ComedyRomance

Red, White & Royal Blue

- Love who you want. It's good foreign policy.

After an altercation between Alex, the president's son, and Britain's Prince Henry at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, their long-running feud now threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations. When the rivals are forced into a staged truce, their icy relationship begins to thaw and the friction between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected.

Release Date : 2023-07-27

Language :SpanishEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Amazon StudiosBerlanti Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : RWRBRed, White & Royal BlueRed White and Royal Blue

Cast

Character Name : Alex Claremont-Diaz

Original Name : Taylor Zakhar Perez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Hanover-Stuart Fox

Original Name : Nicholas Galitzine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ellen Claremont

Original Name : Uma Thurman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oscar Diaz

Original Name : Clifton Collins Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nora Holleran

Original Name : Rachel Hilson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Zahra Bankston

Original Name : Sarah Shahi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Beatrice Hanover-Stuart Fox

Original Name : Ellie Bamber

Gender : Female

Character Name : Philip Hanover-Stuart Fox

Original Name : Thomas Flynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : King James III

Original Name : Stephen Fry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Percy Okonjo

Original Name : Malcolm Atobrah

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shaan Shrivistava

Original Name : Akshay Khanna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amy Gupta

Original Name : Aneesh Sheth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miguel Ramos

Original Name : Juan Castano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeffrey Richards

Original Name : Donald Sage Mackay

Gender : Male

Character Name : UK Prime Minister

Original Name : Sharon D. Clarke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rachel Maddow

Original Name : Rachel Maddow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Martha Fitzroy Marry

Original Name : Bridget Benstead

Gender : Male

Character Name : British News Presenter

Original Name : Helen Minassian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Staffer

Original Name : Isabelle Suwan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brazilian Reporter

Original Name : Ben-Hur Santos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Japanese Prime Minister

Original Name : Charles Nishikawa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buckingham Palace Waiter

Original Name : Michael Ayala-Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gala Ball Attendee

Original Name : Robert William Carlisle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Australian News Reporter

Original Name : Gabi Kerr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nora's Co-worker

Original Name : Gabriella Fanuele

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Character Name : Kensington Palace Attendant

Original Name : Georgie Fellows

Gender : Male

Character Name : King's Equerry

Original Name : Martin Bishop

Gender : Male

Character Name : Royal Security

Original Name : John King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Royal Security

Original Name : Jonny Lee Kemp

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Character Name : Secret Service Agent

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Original Name : Valter Almeida

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Character Name : Millicent

Original Name : Gaia Mondadori

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Original Name : Reynold Koker

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Original Name : Roy Harrop

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joy Reid

Original Name : Joy Reid

Gender : Female

Character Name : Older Couple at White House Party

Original Name : Kathryn López

Gender : Male

Character Name : Older Couple at White House Party

Original Name : Frank Lopez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Hospital

Original Name : Lila Bata-Walsh

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Character Name : NYE Flirty Girl

Original Name : Khushboo Hirani

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Character Name : Interviewer

Original Name : Nathan Musoki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interviewer

Original Name : Brian Naylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interviewer

Original Name : Kaya Brown-Hallam

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Original Name : Rita Estevanovich

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Character Name : Ellen's Assistant

Original Name : Annabella King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rally Goer

Original Name : Claire Ashton

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Character Name : Party Goer

Original Name : Anastasia Zabarchuk

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Character Name : Daughter

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Character Name : Mum

Original Name : Alice Raymond

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Character Name : Son

Original Name : Juan Sebastián Quintero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Royal Photographer

Original Name : Sigmund Oakeshott

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Character Name : Ellen's Speechwriter

Original Name : Casey McQuiston

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Character Name : Bikini Lady

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-27

Right, I am not the demographic and I ought to have hated this. Not least because it starts off with one of my lazy cinema writing bête noires - the "King of England". There is no such title or person! Anyway, pretty swiftly we find ourselves watching an overly contrived cake incident that must have trashed the expensive shag pile at Buckingham Palace. The visiting son of the US President - "Alex" (Taylor Zakhar Perez) gets involved in an altercation with Prince “Henry”, the grandson of the King. A week later he is despatched by his mother (Uma Thurman) on a diplomatic rescue mission ahead of her looming re-election battle and negotiations for a trade deal. What now ensues is way better than I was expecting. It's a simple enough bromance/rom-com but it uses adult language and some decent writing to illustrate a courtship that benefits from two actors who actually appear to gel on screen. It does no harm that Perez is very easy on the eye and is quite charismatic - though, surely just a bit too old for school - and both men offer an assured and confident performance that avoids the worst of the sentimental pitfalls - even if we do still get a polo match. As it builds I rather surprisingly found myself engaged with the story. Sure, it's light and fluffy, but somehow it's very normalisation of a gay relationship between two of the world's (theoretical) A-listers is actually quite warm and funny. The budget must have gone on private jets, luxury hotel suites and a couple of his and his powder blue hoodies - and that left the poor newsreader to do an entire Presidential election campaign wearing the same top! Perhaps it is meant to be some sort of play on the search for purpose by a real Prince, but that doesn't matter. Don't look for depth or realism (it has none) but if you are looking for something just a bit quirkier and entertaining then read the tin first, then you might get a surprise. I did. (PS: Anyone else think the Parisian café scene is a re-shoot?)

Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

2023-08-20

There are three things necessary to make a gay romantic comedy work: It needs to involve a readily recognizable gay relationship, it needs an undeniable sense of romance and it has to be funny. However, this heavily diluted, glacially paced piece of insipid celluloid fluff has none of the above, and it truly escapes me how many critics and viewers have found this utterly bland exercise to be heartwarming, charming and involving. In telling the somewhat far-fetched story of an alleged romance between a British prince and the son of an American president who start out as comically exaggerated adversaries but end up supposedly finding true love with one another, writer-director Matthew López subjects his audiences to an unconvincing relationship wholly lacking in chemistry and stemming from an improbable courtship, much of which arises from a string of all-too-convenient, less-than-discreet engagements that are otherwise supposedly impossible to arrange and coordinate. What’s more, the film’s humor is virtually nonexistent and incorporates none of the edginess generally associated with gay comedies. In fact, it’s so dull and so safe that it makes most Hallmark Channel movies seem downright risqué by comparison. To its credit, the picture makes some modestly eloquent statements about LGBTQ+ equality (even if they’re nothing we haven’t already heard many times before), and it features a fine supporting performance by Sarah Shahi as a smart-mouthed, fast-talking presidential aide (arguably the only genuinely funny element in the film), but it misses the mark on so many other fronts that it’s hard to believe this project ever got green-lighted. It’s a shame that the door opened by “Bros” (2022) to make gay romcoms a more viable cinematic genre has been set back by this underwhelming effort. It’s also equally disappointing that an organization like Amazon Studios – one known for generally doing solid work – could let something as sub-par as this out into the movie marketplace. Let’s hope moviegoers can put this one quickly behind them and see the foregoing issues soon fixed going forward.

r96sk

@r96sk

2024-06-08

Everything about 'Red, White & Royal Blue' screams bad movie, yet somehow it manages to make itself watchable. I've not entirely sure how, as there honestly isn't one element of it that I'd class as absolutely good. The run time is too long, the acting is just OK, the story is (or should be, I guess) lousy and the dialogue is genuinely terrible, like toe-curlingly so. It, too, has the cheap feel of a Hallmark-esque film, well without that company's obligatory straightness, obvs. However, there's no doubting they make it work. I haven't got anything more to add, doing so would just be listing further reasons why this should suck but, evidently, doesn't. Pardon (the turkey?...) the pun btw. 🤪