A Royal in Paradise (2023)

A Royal in Paradise (2023). A Royal in Paradise: Directed by Adrian Powers. With Rhiannon Fish, Mitchell Bourke, Cara McCarthy, David Hooley. Olivia, struggling with writer's block after a break up, takes a tropical holiday in hope of some inspiration and meets Prince Alexander, who needs some distance from his duty to marry royalty.

“As an author, Iu0026#39;m always intrigued when they include a character in these movies who is also an author. Sadly, they very seldom make enough of that, and thatu0026#39;s the case here. It would be interesting to get more of u0026quot;the story of the storyu0026quot; on screen, instead of simply having the character be blocked and then suddenly they can write again because they got happier.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe first half of the movie is better than the second half, and thatu0026#39;s not unusual in these made for cable romances, either. As the characters meet and get to know each other, the story is lively and at time amusing. After they get to know each other and things settle in, I thought it got kind of boring.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd of course, they HAD to throw in the u0026quot;Queen wants to crush the romanceu0026quot; trope. Havenu0026#39;t we seen that time and again over the last decade?”