dizexpat The premise is ridiculous. On VE Day 1945 The King and Queen allow their teen-age daughters to go out for a chaperoned evening in London. The chaperons get drunk, the daughters get lost, and see how the "real people" live.Nothing about the story is plausible. Especially since Margaret was only 14 at the time. Yet she drinks enough to make an adult sick. Nobody talks as they would have. Neither the princesses nor the people they meet.I suppose it could be enjoyed as light entertainment like "Roman Holiday" another story about a princess on the loose.At least that one didn't pretend to be true.

Dean72756 No spoilers here... except that I loved this movie. I laughed all the way through it. What a joy!! Elizabeth was just perfect. I loved her arc in this film. Timid, not yet assertive. And as the night rolls along she learns from watching others until the end of the movie when we see our future queen learns how to take command, but with grace. And when she is lost in the crowd what I saw in her eyes was bewilderment and awe and a slight over-whelmed expression. A great performance. And her two official escorts were wonderful to watch. I wasn't too sure about Jack, though. I understand he needed to have some flaws, but I didn't feel by the end of the movie that he had a strong enough arc. But Margaret was perfect. I am so happy she was portrayed the way she was in the film. How fun!

MartinHafer I wonder if perhaps I would have really enjoyed "A Royal Night Out" a lot more if I was British. All I know is that the film, and especially the premise, left me cold. The film is based EXTREMELY loosely on the fact that Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret went out to celebrate V- E day (when the Germans surrendered to end WWII in Europe). This DID occur...but the girls were chaperoned and went in a large group...with absolutely no real free time to be common people. Margaret, by the way, was only 14. This film pretends that instead of staying with BOTH their escorts, the pair ran about London--with Margaret acting a bit like a dummy and Elizabeth spending most of the night looking for her. Yeah...whatever.Apart from the story (which didn't interest me very much), the movie DID has a nice look and they apparently tried very hard to get the look of 1945 right. But as I mentioned, it didn't interest me very much. I don't care about what MIGHT have happened if the two princesses went slumming. First, they didn't. Second, I couldn't care less about the actions of a couple spoiled royals. I guess I am too much of an oppositional American to really care about all this. Looked nice, made me laugh once or twice and well made but that's about all.

kosmasp Not exactly of course, but then again this might not accurate on how things went down either. Depicting historical figures and a historical event (end of WWII, British crown and so forth) might not be something people are too interested to watch. But then if you like a feel good movie overall and a fish out of water story (loyalty mixing it up with common folk), then you might be right here.Having said that, there is still some tough issues that want to be answered, but even when this gets darker, it never loses focus on the lightness that makes it work. So this isn't too critical or too dramatic, but it is entertaining, while being predictable in giving us the clichés we expect. Having said, costumes and settings are generally good and the acting is decent too