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Red white and royal blue9/24/2023 Even for a romcom – a genre that is often pretty up-front about being formulaic – there is very little that feels unexpected. It also features all of the genre's staple montages: the "getting to know each other" montage, the sex montage and, of course, the "it's all fallen apart" montage just before the end. And Americans? They're loud and obnoxious! Groundbreaking. It has all the predictable stereotypes: British people are uptight. One thing leads to another and, well, you can probably imagine what happens next.įrom the start, the film's aesthetic and tone feel akin to a big-budget Hallmark movie. Soon, they end up seeing a different side to each other. After causing a scene during the wedding, the duelling pair are forced to embark on some PR damage control to soothe transatlantic relations. On a diplomatic trip to the UK for a royal wedding, America's "first son" Alex reignites his long-time rivalry with prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine), brother of the heir to the British throne. 10 of the best films to watch in August The US has its first female president, Ellen Claremont (Uma Thurman), whose son Alex (Taylor Zakhar Perez) is a handsome, energetic trouble-maker searching for his purpose in life. The film – an adaptation of the 2019 romance novel by Casey McQuiston – stars a fictional British royal family. That's exactly what we're asked to do in the opening minutes of Red, White & Royal Blue. The best romantic comedies have a specific skill: they can make us surrender our most basic ideas about what we consider to be realistic or plausible, even if they are grounded in a world we mostly recognise.
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