Um, Roger Ebert, it's a
DISNEY flick

Calm down.
I'm actually surprised it wasn't sappier (sp?). I thought it was cute. It had a lot going on in it. Mia grew up. You can't expect her to act like a 16 year old forever.
I do own the 1st one and when it becomes available, this one too. One thing I did like was that Mr. Marshall put his granddaughter in the film again. The one in the wheelchair. At the slumber party she is in the left corner when Raven (annoying as all hell) and Julie Andrews is singing "on stage". FYI Gary Marshall’s g-d was one of the autograph seekers in the first one.
Defiantly a pre-teen-chick-flick. I give it 4 stars****