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A Royal Runaway Romance

A Royal Runaway Romance

TV Movie · Comedy · Romance · 2022

Princess Amelia of Bundbury travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard, Grady.

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A Royal Runaway Romance

“Lose the map. Find your heart.”

2022 TV Movie · Comedy · Romance 1h 24m

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7.3 / 10

Community rating

Princess Amelia of Bundbury travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard, Grady.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Weaver

Written by

Jake Helgren

Philippa Northeast

Philippa Northeast

Princess Amelia

Brant Daugherty

Brant Daugherty

Grady Beck

Andre Anthony

Andre Anthony

Wes Riverton

Sarah-Jane Redmond

Sarah-Jane Redmond

Ava

Vincent Gale

Vincent Gale

Andreas

Khamisa Wilsher

Khamisa Wilsher

Camille

C

Catherine Barroll

Paula

Court is in session

Put A Royal Runaway Romance on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.