Red White & Royal Blue
Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): August 11, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
14
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The IndependentJessie ThompsonAug 17, 2023
It’s when the film veers into more serious territory that it becomes unstuck. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredFrancisca TinocoAug 14, 2023
While the film never really finds its voice outside of the source material, lacking development and a finer tuning to its new medium, 'Red, White & Royal Blue' might still be the most deliciously fun and excitingly sexy romcom of the year. Read full review
60
Little White LiesPatrick SproullAug 14, 2023
There is something strangely comforting about Red, White & Royal Blue, as imperfect as it is. It’s a romcom for the streaming era but it has a markedly different vibe to it because it’s fronted by two men. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeAug 14, 2023
Fortunately, the twin charisma assault of the two leads adds considerably to the film’s appeal. It turns out that watching two impossibly beautiful boys making cow eyes at each other might be just the escapist pulp we need right now. Read full review
60
Screen RantGraeme GuttmannAug 14, 2023
While Red, White & Royal Blue is a little too light on laughs, its central romance follows the book closely enough that die-hard fans will be pleased and casual viewers will be able to find something to love. Read full review
60
ABC NewsPeter TraversAug 14, 2023
There’s nothing new about this queer romance between a president’s son and a prince of England except the way it skips the sorrow to favor the joy. Wishful thinking? Maybe. But for audiences eager to connect instead of divide at the movies, it's about time. Read full review
60
EmpireHelen O'HaraAug 11, 2023
It is entirely predictable from moment to moment and frequently laughable in its portrayal of international relations and politics, but it’s also funnier than it needed to be, and, thanks chiefly to Zakhar Perez, often charming. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonAug 10, 2023
In several marvelously postmodern moments it recognizes its own glucose level. And the results are genuinely hilarious. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneCT JonesAug 11, 2023
With Red, White & Royal Blue seemingly attempting to straddle the line between BookTok virality and on-screen sensuality, the film is content with being merely rewatchable. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedAug 10, 2023
A feel-good fairy tale that collapses under the weight of its own silliness, Red, White and Royal Blue is a gay rom-com that dazzles visually but defies all attempts at anything resembling plausibility. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 10, 2023
Despite its attempts to be racy and of-the-moment and to earn that R rating, Red, White & Blue comes across as contrived and, at its foundation, quite formulaic. Not even the cake gives a convincing performance. Read full review
48
TheWrapTomris LafflyAug 14, 2023
Unfortunately, López can’t sustain the momentum. Every time a new turn emerges within Red, White & Royal Blue it feels like a new film has sprouted out of the story with embellishments that land as superfluous scenes begging to be deleted, instead of grace notes that elevate the movie. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeAug 14, 2023
Red, White and Royal Blue just isn’t the fun, brain-disengaged romp it could have been, any praise going toward intention rather then execution. Read full review
40
Paste MagazineAbby OlceseAug 10, 2023
Matthew López’s take on the story suffers from breakneck pacing, shallow characterizations across the board, and filmmaking choices that sometimes baffle, and sometimes betray the film’s low budget. It’s a disappointing, slapdash cash-in that does a disservice not only to McQuiston’s book, but the genre it’s part of. Read full review
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