![]() The writers also developed a backstory for Fiona in this one, which comes full circle at the end with a couple of touching scenes between Fiona and her mother, and Fiona and Peter. The dialogue was amusing at times, with several funny one-liners by Fiona such as No worries, royal six-pack How's my fave cuzzie-in-law Am I late for brekkie Don't you trust me Royal boo Pay attention, Betty Crocker. The script, I thought, was well written, in line with the other movies in the Princess Switch series. Indeed, this one has a bit of a Mission Impossible and Entrapment (the one with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones) feel to it. Fiona in turn recruits her former friend Peter (played by Remy Hii), who owns a private security firm, to help the team in their Mission Impossible-like heist. ![]() This Christmas, when the Star of Peace (a priceless Christmas relic on loan from the Church) is stolen, Queen Margaret and Princess Stacy enlist the help of Margaret's infamous cousin Fiona (all three played by Vanessa Hudgens) to help steal the Star back. All in all, it is a fun and entertaining movie, with a couple of heartfelt moments, sprinkled here and there. They might not know how to start a series of films or episodes, but boy do they know how to end it.Fans of the Princess Switch will no doubt enjoy this third installment of the Netflix movie series. Maybe there's something in the water at Netflix right now. I think The Princess Switch 3 was an unnecessary sequel that still managed to find its direction by taking a comic relief character from The Princess Switch 2 and giving her a soul. Look how much better Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is than Cinderella II: Dreams Come True or how much stronger the plot and soundtrack are in Aladdin and the King of Thieves compared to Return of Jafar. There are many cases where a movie trilogy doesn't find its groove until the third film. This movie is superior to the other two in the trilogy because its lack of predictability makes the ending more meaningful and earned. ![]() That's why the reunion with her family at the end is so unexpectedly emotional. Don't get me wrong she still provided tons of comic relief, especially when she Kim Possibles her way through a series of laser traps. It demonstrates how children who are separated from their parents struggle to find the right path in life and how family can show them the way back. Fiona seems like such a silly character who was only there as sequel bait, but the movie succeeds at fleshing out this former throwaway character and giving her a lot of heart. I was genuinely surprised by how choked up I got at the end of this film. Now that all three royal Vanessa Hudgens characters found their happy endings, does that mean she's going to have a fourth lookalike? Let's hope not. It makes sense that this movie focused on giving Fiona a love interest since the first one ended with Stacy marrying a prince, and the second one saw Queen Margaret finally commit to Stacy's friend, who she was attracted to in the original film. She and Peter have mad chemistry, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the unexpected twists and turns that their story took before they could ultimately achieve their happy ending. Instead of meeting someone outside of her regular circle, Fiona is reacquainted with her childhood friend, Peter, who she has held feelings for most of her life but is afraid to admit to them because everyone she gets close with eventually abandons her. ![]() I liked that the romance in this film was somewhat unconventional compared to standard Netflix or Hallmark princess movies. Queen Margaret's heart gold allows her to forgive Fiona for her past transgressions and give her a chance to redeem herself by recovering an ultra-rare Christmas tree topper that was stolen from the palace. This one follows the current trend of princesses forgiving characters who betrayed them in the past and exploring why those characters turned out the way they did. Since she is a bit of a troublemaker, it takes the trilogy in a new direction from the squeaky clean stereotypes that we were following in the first two films. While the first two movies were Stacy and Margaret's stories, this one is all about Fiona. The princess from the first film is now queen, and she has a cousin named Fiona who looks exactly like her but in a tacky blonde wig. If you missed the second movie (in which case I don't blame you), there are now three Vanessa Hudgens lookalikes living in the same universe.
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