What a giving heart Vanessa Hudgens has! Last year she doubled the normal effort an actor gives. And this year, she goes for 3! If you’re a fan of seeing as many Vanessa Hudgens’s as possible in European castles and fancy dresses, The PrinceSSS Switch 2 is totally gonna work for you. For anyone who is a fan of interesting stories or characters, just rewatch Klaus on Netflix instead.
For those who need a recap, Hudgens the 1st (shortened to VH1) is humble Chicago baker Stacy, who fell in love and married Edward (Sam Palladio), prince of Belgravia, currently living happily ever after. VH2, Hudgens the 2nd, Margaret, has not been so lucky, having separated from Stacy’s bake shop partner Kevin (Nick Sagar) and his daughter Olivia (Mia Lloyd). Margaret’s life has also added complications, in that she’s about to become the new Queen of Montenaro and might be interested in her chief of staff Antonio (Lachlan Nieboer). With inauguration only a few days away on Christmas Day, VH3, Hudgens the 3rd, Margaret’s cousin Fiona pops up, broke and looking for a cheap score to keep up with her lavish lifestyle.
What I write here means nothing for Princ3ss Switch, that analysis proof Christmas cookie of a film. It’s laser locked into its target audience and totally catering to them. It’s a chaste, swoony movie that parents can distract their High School Musical loving kids with.
Oh, still reading for some reason? Well then…
In general, the novelty has worn off a bit, though watching a totally over the top rich brat VH3 was kinda fun. What’s frustrating is there’s enough of a setup in Margaret’s storyline to say something at least kinda interesting before the clear as day heist hijinks ensue. Are Kevin and Margaret ready to rise to the occasion? Is love not enough? Now the movie doesn’t need deep pathos and study, just…SOMETHING. The Stacy/Edward storyline is an excuse to put pretty people in lavish costumes, so a lot of the movie’s tension is riding on this plot, and the movie…basically has one 3 minute conversation, and then goes right to hijinks. So that means you kinda just sit there most of the time, waiting for something to happen, and nothing does. But hey, like I said, everyone looks pretty and ends up being nice right? Right??? RIGHT?!??!?!
Well I’ve said my peace. Can’t really be angry and PS2SA or the VH’s for giving another pretty present to the boys and girls on Netflix. I kinda hope the next one, where there are 4 Vanessa Hudgens’s, just skips making sense entirely, and just goes for gooey nonsense, like a triple chocolate chip macadamia nut snickerdoodle on top of a triple chocolate cake cause hey, it’s Christmas season!