johnmcc150

If you want drama: bad luck, this has none. It started happily, the middle part was happy and it ended happily. For many people this is counts as wonderful escapism and I can understand why these people rated it highly. However, for the rest of us who might want some sort of plot, nothing much actually occurs of any interest. At least it could have rained. Even Mills & Boon would have had some tension in the story before the heroine inevitably got her man. The main risk in this film is rigor mortis in its audience.

I am 70 rather than 7 so I have a different perspective than the film's target market. I enjoyed it greatly, but I can see why it did not achieve its aim as a children's film. It tries to keep parents amused by its satire of royalty, lampooning of Trump and in-jokes about old films such as Fight Club and Rocky. The writers may have had fun, but they seemed to forget who else would be watching: children and Americans. Another reason for some poor reviews may be the different casts in the two versions: British and American. The British version has some of the country's finest impersonators and comedians. I can't comment on the US version, but they may have been less engaging. For example, Ray Winstone giving the odds is a regular feature in commercial breaks during football matches, while Jon Culshaw's Trump is also well-loved. Yes, the plot is predictable, but surely no-one expected Citizen Kane. As someone who has lived with four corgis since 1953, the animation of the breed was instantly recognisable in the texture of the fur and the characteristic scamper.