6/10
Predictable, fluffy and inconsequential but ultimately a nice, feel-good affair.
15 April 2018
Despite its historical inaccuracies and general fluffy feel, this straight-forward forties party piece plays it pretty close to the formula but is ultimately a quite fun, fast and free-flowingly light-hearted affair that keeps things above board but doesn't really dip under the surface of its real-life protagonist or her famous family, though it never really set out to. Ultimately, 'A Royal Night Out (2015)' seems kind of pointless but also kind of refreshing; it certainly portrays a unique perspective. The message seems to be that even the most 'Royal' are only human, too, and they just want to have fun like the rest of us. Then there's moments where the piece tries to stick a slight 'what-if' character-study type situation onto the surface - and only the surface - which feels very superficial, incredibly obvious and slightly inauthentic, considering the story itself is only loosely based around a rather mundane seeming event. In the end, though, it's a nice flick that's a feel-good experience throughout and, whether or not it's got anything substantial to say, that can only be good thing. 6/10
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