Royalteen (2022) User Reviews

Surprising and deeper than I thought, but the ending?? What the hell?

[qqmg-17189 · 6/10 · 24 August 2022]

I was honestly surprised because I was expecting it to be very cliché and turns out it was actually quite deep. However I can't understand what the hell happened with the end, I seriously wondered if they actually forgot to add some scenes because it doesn't make any sense to me.

For example, what the hell is up with Ingrid? There are so many shots focusing on her looking jealous or suspicious so the obvious explanation for me is that she's the one who posted the picture of the prince and not Tess but why is the issue not resolved? Why does the Prince just take Lena back because she apologised for lying about her child when all the problems between them had almost nothing to do about it? Same for the princess at the end, I figured Ingrid might have put something in her drink to record her/take a picture and post it like she might have done with the prince but why is there so much for the viewer to figure out by himself? I do think having to figure out things that are untold makes a good movie in most cases but this was just extremely badly executed. The only reasonable explanation is that they're going to make a second movie but even if it is the case, it is still weird to end a movie that way.

Had some depth but horrible execution!

[hazard111 · 5/10 · 18 August 2022]

I didn't read the book this was based on so I'm not sure if it's a good adaptation but as it is... it's not really great.

I watched totally blind expecting it to be a light hearted royalty teen romcom similar to "Prince and Me" or "Royal Treatment" but it wasn't (not necessarily a bad thing!). I was surprised to see them add in more delicate topics a teenager may face. It wasn't some masterpiece twist but it does at least separate its characters from the usual. They have high consequence actual flaws and issues like dealing with social stigma... it's not just sunshine and rainbows.

However the execution of everything was lackluster. Pacing was horrible. Instead of focusing on the whole of the story they chose to highlight the "romance" part that it overshadowed the struggles of the characters because it was all about the romance that was basically non-existent here because they didn't really give it time to mature and create chemistry. They just fell in love for some reason after like bumping into each other? You can't build a good romance without foundation. They even addressed the deeper issues that made the whole plot better so flippantly...it's just disappointing.

This would have been better as a limited series of sort to really delve into the characters' struggles, why they act they way they do, so you can actually empathize with them while the romance is a B-plot to create that slow burn. But alas this wasn't it.

Slow moving more serious teen film about some real life consequences with a too fairytale ending.

[cgvsluis · 5/10 · 22 August 2022]

I am a huge fan of the Norwegian series Skam, so you might understand why I would be willing to give a Norwegian teen drama a try. The title and description had me thinking it was a light weight romantic comedy ala The Prince and Me...but it wasn't.

New girl Elena shows up at school newly moved to Oslo where she catches the attention of the Crown Prince Kalle. When Kalle's twin sister figures out that Elena is hiding some dark secrets, she uses them to threaten her away from her brother Kalle.

This is not a romantic comedy and deals with some more serious topics than most teen films: gossip, social media, teen pregnancy, mental health issues, blackmail, lies, secrets, virginity, responsibility, influencing, etc.

My one major complaint is about the ending. The film felt really unfinished...without Kalle and Elena having a real conversation and his sister passed out on the floor?!?! Really unfinished.

At first I had difficulty warming up to the actor playing Kalle, but Mathias Storhoi really won me over.

Too much at once

[annelplatou · 3/10 · 21 August 2022]

Too much at once. They just skipt everything important, like where did all this come from. It was like the writer really wanted every teen romance movies in one movie. I would have been better if it was a series and not a 2 hour film.

Good, but felt like episode 1 of a series

[kaffetorskbeats · 7/10 · 22 August 2022]

This would have been really good as a TV show, but as a movie it ended in such a wierd way, way to soon. The way it built up, and the way it ended was just like an episode 1 of a TV show.

The parents were the only enjoyable part

[Benslie · 4/10 · 26 August 2022]

After reading that plot description you can easily see where the similarities between Royalteen and Young Royals cross over. Both follow a crown prince falling in love with a commoner but where Young Royals is a series and can expand on this more, Royalteen doesn't have that luxury. As I mentioned in the beginning this movie is based on a book that's the first of a series and it probably could've worked better as a series. The story for this movie just doesn't get as fleshed out as it could've. This movie's story didn't really know what to focus on when it came to the relationship between Lena and Kalle and the drama for this movie. I feel like their relationship should've been expanded upon or just better written as their already non-realistic relationship felt even more unrealistic. This isn't a spoiler but something that should've been changed is Lena's reaction to dating the crown prince in this movie; she just acts like it's a normal thing and doesn't question it. Sure this could be here just seeing him as a normal guy but I still feel like she would have some kind of reaction. This movie's story didn't have a balance between the drama and romance in this movie and would just try to find places to shove whichever element was missing into it. I will give the story this other than the secret being easy to guess from the very beginning the rest of this story isn't too badly predictable as I suspected it would be. But that being said, this movie is still pretty clunky when it comes to the way the story was executed. The way this story is told is pretty confusing due to the editing in this movie along with the pacing.

The pacing of this movie started off pretty good with everything lining up and making sense and then after half an hour into the movie it does a full 180. The pacing of this movie started to feel slow despite what was happening on screen. The story for this movie moved really fast which I think definitely didn't help with the pacing and you can tell it tried to keep up with everything going on but couldn't. For example, Lena and Kalle's relationship moves so fast during this movie and it's hard to figure out how much time has passed since it started. This comes in how I mentioned the editing for this movie in how this movie just feels like scenes thrown together to try and make a movie. Another thing with the pacing of this movie is the ending of this movie just moves at lightning speed. The last 20 minutes of this movie just goes by so fast and makes very little sense. You can tell they were hoping for a sequel to get greenlit so they could expand on things which just makes this movie feel unfinished. This is where making this story a tv series could've helped it out a bit more as more episodes mean more time to flesh everything out and have everything make sense. For example, You get one scene where Lena meets Kalle and in the next, he's flirting with her with zero context that he's into her. What definitely doesn't help with this situation is the acting in this movie. Now, I never want to hate on the actors as I know they're just following the director's direction but here I just couldn't get hooked into it. You can tell the two main leads are trying their best but in the end, it just falls flat. They don't really have much chemistry with each other, again given more time they could've had chemistry, which doesn't help anything at all. I would love to say the side characters were better but none of them were really given any time to shine. The side characters were just that side people who served zero purposes to the plot. What doesn't help the actors out is the fact that all of the characters in this movie are flat. They are all cliche characters that have zero character growth and nothing that makes them stand out. The only actors in this I really enjoyed were Veslemøy Mørkrid and Petter Width Kristiansen who play Lena's parents. They were the only likeable part of this movie and helped make it tolerable. In the end, Royalteen might not be a full-on cliche drama romance movie but it's still not the best one out there. If you're looking for something like this, I recommend checking out Young Royals as it does this story way better.

Too Many Loose Threads

[aylwardpaul · 7/10 · 21 August 2022]

This had the makings of a good film, with a refreshing view of a royal/commoner romance, and a likable cast.

It felt a little bit like the UK TV series Sex Education, except there's no comedy.

Unfortunately there are substantial flaws.

The romance commenced too quickly, and everything in the story seemed rushed. The conclusion left unresolved story arcs aplenty (i.e. The queen, the princess, Lena's unrevealed history, the mystery uploader) as if this is part one of a dilogy or trilogy. However I am not aware of any impending sequels.

I still enjoyed it until the unsatisfactory ending.

Worst movie so far in 2022

[bocsi-zsolt-469-235921 · 2/10 · 31 August 2022]

I thought nothing could take that position from The Northmen, but they did it. The Northmen which is from a different genre at least had some good moments, like 5 minutes from a two hour long movie. But this one...

The sript is terrible and incorherent , utterly inappropriate reactions to things happening around. I couldnt even find out what the genre is this movie? It wasn't funny, wasn't romantic and obviously it was way too silly to be a drama. I think this movie shouldnt be ever made. To tell something good, i think the acting was ok. Could be better for sure, but i suppose they have just started acting in movies.

Anyway, skip this movie.

Didn't expected that!

[annitaskar · 7/10 · 20 August 2022]

At first I was like "let's kill my time with an easygoing cliché teen movie", but actually it turned out to be a remarkable teen movie! Bravo! I really enjoyed it! I would like to see it to last more, because at some scenes was too fast the plot!

Didn't expect much anyways from the trailer

[Shaylove121 · 2/10 · 21 August 2022]

This movie have so many plot holes and unanswered questions. I expected nothing since foreign movies aren't that great with their horrible acting and got nothing in return. We didn't get much of the girls background beside her boning her friends boyfriend because the friend cheated on him and the MC had a kid with him. Is the Queen gonna be okay? The MC said horrible things about the Prince but didn't even apologize but he takes her back just because she's sorry about being ashamed she has a kid? What's wrong with Princess at end? Talk about rushing an ending. Who posted that picture of the Prince with those girls since Tess said she didn't do it? I give 2 stars, the best thing about this movie was the baby and how cute he was other then that this movie boring, cringy and bland I want my time I wasted back.

Odd reviews, was plenty enjoyable.

[kingsdirectory · 8/10 · 18 August 2022]

The very end was odd and felt rushed but this was a nice movie. I watched it with subtitles half heartedly while working and it managed to suck me in enough that I had to stop and wait for it to finish.

Never read the book(s)? So not sure about accuracy but it was definitely better than the current rating.

Great, but it's the first in a series!

[ginasteslo · 7/10 · 29 August 2022]

I have read the books and this film follows book 1 closely. It was so similar to how I imagined it when I read the book, so well done there! I recommend seeing it, but keep in mind that not everything is tied up in the end. This might have worked better as a TV series. It sort of felt like episode 1, and I imagine it would be a bit annoying to watch this and not know what happens next already.

That said, the scenery is beautiful, the actors are believable and good - nice to see actual teenagers play roles their age! If you liked Young Royals or Skam, this a movie for you. I really hope they continue this and make movies of the next books, too.

Worst actress attitude

[larisaisac · 1/10 · 18 August 2022]

The story was nice, but the attitude the main actress had was so annoying and not proper, she acted so self entitled sometimes she seems to be the queen not an just an traumatized and simple girl.

Worst acting...specialy at dinner with the king, she was so cofident and arrogant.

Over my expectations

[davissese · 6/10 · 18 August 2022]

Feels like a lot of Young Royals fans have given this movie ones as a way of supporting their favorite show.

This movie is nothing like that show.

Honestly this movie is enjoyable in a weird way even though the genre is not my favorite.

Acting and casting is great and it's a nice mix of comedy, drama and romance.

Solid 6 out of 10.

I really enjoyed this movie.

[coolkid-12184 · 24 August 2022]

I watched this movie last night on Netflix (I assume that it is a Netflix Production), and I really enjoyed it. I would recommend watching it with the English Subtitles (if needed). It is a movie from Norway, and the English dubbing sounded horrible, in my opinion, but I really enjoyed it in its original Norwegian Language, with English Subtitles. The ending took me by surprise though.

need a second season

[unyamgerel · 6/10 · 1 November 2022]

The Storyline and the point that crew tried to express is great, have a lot to understand but the direction, interaction between scenes sucks! There is no logic at all. How come crown prince accept the fact that his lover is a mother of 2 years old? Yep I know that no one can guarantee that their relationship lasts forever too but still that is stupid. And the time order, the period of this movie has no logic too. Does the director even know what is going on? If the director did a good job, this movie was gonna be a banger In other word the plot goes so fast and we need to know what happened between tess and the princess, did tess clear her name? What was the last scene? Did prince just understand and forgive lena even without listening to what lena says? Is he that angelic and gonna be a father even thought he is still virgin? Thing that impressed me was the twist that theodre is a son of lena, from the start there was a little gut. Timing of that twist appeared was great actually!

Excellent

[laumc · 9/10 · 19 August 2022]

Emotionally intelligent, with depth - enjoyable too.

Not your usual teen drama, much more nuanced and mature. Some parts a bit cliché, but overall excellent.

Why is there bad reviews?

[SomethingIsUp · 9/10 · 19 August 2022]

It was a good movie, but the ending doing the very last few mins felt rushed.

But this movie had focus on a very emotional ride, mature and emotional intelligence, as two people who come from complete different worlds collide as they figure out how much they are drawn to each other -how alike they are as persons, in their values and their view of the world, needing each being in a world that is very different from them.

It has a lot of depth. And it takes up norms to rid of typical judgment.

Very successful teen drama that should be enjoyable for all ages

[Lenobia · 8/10 · 10 November 2022]

This is a very good movie that deserves a much higher score. I personally love Danish movies and also love teen movies that take me back to my teenage years spent in Europe. With that being said which might be my only bs in reviewing this movie, I have to say I really liked it, even as an adult.

While the movie starts off as a typical teenage drama with the new girl moving into town and having social life challenges, as the movie goes on it gets deeper into the characters, especially the past and the challenges of the main characters. The movie shows how it might be like to date a royal in a fun way while also showing some real-life problems the characters face, sometimes carried on from their past, rather than just teenage school drama.

I found the actors lovely and the news quite surprising. Surprising but not in a bad way. I think the reactions and the decisions of the characters shown in the movie regarding the news were quite realistic. I loved the ending very much! Overall I think it's a very interesting romance movie with very beautiful actors all over the place. Love the language too.

Holy Amazing!

[juanmuscle · 10/10 · 25 August 2022]

It took me to the very end to realize I was amongst something and someone's who just created something very very special! I don't know cause of how it ended if this is going to be a part II or a show but I sure hope it is a show cause they set this up beautifully! I don't know what exactly they did, but it hit on just the right spots to make me want more , it enticed me and made me , it just made me happy! It was incredible, could of done with one lil' teen girl angst towards the mom at the end scene but otherwise perfect! Hopefully this picks up as a show! Really really masterful job, I see its from a book so I wonder what is up, I am from America so I don't know much about what's going on abroad but golly thanks for seeing the possibilities in the book and making something really truly impressive hopefully the source creators are happy with this cause I loved it!