All sugar, no salt .. as expected .. one can see the ending. Watching recommended for young girls dreaming of marrying a prince. Izzy looks ravishing, price not so.
210 Reviews
Absolute Drivel
deanoh_bambinosaur21 January 2022
I can't even fathom how people spent a minimum of 2 years in film school and thought something like this would be what people wanted to watch. The acting? What acting? I've seen children's plays with better acting than what was on show here. Every trope and cliche can be seen coming from a mile away. We could literally predict the movie from beginning to end. Lowkey though these kind of movies are downright hilarious becuase of how bad they are. I'm sure the producers just used a random plot generator on the internet and out popped this masterpiece. Poor, poor Mena. I'm sure they blackmailed him into featuring in this movie although with the effort he put into this performance, the money must've been alluring.
Most unoriginal movie to date
shawnchandy-9543422 January 2022
It's so bad i want to give you a zero, but that's not possible so i give you a one
jessicambrasfield21 January 2022
The accents 😭 need i say more? Ok you convinced me, Laura Marano cannot act. There's always something off and awkward about her performances, even in the Disney world. She smiles too much. Skip this movie and watch a hallmark instead. Same plot and slightly better acting.
In need of soft and fluffy. Here it is.
jgardiner-871-72672920 January 2022
Just what I ordered light and fluffy. I'm on to it. Mwah! It was every thing I wanted it to be soft and fluffy like a fairy tale and filled my every need in this moment in time. It will fill your romantic need too. Watch it for yourself.
Maybe the Worst Film I've Seen All Pandemic
ryanpersaud-5941526 January 2022
The Good: It has to get a 1 in order for me to review it, as per IMDB's rules.
The Bad: Pretty much everything. This has to be one of the most visually unappealing films I've ever seen. Its horrendous lighting and sets make Lifetime movies look like Scorsese films. There's a scene where the protagonist is driving off in a car and it's close up on her face for the ENTIRE SCENE. It's possibly the worst way to shoot this kind of scene and a microcosm of the visual choices made during this thing.
This isn't helped by the terrible actors who populate basically every frame of this thing. I didn't know it was possible to get bad performances out of absolutely everyone, but damn. The combination of these factors makes this film quite hard to watch sober.
TRT is the worst is that it's a generic "working class girl meets foreign royalty fantasy" rom-com, but just worse in every facet. The girl isn't just an every girl. She's a walking Italian-American stereotype with one of the most bizarre accents you ever hear, who is about as Saintly as Mother Theresa. She's so unrealistic it's irritating. And the actresses' performance is truly terrible; it's hard to tell where she's supposed to be from and it's very distracting.
The wacky best friends are cackling weirdos who are easily the worst people in the entire movie, with again, bizarre accents. Mena Massoud should really be embarrassed to be in this thing. Oh and that French woman. My God. I wouldn't be surprised if the French government banned this film.
The movie's location, Livonia, is one of the most baffling fictional countries put to film, and indicative of this movie's laziness. It sounds like an Eastern European country, that apparently "was a trade route to India", and as such, has an impossibly diverse population. People of all races live in the typically anachronistic feudal microstate, they all speak English, but all have different accents. If you haven't clued in by now, to say this film is stuffed with terrible accents and performances would be an understatement.
This is all before I get to the plot. I don't want to go on for too much longer, so suffice to say, it's clichéd.
The Ugly: Take a look at this movie. Then take a look at almost any other rom com (except maybe The Wrong Missy). And keep looking.
The Bad: Pretty much everything. This has to be one of the most visually unappealing films I've ever seen. Its horrendous lighting and sets make Lifetime movies look like Scorsese films. There's a scene where the protagonist is driving off in a car and it's close up on her face for the ENTIRE SCENE. It's possibly the worst way to shoot this kind of scene and a microcosm of the visual choices made during this thing.
This isn't helped by the terrible actors who populate basically every frame of this thing. I didn't know it was possible to get bad performances out of absolutely everyone, but damn. The combination of these factors makes this film quite hard to watch sober.
TRT is the worst is that it's a generic "working class girl meets foreign royalty fantasy" rom-com, but just worse in every facet. The girl isn't just an every girl. She's a walking Italian-American stereotype with one of the most bizarre accents you ever hear, who is about as Saintly as Mother Theresa. She's so unrealistic it's irritating. And the actresses' performance is truly terrible; it's hard to tell where she's supposed to be from and it's very distracting.
The wacky best friends are cackling weirdos who are easily the worst people in the entire movie, with again, bizarre accents. Mena Massoud should really be embarrassed to be in this thing. Oh and that French woman. My God. I wouldn't be surprised if the French government banned this film.
The movie's location, Livonia, is one of the most baffling fictional countries put to film, and indicative of this movie's laziness. It sounds like an Eastern European country, that apparently "was a trade route to India", and as such, has an impossibly diverse population. People of all races live in the typically anachronistic feudal microstate, they all speak English, but all have different accents. If you haven't clued in by now, to say this film is stuffed with terrible accents and performances would be an understatement.
This is all before I get to the plot. I don't want to go on for too much longer, so suffice to say, it's clichéd.
The Ugly: Take a look at this movie. Then take a look at almost any other rom com (except maybe The Wrong Missy). And keep looking.
Charming fun
vincentlynch-moonoi21 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
If you're looking for heavy drama...this ain't it. And thank goodness. I get tired of the same old crime/thriller pics we have. Once in awhile I just want a fun, feel-good movie. And this fits the bill.
Another reviewer said it's corny. Yeah. Probably so. But not much more so than "Coming 2 America", which in some ways this film reminds me of.
I am not familiar with Laura Marano, who plays an American hairdresser here, who falls in love with a prince of some imaginary country (filmed, in part, in New Zealand). Marano seems to be a natural; I look forward to seeing her in more films. And we have Mena Massoud (Aladdin) as the Prince. We all know how charming he is, and he's just a natural in front of the camera. Why we don't see a lot more of him, I don't know; I can only imagine it's due to his heritage. Together Marano and Massoud make a fine screen pair. Supporting actor Cameron Rhodes is charmingly and humorously perfect as the prince's doting attendant.
As to what a couple of our reviewers pointed out, you know pretty much from the outset what the plot will be and how it will end. Just like almost every other movie I've seen in the last 60-odd years. The number of times that I have sat through a movie thinking, "Gee, I wonder what this is about and how it will end", I can count on my fingers. It's almost always more about how do we get to the conclusion.
I'm not saying this movie is "deep", but then again, few movies are. This one is just fun. Just fun.
Another reviewer said it's corny. Yeah. Probably so. But not much more so than "Coming 2 America", which in some ways this film reminds me of.
I am not familiar with Laura Marano, who plays an American hairdresser here, who falls in love with a prince of some imaginary country (filmed, in part, in New Zealand). Marano seems to be a natural; I look forward to seeing her in more films. And we have Mena Massoud (Aladdin) as the Prince. We all know how charming he is, and he's just a natural in front of the camera. Why we don't see a lot more of him, I don't know; I can only imagine it's due to his heritage. Together Marano and Massoud make a fine screen pair. Supporting actor Cameron Rhodes is charmingly and humorously perfect as the prince's doting attendant.
As to what a couple of our reviewers pointed out, you know pretty much from the outset what the plot will be and how it will end. Just like almost every other movie I've seen in the last 60-odd years. The number of times that I have sat through a movie thinking, "Gee, I wonder what this is about and how it will end", I can count on my fingers. It's almost always more about how do we get to the conclusion.
I'm not saying this movie is "deep", but then again, few movies are. This one is just fun. Just fun.
Just terrible and cheap. Wanna give it 0.
emillie-8115221 January 2022
What a terrible and cheap movie ever.
Cheap story, cheap actress, cheap acting.
This movie is as vulgar and awful as any work she's done so far.
Laura Marano cannot act obviously and apparently.
Also, it seems like joining in this work is a disgrace for Mr. Aladdin in his acting life.
Cheap story, cheap actress, cheap acting.
This movie is as vulgar and awful as any work she's done so far.
Laura Marano cannot act obviously and apparently.
Also, it seems like joining in this work is a disgrace for Mr. Aladdin in his acting life.
Princess and the Frog for teens
arod_8520 February 2022
This story seemed to be very similar as Disney's Princess and the Frog for some reason. The self-absorbed prince marrying for money, the poor working girl whose drive comes from a dead father, the wealthy southern belle that is competing for the prince's affections. All they needed was a frog. However, the movie lacked the Disney charm. This did remind me of a Disney Channel TV movie though. It's not terrible, just kind of boring. No true villain, no grand romantic story, no comedy, just kind of there.
I'm not Italian & I'm insulted
scottnyovita22 January 2022
The acting is bad enough, but add the awful accents & it just turned to downright nauseating! I get that Hollywood is fresh out of original ideas with movies, but this is pure garbage. Actors must have desperately needed a job!
Liked it!
Movieloverkristen21 January 2022
Really enjoyed the movie! It was cute, and light hearted, it just makes you smile the whole time. I love Mena and I'm glad to see him in another movie! I think he's a fantastic actor. I really liked Marano and Massoud's chemistry. Overall I thought it was a really good rom com!
Aladdin in reverse
DanTheButler15 December 2022
Mena Massoud plays Aladdin once again... in reverse. Or should I say he plays a male version of Jasmine? Instead of playing a "street rat" trying to woo a princess, he's a real prince with an arranged marriage he doesn't want. He finds out he has nothing to fear outside his "palace" and enjoys life on the street with his incredibly blunt and hilarious hair stylist, that he falls for. This movie was surprisingly not that bad, though I don't think I would've watched if it weren't Valentines Day. Though it was a pleasant movie to giggle at at times, the story, screenplay and performances really just made this another Netflix head-scratcher to me.
Not a classic but a fun family movie
ac-says23 January 2022
If you're looking for the next movie classic this isnt it. Besides the over exaggerated ny Italian accents the movie was enjoyable. Nothing new nothing we haven't seen before but definitely worth watching for date night or have something to watch other than reruns.
Horrifically bad
lilac-3158223 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
A hallmark movie, aimed at pre-teens. Super cheesy with horrifically bad accents. The prince, aka Aladdin, doesn't even have an accent from his own country (that's far overseas somewhere). The overly done Brooklyn/NY accents and behaviors are god-awful. Turned it off after 20. PS- whomever wrote the 10/10 review that praised the lead actress much be family, friend or bf bc it was such an inauthentic, malarkey review.
What did I just watch?
stecklucy21 January 2022
I'm in my 30s, so maybe I'm not the target audience, but I wonder who is...7 year olds who are transitioning from cartoons to live action movies? Because this movie is extremely predictable, with terrible characters, overdone, and had no redeeming qualities. It looks like a movie from the 80s, maybe it would have been interesting back then. But a 2022 release of this? Even cartoon movies for kids have a lot more dept. Yes, we all dream of meeting a prince and them falling in love with us because we know how to "keep it real", but this is just cringey. All scenes are cringeworthy, actually. There's just too much wrong with this movie. But then again, maybe a 7yr would appreciate the novel idea.
Cute, Easy Watch
bella-enfield21 January 2022
Literally the definition of a rom com. It's cutesy and tropey, but it's still enjoyable. I didn't have any revelations while I was watching it, for sure. I did, however, have a fun time watching it.
Izzy is a lovely, dynamic character who doesn't give up her morals the second a hot prince sets foot on the scene and she cares- cares so deeply -for the little guy, for the less fortunate, for her family and it makes her a compelling character.
Prince Thomas is easily one of the best representations of royalty in a modern setting, one whose willing to listen and learn and not repeat his parents' mistakes. He's charming and polite and courteous.
With a colorful cast of supporting characters (we love and support Walter in this house), this movie is a lovely flick and I'd easily watch it again.
Izzy is a lovely, dynamic character who doesn't give up her morals the second a hot prince sets foot on the scene and she cares- cares so deeply -for the little guy, for the less fortunate, for her family and it makes her a compelling character.
Prince Thomas is easily one of the best representations of royalty in a modern setting, one whose willing to listen and learn and not repeat his parents' mistakes. He's charming and polite and courteous.
With a colorful cast of supporting characters (we love and support Walter in this house), this movie is a lovely flick and I'd easily watch it again.
Unredeemable
boonzeet21 January 2022
Predictable romantic comedy yet enjoyable
lisafordeay21 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The Royal Treatment is a 2022 romantic comedy starring Laura Marano,Mena Massoud and Phoneix Connolly. A young hairdresser named Isabelle(Marano) is assigned to travel abroad to style a young prince's haircut named Thomas(Massoud) for his upcoming wedding to Lauren(Phoenix Connolly). However romance blossoms between Isabelle and Thomas. But will Thomas go through with the wedding or be with Isabelle?. Overall I enjoyed this film. The chemistry between Mena Massoud and Laura Marano was nice(they acted more like friends rather than lovers compare to Mena's chemistry with Naomi Scott in Aladdin). Speaking of Aladdin I couldn't think of Mena as Thomas only as Aladdin. Maybe it's cause I'm so used to seeing him as Aladdin from the 2019 live action film.
Laura sounded like she was imitating Fran Drescher from The Beautician And The Beast(another film this reminded me of).
If you enjoyed Coming To America then check it out. I hope Mena Massoud stars in more films soon as this was his first project in 3 years since Aladdin.
Laura sounded like she was imitating Fran Drescher from The Beautician And The Beast(another film this reminded me of).
If you enjoyed Coming To America then check it out. I hope Mena Massoud stars in more films soon as this was his first project in 3 years since Aladdin.
I hope this movie somehow gets cleansed from the internet
livebeyond20 January 2022
Just a vapid, poorly acted filler movie.
The plot was basically a minimum effort template film: insert one hot/rich guy, one poor "cool girl," make her enemy another woman, make her competition a shallow/useless but beautiful woman, add two one-dimensional (probably their stupidity as the leading attribute) sub-characters to add "comedic relief," and voila. You have basically every similar trash romcom ever made, except this one had a terrible script and one of the central parts of the romcom - the comedy part - was entirely missing.
The only good thing that came out of watching it is I hope, in writing this review, I can save other people from the fate of sitting through it.
The plot was basically a minimum effort template film: insert one hot/rich guy, one poor "cool girl," make her enemy another woman, make her competition a shallow/useless but beautiful woman, add two one-dimensional (probably their stupidity as the leading attribute) sub-characters to add "comedic relief," and voila. You have basically every similar trash romcom ever made, except this one had a terrible script and one of the central parts of the romcom - the comedy part - was entirely missing.
The only good thing that came out of watching it is I hope, in writing this review, I can save other people from the fate of sitting through it.
Cliche Masterpiece
HelloBlockbuster5 July 2022
Okay, not a masterpiece. VERY CLICHE, right off the bat-zero lead up. This screenplay was written with a 5yr old in mind. It's one of those cheesy Hallmark Prince movies but on a super low budget.
All that said, the acting wasn't bad. In fact, the actress who played Izzy was surprisingly good (in my untrained opinion). We have seen the actor of Prince Tommy in small roles here and there, most notably (in the US anyways) on 9-1-1: LoneStar. He played Marjan's fiancée.
Would I watch it again? No, I'm 40, not 5. Was it good for 2am when I couldn't sleep and wanted a feel-good-not-need-my-undying-attention-to-follow? Yes.
All that said, the acting wasn't bad. In fact, the actress who played Izzy was surprisingly good (in my untrained opinion). We have seen the actor of Prince Tommy in small roles here and there, most notably (in the US anyways) on 9-1-1: LoneStar. He played Marjan's fiancée.
Would I watch it again? No, I'm 40, not 5. Was it good for 2am when I couldn't sleep and wanted a feel-good-not-need-my-undying-attention-to-follow? Yes.
Please, and no thank you
ckonopacky24 January 2022
I can usually sit through even mediocre romance movies but this one was just dumb. The hair stylists all acted silly and ignorant which is a shame. Casting in general was odd as I couldn't relate to a single character. Just pass on this one...unless you are trying to fall asleep.
If you want a simple and happy movie this is it
computermech23 January 2022
Location addition
dsmolens30 January 2022
Very New York with all the fake accents.
Avidviewer-0284723 January 2022
Didn't finish watching, it went from bad to worse. Stupid script, direction and acting. I can see why Netflixs stock took a dive, Everyone is looking for content, but the quality isn't the same. Nextflix has had some really good original films, but this isn't one of them. Rom-coms make royalty look like fairy tale characters instead of portraying them as real people.
Netflix if you have a lot of money - why don't you donate it?
kaleem_09198322 January 2022
This movie is an example of how millions of dollars are spent on terrible projects. Movies are an escape art form not cringe down your throat. Netflix if you have a lot of money, why don't you donate it to the poor. Take your trash back.
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