We forgive Hallmark and it's low-budget Holiday rom-com compatriots because they make us smile. They're formulaic, like family recipes and Christmas Eve traditions.
Someone at Netflix decided that instead of taking that formula and adding quality acting, dialing back the cheese factor, throwing a dash more realism and diversity, the viewers really just wanted more "grit". She's a suburban middle class white girl, but she's angry. And she smokes. He's dating a pageant girl from an overly enthusiastic family, who just happens to be OK with talking about fellatio over Christmas gifts...
Sadly I'll never know how the pissed off girl and the put-upon Aussie fare through a year of holidays, because even KChen couldn't save this one.
Reviews
2 Reviews
The Princess Switch
(2018)
Predictable and amateurish, yet captivating and fun!
17 November 2018
An enjoyable and heartwarming holiday movie full of fluff and glitter.
Sure the accent slips, and the costumes are clearly from your average department store, the plot is obvious and the whole thing is so saccharine that it's hard not to cringe. All that withstanding; it was fun, there were new takes on old tropes, the actors had chemistry and the bright and cheery everything made the movie fairly glow. Not my new favorite rom-com, but I'd watch it again.
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