When I saw this movie pop up on Netflix this morning I knew exactly what I was going to do during my toddler's nap time. I feel like Netflix is doing a great job of parceling out their holiday movies one at a time so we have to keep coming back to see what's next. I watched the short preview for The Princess Switch and thought - okay, it's The Parent Trap at Christmas with a prince mixed in- and I was sort of right.
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There are three words that describe this movie:
- Predictable
- Awkward
- Bad accents
Our movie begins with Stacy, a talented, neurotic baker who runs a small bake shop in Chicago. Kevin, her best friend since high school, runs the shop with her and is doing his best to cheer her up following a bad breakup. Kevin and his daughter enter Stacy in a baking competition in the fictitious country of Belgravia. Stacy refuses to go at first (you can't be spontaneous even if it's an international baking competition that will surely change your life forever!) but eventually concedes to go after running into her ex-boyfriend.
So off we go to Belgravia where a chance encounter leads Stacy to her doppelganger- Margaret, the Duchess of Montenaro. They realize they're the sitting image of each other and Margaret hatches a plan- they will change places for two days so that she can get a chance to be 'normal' for once. All Stacy has to do is sit in the palace and try not to ruin Margaret's engagement to the prince of Belgravia. You following all this still?
Do I even have to tell you how the rest of the movie turns out? We all know exactly how it goes, yes?
Vanessa Hudgens does a good job playing both roles and even manages to come off as funny in some parts. The problem is that I still think she's about 14 years old so I have a hard time believing that she's a duchess or that she has any real chemistry with the two male leads. Also, her accent work is awful. Truly bad. Somehow, she manages to fool the prince with it and they end up falling in love anyway. Oops, did I spoil that? You did know that's where this was going, right?
In the end of course all secrets must be revealed and the switch must be undone. Will it be too late for Stacy to win the baking competition and become a princess? Will Margaret get her chance to be a regular person with Kevin forever? You'll have to tune in to find out!
I wouldn't say this is the worst Christmas romance ever made- nothing is worse than Christmas Crush- but it's not going on my must-watch-every-year list. If you're looking for an easy way to pass some time, pop this one in your queue and give it a shot. I give it a 4 out of 10 but that's not so bad for this genre.
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