- Story: Vanessa Hudgens stars as Chicago baker Stacy, who enters a baking competition in a faraway European town and ends up meeting soon-to-be princess Lady Margaret, who looks exactly like her (also played by Hudgens, of course). Naturally, the two decide to trade places (because duh), which results in a whole ton of cringe-worthy, nonsensical mischief. Margaret falls for Stacy's business partner, for starters, and Stacy finds herself romanced by a frigid prince. Ah, young love! — ❄️ (I love a High School Musical alum as much as the next girl, but no one would ever believe a Food Network-grade baking competition would actually be judged by real-life royalty. Or at least, they certainly shouldn't.)
- Fantasy Country Name: Belgravia. — ❄️❄️ (I'm docking a few snowflakes simply for the fact that I'm incredibly weary of -via country names, at this point!)
- Prince's Title: Prince Edward. — ❄️❄️❄️ (Still no Augustus or Earnest, but FINE, I'll let this slide.)
- Heroine's Occupation: The owner of a successful bakery in Chicago. — ❄️❄️❄️❄️ (Dumb baking-competition-plot-device aside, Stacy has a pretty sweet gig.)
- Cheesiest Line: "I have a lazy eye. Not all the time, just when I get fatigued." — ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ (I wouldn't even classify this as "cheesy," but rather "so bizarre I obviously must give it all the snowflakes.")
- Highlight: Stacy-as-Margaret's deep red gown for the charity ball is actually really pretty! Netflix has clearly upped their costume budget since A Christmas Prince.
- Overall Rating: ❄️❄️❄️ (This movie makes approximately zero sense thanks to its 10 billion plot holes, but the Parent Trap-esque plot and chemistry between all the leads is enough to keep me from turning it off.)
The Princess Switch is streaming on Netflix.
