When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to Louisiana, where she stays with a covert agent and his tomboyish daughter, and must learn how to behave like an ordinary teenager.
Acting
Lovato commits to the bit with alarming sincerity.
Costume
The princess-to-teen transformation montage is art.
Production
Louisiana-shot Disney magic on a TV budget.
Director
Allison Liddi-Brown
Demi Lovato
Rosalinda María Montoya Fioré
Selena Gomez
Carter Mason
Nicholas Braun
Ed
Tom Verica
Joe Mason
Molly Hagan
The Director
Samantha Droke
Brooke Angels
Johnny Ray Rodríguez
Magnus Kane
Sully Diaz
Sofía Fiore
Jamie Chung
Chelsea Barnes
Robert Adamson
Donny
Kevin G. Schmidt
Bull
Dale Dickey
Helen Digenerstet
Brian Tester
Principal Burkle
Magda Rodriguez
Mademoiselle Devereux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This premiered during peak Disney Channel Original Movie dominance, when Lovato and Gomez were being positioned as the network's next big dual threat.
The fictional country 'Costa Luna' was later referenced in other Disney properties, creating a bizarre shared universe of made-up monarchies.
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