Themes: Obsessive Quests, Mothers and Daughters, Unlikely Heroes
Main Cast: Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere, Trevor Blumas
Release Year: 2005
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
A teenager is torn between her desire to please her mother and following her own ambitions in this family-friendly comedy drama. Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a high-school student who has a keen mind for math and looks to be on the fast track to Harvard, which is just the way her mother (Joan Cusack) wants it. However, Casey also has a dream of becoming a competitive ice skater, which is not a popular notion with either Casey's mom or her school's clique of aspiring skaters, led by the egocentric Gen (Hayden Panettiere). However, one day at the rink Casey wins the attention of Tina (Kim Cattrall), a former skating champion who now trains her daughter and is trying to live down an incident that grounded her career on the ice. Tina thinks Casey has what it takes to be a champ, but neither Gen nor Casey's mother are happy with this news, leaving Casey and Tina to go it alone, though Casey soon wins the emotional support of Teddy (Trevor Blumas), Gen's handsome older brother. Ice Princess also features champion skater Michelle Kwan in a small role as herself, doing television commentary at a skating event. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Connie Ray - Nikki's Mom; Kirsten Olson - Nikki; Juliana Cannarozzo - Zoey Bloch; Jocelyn Lai - Tiffany; Brian Boitano - Himself; Erik King - Chip Healey; Debbi Wilkes - Zoey's Coach; Colleen Collins - Lily; Kevin Jubinville - Reporter; Mathieu Ledoux - Party Guy; Martha MacIsaac - Mean Party Girl; Courtney Hawkrigg - Mean Party Girl; Andrew T. Mackay - Party Guy; Steven Ross - Mr. Bast; Paul Sun-Hyung Lee - Tiffany's Dad; Roy Bradshaw - Tiffany's Coach; Mark Hird - Nikki's Coach; Ben Gilbank - Brian; Thanh Nguyen - Hot Dog Kid; Cole Campbell - Rink Kid; Brandon Lajko - Rink Kid; Jesse Primosig - Rink Kid; Andrea Tou - Devon; Jordan Hockley - Jeremy; Charmaine Hamp - Jeremy's Mom; Laura Aloisio - Snowplow Sam; Amanda Leela - Snowplow Sam; Emma Nielsen - Snowplow Sam; Melissa Shears - Snowplow Sam; Kaci Brandt - Snowplow Sam; Edrea Khong - Snowplow Sam; Alexandra Najarro - Snowplow Sam; Chantal Desforge - Harvard Physics Student; Diego Klattenhoff - Kyle Dayton; Joey Racki - Zipline Guy; Mandy Butcher - Mean Party Girl; Sean Persaud - Dj; Stephanie Hutchison - Ballet Teacher; Flo Umphrey - Piano Teacher; Jennifer Gelfer - Skate Saleswoman; Shanique Ollivierre-Lake - Chantal Degroat; Michele Moore - Near-miss Skater; Signe Ronka - Emma Flanders; Sean Croft - Joan's Student; Andrew Dow - Party Guy; Andrew Butcher - Party Guy; Knickoy Robinson - Party Guy
Credit
Dennis Davenport - Art Director, Richard Cowan - Associate Producer, David Blackman - Associate Producer, Randi Hiller - Casting, Sarah Halley-Finn - Casting, Anne Fletcher - Choreography, Jamie Isley - Choreography, Jamie Isley - Consultant/advisor, Michael Dennison - Costume Designer, Richard Cowan - First Assistant Director, Tim Fywell - Director, Janice Hampton - Editor, William W. Wilson III - Executive Producer, Christophe Beck - Composer (Music Score), Lisa Brown - Musical Direction/Supervision, Lester Cohen - Production Designer, David Hennings - Cinematographer, Bridget Johnson - Producer, Michael Shocrylas - Set Designer, Robert F. Scherer - Sound/Sound Designer, Meg Cabot - Screen Story, Hadley Davis - Screen Story, Robert L. Sephton - Supervising Sound Editor, Randle Akerson - Supervising Sound Editor, Jaro Dick - Set Decorator, John Nelles - Dialect Coach, Anthony Mainelli - Assistant Head Carpenter, Bob Wiatr - Compositor, Marc Nanjo - Compositor, Jesse Fernley - Compositor, Chris Flynn - Compositor, Maureen Healy - Compositor, Corinne Bogdanowicz - Compositor, Jennifer Chantnicki - Compositor, Brian Hanable - Compositor, Brad Kalinowski - Compositor, Jennifer Law Stump - Compositor, David Simmons - Lead Compositor, Hadley Davis - Short Story Author
