Based on the best-selling novel, this Amazon presentation pits polar opposites of a young British prince and the U.S. President's son against each other in mutual disdain, until a very public wedding cake debacle and subsequent enforced damage limitation sees them spend together and gradually (and unexpectedly) fall very much in love. The comedy is breezy, broad and snappy, everyone is clearly having fun on-screen and the two leads (both strong young actors) inject bags of energy into the silly, frothy premise and their initially rather one-note characters (Nicholas Galitzine as the stiff-upper-lip Brit and Taylor Zakhar Perez as the playboy American). Of note is an hilarious performance by Sarah Shahi as the American's despairing P.A. Designed effectively for the social media generation (with texts and emails playing an important role on the screen and in the story), the film is an impossibly glossy and attractive, warm and of course totally unrealistic but pleasant rom-com with an unusually issue-led finale that resonates with recent royal stories and current issues that wraps up the journey well.
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