The Princess Switch (2018)
TV-PG
Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar, Alexa Adeosun
Directed by Mike Rohl
The Story:
Stacy (Hudgens) is entered and accepted into an annual Christmas baking competition in the European country of Belgravia. When she arrives, she bumps into Lady Margaret (Hudgens) and the two realize they must be related because the resemblance is striking. Lady Margaret so wants to live just a normal life so she concocts a scheme to swap places with Stacy for just 2 days, after all, what could possibly go wrong?
Netflix offered up their next holiday original the week before Thanksgiving.
Taking the successful Lifetime/Hallmark/Freeform/Disney formula and basically Parent Trapping Christmas, Hudgens steps into this Princess and the Pauper update and gets to play the spunky baker who years for something more and the shy princess who simply wants all the attention to go away.
Naturally with the 2 obvious love interests, a prince (Palladio) and a best friend zoner (Sagar) you can see exactly how the movie ends roughly 5 minutes after it starts.
But they wouldn't call these formula movies if the formula didn't work, right?
This one hits all the right notes and should be one that winds up in your annual Christmas movie viewings for years to come.
So far Netflix has been 2 for 2 this year, but their most ambitious Christmas offering is still to come!
Final Grade:
B
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