First Daughter is presented in both a 1.85:1 widescreen, as well as a full screen presentation on the reverse side of the disc.  The widescreen version has the pleasure of being anamorphically enhanced for those of use who have the technology to make an enhanced disc look its best. However, some of the colors throughout the movie seemed a little washed out and slightly soft.  One scene in particular really made this apparent, and that was an exterior shot of the college that Sam is attending, with a brown brick building in the background and some bland looking green grass in the foreground.  However, when Amerie's character was in the shot, chances were good for some extra color, as her jaunt outfits really set up a contrast with the plain Jane color scheme of Katie Holmes'. 

I did however notice some slight dust and grain in the image.  Admittedly, the only time I noticed the defects was during a brightly lit scene and then the black outline of a speck is more noticeable.   

How's it Sound:

First Daughter contains the requisite Dolby Digital 5.1 with two supplemental tracks; 2 channel Spanish and French. Because of the type of movie this is, the surrounds were not used all that often for things other than ambiance.  And given that terribly mixed sound can really stand out, I did not notice that the speakers were poorly used at all so the effects were well mixed.

The score for the movie fit the tone quite perfectly, and that was the theme of a fairy tale which was intended by the original composer Michael Kamen.  Michael Kamen died shortly after composing the score, and a tribute to him is one of the extras on the disc.  His music was very well thought out and as I mentioned, fit in with the movie as a whole.  The composer who stepped in to fill the shoes of Mr. Kamen was Blake Neely, who I felt did a good job of taking someone's vision and keeping it intact. 

Extras:

As mentioned, a short featurette on Michael Kamen is on the fullscreen side of the disc.  This short clip features Blake Neely discussing what it was like to work with Michael on the score, and how he felt and sub-sequentially dealt with things after he heard about Michael's death.  The feature essentially discussed details of First Daughter and didn't really highlight much else of Michael's career, so it wasn't a complete tribute to his life, but more on the effect he had on parts of the production who work worked with him.

One other featurette is included that highlights some of the choreography in the movie.  While not a dance movie like some recent high energy movies, First Daughter did have some formal ballroom dancing in it, the predominant dance was the Foxtrot, which was highlighted in this short piece of fluff.  Not terribly interesting, but it showed some of the practice sessions that the actors had to endure to move as gracefully as they did on the screen.

 Two extended scenes are included, which lengthen some current scenes in the movie and look to be removed for slight pacing changes that they may have caused. A commentary is also included with the three primary actors who recorded it in a single session, so you do hear some of hte interaction between each other.  Not one of the more interesting commentaries I've listened too, as it was basically the three of them reminiscing about certain scenes like "I remember doing this at 5am", or "This was my first scene with Michael Keaton". 

Final Thoughts

While somewhat predicable as most movies of this type are, there were enough slight differences here to actually make this movie worth watching as a date movie.  It's got the romance part that the girls love,  and just enough cute women to make the movie bearable for the male crowd.  It's not going to win any best of DVD awards anytime soon, but the presentation is adequate for a movie of this type.  As a DVD, there isn't much here to warrant a purchase, as the extras included are your basic fluff piece and extended scenes, memorial tribute aside.  I'll give this a solid rental recommendation, as I felt that is was an OK time filler and one viewing will probably suffice.