A Christmas Prince (2017)-Critic
If you haven't read part one of this article (the summary) or seen the movies then I should warn you, spoilers ahead!
I know what you're thinking, another prince and princess movie, I thought she said she would do different genres. Which is true but let me put you into context: I was a bored girl a week or two before Christmas and so I went to Netflix and put in the search bar Christmas, which lead me to this movie. I'm sorry but there just isn't a load of horror-themed Christmas movies. Now that I've explained myself let's get into it!
I went into this movie, wanting to get a maximum of the Christmas magic I could get since, it says it in the title, right? Wrong. There's no Christmas spirit, the only thing that even made it look like Christmas was the huge Christmas trees in all of the rooms of the castle and the fact that they say it's Christmas time. Let's start analyzing certain aspects of the movie; Amber (Rose McIver) pretends to be an English tutor sent from America to get intel on the king-to-be. What about the real tutor? She just doesn't show up? What about Amber credentials, they don't even verify that! Then there's the fact that all throughout the movie, she doesn't do either jobs, her real nor her fake one. She takes notes but if you pause them, what's written is completely blank of value such as: "the prince is still very reluctant-- WHY??? Have to find out!!" if you read them without context, you would think it was a teenager writing, not an educated journalist!
We, viewers, pay attention to details and this lack of detail from a big company such as Netflix is a huge let-down. You know what's also a let-down? The lack of chemistry the two protagonists are supposed to share. Everything seems rehearsed which in other words means there's a huge lack of fluidity.
The story isn't exactly original either, a little blond girl disguises herself to meet what she thinks might be her prince charming. When the mascarade is over and the villains are punished she gives everything up to be with the man she literally knows for less than a month. How feminist! Don't even get me started on the lack of diversity, they put in the movie, the gay best friend, the sassy black girl which not only is disappointing, it's a very big cliché.
In its entirety, I can't they that I didn't enjoy this movie. Judging from my critic, you probably don't understand the sudden change of heart but I can explain; it's a guilty pleasure. It's all the corny Hallmark romantic comedies stereotypes that are all put in one terrible movie, it's nothing new and it's just so bad that it's good.
