‘The Royal Treatment’ movie review: Another ho-hum Netflix romance

Gone are the times when a lady would sit round and look ahead to a Prince Charming to return and save her. At the moment, she will be able to sweep the prince off his ft… and in addition change the world?

The Royal Remedy, Netflix’s newest addition to its lengthy checklist of rom-coms, is an outdated story packaged anew. With Laura Marano and Mena Massoud within the lead roles, the movie follows the lifetime of Isabella/ Izzy, a New York hairdresser, and her probability encounter with Prince Thomas.

The free-spirited Izzy, who’s caught operating her mom’s small hairdressing salon, is a free spirit with a quintessential coronary heart of gold. She distributes doughnuts to strangers, provides free haircuts to kids, miraculously places out fires… and in addition stands up towards inequality.

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A fateful probability alternative to fashion the hair of Prince Thomas intertwines her life with that of the royal household. The royal life within the fictional world of Lavania — the place the Prince and his household dwell —is true to anybody’s creativeness, and includes a sprawling fort, butlers and naturally, dream weddings.

In a single scene, Izzy’s buddies Lolo and Future are given a hair and make-up orientation session the place they’re advised that royal hair is vastly completely different from the hair of commoners. Royal hair “flows, however doesn’t transfer,” they’re knowledgeable politely. (!).

Juxtaposed amongst them are the commoners in Lavania who, though have restricted means to go by, dwell their lives dancing and singing. Everybody on this kingdom additionally speaks in a special accent which may appear a bit odd, despite the fact that Izzy describes the place as a “melting pot”.

Finally, the ever-smiling Izzy introduces Prince Thomas to the world exterior his fort, is brutally sincere to his face, and has plans to vary the world and its inequalities; the entire traits that make him fall in love together with her.

The movie is way from being good, because the storyline is marked with inconsistencies, the characters appear caricaturish, and there appears to be no actual battle within the love story that’s tiringly predictable. There’s nothing on this movie that you simply already haven’t seen in numerous such rom-coms, lots of which have come on Netflix itself within the final couple of years.

However what does works within the film’s favour is the solid. Each the main stars perceive this style to the tee; Mena Massoud is finest recognized for taking part in Aladdin, and Laura Marano has acted in movies like A Cinderella Story: Christmas Want, Disney’s Austin & Ally, The Excellent Date, and extra. The soundtrack by John R. Graham can also be soulful and suits in snugly with the storyline.

Whereas the film could fail to tickle any of your mind cells, at a time when the surface world is as harsh because it will get, fantasies like this one might provide a short lived escape from actuality.

The Royal Remedy is at the moment streaming on Netflix