was rated g by the mpaa contentsshow summary casey carlyle michelle trachtenberg, a brainy bookworm and physics g, decides to use her academic skill by pursuing a scholarship offered to the top students in connecticut. She helps junior skaters gennifer gen harwood hayden panettiere tiffany lai jocelyn lai and nikki fletcher kirsten olson improve. Ice princess 2005 hayden panettiere as gen harwood imdb. The cinematography on the ice is pretty and the soundtrack is contemporary and lively without overriding the action on screen. The film focuses on casey carlyle, a normal teenager who gives up a promising future academic life in order to pursue her newfound dream of being a professional figure skater.
Ice princess by tim fywell joan cusack, kim cattrall. Casey carlyle michelle trachtenberg is a highschool student who. If you dont fall within that target audience then theres very little of interest here for you. Now that we have gotten on the topic of training i have to tell you about my boyfriend. What i learned from rewatching ice princess hellogiggles. Ice princess is a cyclical girl coming of age movie that will resonate with many young women, but offers little more than a rehash of a cute story to people that. Toonmbias movie spoof of 2005 disney film ice princess cast. While casey has the grades to get into her moms alma mater, what she really wants to do is pursue her passion.
With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the zamboni machine, nothing can stop casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater. Carlyle is a geeky highschool student whose mother joan joan cusack pushes her toward a college career at harvard, but her passion is figure skating. Ice princess 2005 hayden panettiere as gen harwood. Judy hopps zootopia as casey carlyle jessie toy story 2 as joan carlyle princess poppy trolls as tina harwood dj suki trolls as gennifer gen harwood nick wilde zootopia as teddy harwood cappy robots as zoe bloch barry b. On the other hand, while ice princess is a better movie for avoiding a few of the obvious easy ways out, it just doesnt happen enough for it to rise above formula. Michelle trachtenberg although shes actually billed above the title.