Ice Princess

2005
G
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

29K

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Michelle Trachtenberg in Ice Princess (2005)

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Teen Comedy Comedy Drama Family Sport

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.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.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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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

29K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Michelle Trachtenberg had never skated before. She learned professional skating for this movie in 10 months.

Goofs
Teddy's Zamboni is too heavy for the ice on the "pond" near Casey's house. The only reason why it works on film is that it wasn't an actual frozen pond, but a specially constructed ice rink. And something else: Teddy couldn't possibly have driven the Zamboni out into the boondocks. It would have been a logistical nightmare for him to get it over to Casey's homestead, to say the least. Not a street-legal vehicle; a flat-bed truck would have been required for transport.

Quotes
Casey Carlyle: [upon learning the truth] Are you happy about my feet?
Gen Harwood: What?
Tina Harwood: I'm sorry, Casey, but your old skates were a mess.
Gen Harwood: You bought her new skates?
Casey Carlyle: Please, like you didn't know.
Gen Harwood: Casey, I didn't!
Casey Carlyle: How can you lie to my face? You're just as bad as she is.
Teddy Harwood: [defensively] Hey, ease up, Casey.
Casey Carlyle: Oh, just defend her! Like you weren't part of it.
Teddy Harwood: How could you think that?
Casey Carlyle: Because it's true. You set me up. All of you.
[a beat]
Casey Carlyle: What kind of people are you?

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Island/November/Last Days/The Devil's Rejects/Hustle & Flow (2005)

Soundtracks
Reach
Written by Matthew Gerrard and Kara DioGuardi
Performed by Caleigh Peters
Courtesy of Hollywood Records

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Featured review

7/10

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.