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In the spirit of Christmas, Netflix has gifted us with the corniest, Christmas rom-com in the form of a one hour and 41 minute cinematic masterpiece known as The Princess Switch .

The initial reviews are in, and yes, you simply must watch it.

Think of the film as a mix betweenThe Parent TrapandThe Princess and the Pauper.in which Vanessa Hudgens plays both Stacy – a Chicago-based bakery owner – and Margaret, the Duchess of Montenaro. They fortuitously meet in the fictitious, vaguely European country of Belgravia, switch lives, and promptly fall in love with men they certainly aren’t meant to.

There’s a ton of Christmas baking, festive decorations, ball gowns and royals, and as one very astute Twitter user noted, “I like to think it’s EXACTLY what might happen if I were to meet Kate Middleton at a terribly-run European baking festival.”

Watch the trailer for Netlix’s The Princess Switch right now, and get prepared to gush.

If it all sounds immaculately corny and ridiculous cheesy, that’s because it is.The Princess Switchpromises to violently shoehorn the festive joy into your veins and social media is loving it.

Here’s what they had to say.

This was as awful as I’d hoped it would be. I need a sequel. #ThePrincessSwitch

— Sarah (@sarahisawriter) November 17, 2018

Watching #ThePrincessSwitch, and I like to think it’s EXACTLY what might happen if I were to meet Kate Middleton at a terribly-run European baking festival.

— K. (@KayTrot) November 16, 2018

Barbie in The Princess and The Pauper, but make it CHRISTMAS #ThePrincessSwitch

— Rachel Chen (@RachEndeavours) November 17, 2018

The best thing about Netflix’s latest Xmas movie is when they shamelessly promote other Netflix Xmas movies in it. #ThePrincessSwitch pic.twitter.com/okbERSR6dJ

— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) November 16, 2018

Hallmark would never have given us the shirtless man-candy scene that #ThePrincessSwitch just busted out. Ten points for Netflix.

— Alonso Duralde ???? (@ADuralde) November 17, 2018

#ThePrincessSwitch knows exactly what it is and does the cheesiness well. It’s often hard to feel the romantic chemistry in these types of movies, & even more so when there are TWO relationships, soo that part was eh. But Baby V is a delight always.

— Rachael Ellenbogen (@TheRachaelE) November 17, 2018

Kissing under the mistletoe? ✔ Fairy godmother (or father) who always appears out of no where? ✔ A very loyal maid? ✔ Charming prince? ✔ Shiny tiara? ✔ Ball and gowns?? Hell yes! ✔ #ThePrincessSwitch has all the things you need for a cliche royal movie.

— The Cheesy Popcorn (@popcornkeju) November 17, 2018

#ThePrincessSwitch was so cliché

I loved it

— festive fanyy ???????? (@PrefectHogwarts) November 16, 2018

“Like when you sauced Professor Kendall’s berries?”

Don’t ever tell me @netflix doesn’t hire top notch writers. #ThePrincessSwitch

— VCummins (@Vcumminskttw) November 16, 2018

I’m about a half hour into @netflix ’s #ThePrincessSwitch and I have great news: it’s this year’s #AChristmasPrince. So I’ll be watching it every day for the next 48 days or so (or at least until ACP: The Royal Wedding) and Netflix can judge me all they want and I don’t care.

— Just Christine. Nothing fancier. (@ChrissyMarie47) November 17, 2018

I’m really gonna watch #ThePrincessSwitch like 1000 more time bc wow I’m still shook

— Rose (@RoseNavarro) November 17, 2018

#ThePrincessSwitch was so predictable, cheesy, with terrible acting… had such an obvious storyline…………….

BUT I LOVED EVERY MINUTE IT ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

— krystal (@krystalramm) November 17, 2018

#ThePrincessSwitch promo pic kind of looks like a Megan Markle steal her style before and after pic.twitter.com/nI2JiVjgNX

— BratzDollCloe (@bronaghqu) November 16, 2018

Why is Vanessa giving me a Gabriella Montez vibes in @netflix ’s #ThePrincessSwitch?! ✨ pic.twitter.com/bbzkFOfKuH

— Danielle Ann Merin (@imDANIELLEmerin) November 8, 2018

It’s crazy how Stacy and Duchess Margaret not only look exactly alike but also have the same tattoo!????????

*The fact that they forgot to cover up @VanessaHudgens ‘ ink for the duchess only makes me like #ThePrincessSwitch more. Luckily, I still have another hour left to watch???? pic.twitter.com/pqc6qOEeJb

— Rachael Ellenbogen (@TheRachaelE) November 17, 2018

Belgravia looks an awful lot like Brussels ???????? #ThePrincessSwitch @netflix @NetflixNL pic.twitter.com/7Y3ZXhL99X

— Laura Embrechts (@LauraEm94) November 17, 2018

All this movie needs is a cameo by Nobody’s Angel singing “I Can’t Help Myself” and this is literally Model Behavior feat. Christmas. #ThePrincessSwitch pic.twitter.com/K9Yqhwivu7

— Sarah (@sarahisawriter) November 17, 2018

Have you watched The Princess Switch yet? Did you love it? Opinions in the comments please.

Jessica Wang

Lifestyle Writer

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