The Royal Treatment (2022) User Reviews (210)

Maybe the Worst Film I've Seen All Pandemic

[ryanpersaud-59415 · 1/10 · 26 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.

Very New York with all the fake accents.

[Avidviewer-02847 · 2/10 · 23 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.

Horrifically bad

[lilac-31582 · 3/10 · 23 January 2022]

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.

Just terrible and cheap. Wanna give it 0.

[emillie-81152 · 1/10 · 21 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.

I hope this movie somehow gets cleansed from the internet

[livebeyond · 1/10 · 20 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.

Netflix if you have a lot of money - why don't you donate it?

[kaleem_091983 · 3/10 · 22 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.

Please, and no thank you

[ckonopacky · 2/10 · 24 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.

Cheesy

[jleeharris-36991 · 1/10 · 29 January 2022]

This could be cute,if it wasn't so cheesy. I don't know how it was a #1 movie on Netflix. The dialogue is boring and the situations are contrived. The characters are stereotypical. I got through the first 20 minutes and had to turn it off.

I'm not Italian & I'm insulted

[scottnyovita · 1/10 · 22 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!

Unredeemable

[boonzeet · 1/10 · 21 January 2022]

Terrible plot, bizarre accents, inconsistencies across the board, awful attempts at humour.

The Italian American accents are extremely poor, the stereotypes outdated and childish. Nothing of note. 100% skip.

What did I just watch?

[stecklucy · 1/10 · 21 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.

Why bother shooting such a movie?

[JeanDeMichaque · 3/10 · 29 January 2022]

This has to be one of the cheesiest films ever made. The story has been told countless times, but in a much much much better way.

Handsome royal falls for poor girl etc. I was not expecting the epitome of originality but neither was I prepared for that cringefeast.

Terrible acting, no chemistry whatsoever between the two protagonists, ridiculous lines and characters, overall mind-blowingly B - Movie feeling throughout the whole movie. I only gave it 3 points instead of 1 cause the leading male character ( the prince) was a solid eye candy !

Genuinely one of the worst things ever written.

[alettawelensky · 1/10 · 23 January 2022]

This was clearly green lit to grab a bit of the Hallmark movie audience share, but any script that can deliver the lines "I saw some injustices" "oh Isabella. You and your injustices!" should never have made it past a quick glance by an intern.

An eight year old would have written a less cliché ridden plot. Avoid at all costs.

It's so bad i want to give you a zero, but that's not possible so i give you a one

[jessicambrasfield · 1/10 · 21 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.

Nothing new

[veronicamedinaramirez · 2/10 · 22 January 2022]

It was worth it to watch just for the places. I had no idea about that island. The film is predictable and kind of superficial. The only original subject was a non-blue-eye- prince, for a change.

In need of soft and fluffy. Here it is.

[jgardiner-871-726729 · 7/10 · 20 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.

Terrible

[sammyp-78379 · 1/10 · 21 January 2022]

What is with these hallmark, made for TV movies Netflix continues to produce ? The writing on these types of movies is bottom of the barrel bad. Characters are one dimensional and uninteresting . It just...exists ! Easy to forget once it's over. Storytelling at its worst.

Charming fun

[vincentlynch-moonoi · 7/10 · 21 January 2022]

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.

Fairy tale

[pamob-27850 · 5/10 · 25 January 2022]

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.

BORING

[rehmankhilji · 2/10 · 8 February 2022]

Yes, it is very boring. First of all, made over sets, which makes everything very unreal. For the same fact, the country, the people shown, the markets, everything is super fake. Yes if made in 60'2 or 70's perhaps, would have made more sense.

The script and the lines are completely out of tune and even the actors are observe to be bored and just complete the damn movie.

Walk over this one, as it will surely spoil the mood / time.

Dejavu plot

[opticuscro · 3/10 · 30 January 2022]

Oh, ok it should be sweet and romantic, but not predictable and that you have a feeling of deja vu when watching a movie. The theme does not have the slightest originality in it, while watching this film you have a sense of deja vu because this is a copy of many other films that were made long ago. The acting is forced and stiff. I don't know, I wouldn't classify this as an below-average time killer.

Netflix should just stop trying

[alihayyas · 1/10 · 23 January 2022]

Some of the worst acting I have seen in a while. The cast feels so uninspired and bored. It's just too cheesy too.

It ain't fun and it's painful to watch.

Seriously, Netflix, when you increase your subscription fees, your products get worst.... Marco Polo gets cancelled yet this gets the green light.... seriously wake up.

Cringe

[echevarriagrecia · 1/10 · 20 January 2022]

The person who made this movie made the actors/actresses in it look cringe specifically the main girl. She's annoying in the movie. The whole movie is supposed to be unrealistic but I think they went above and beyond to make it mega unrealistic. The characters were just not it. The main girl and her 2 friends were just completely annoying.

Clichés, 2D and general poor execution

[jcfqydnu · 3/10 · 20 January 2022]

A script that goes out of its way to touch as many cliches as possible, a supporting cast that seems to have a shared goal of extreme over-acting to highlight the two-dimensionality of their characters, and an overall execution without a coherent vision all conspire to make sure that the chemistry that actually exists between the two lead characters is completely drowned out.

What a dreadful movie

[Peacheebeez · 3/10 · 21 January 2022]

Why would you spend any money on this netflix?! It's just a bad version of movies we've all seen before. The only redeeming factor is the scenery and a beautiful castle.