Two Australians - Rhiannon Fish as Olivia and Mitchell Bourke as Alexander - star in a film shot in Queensland, Australia for GAC Family.
A Royal in Paradise tells the story of Olivia, a best-selling writer who goes through a breakup whilst struggling for inspiration for her next novel. When Olivia's friend suggests they take the trip Olivia had originally planned to take with her boyfriend, she meets Alexander of Toravia (yet another country where they sound English!), who is on the island for a fundraising benefit, and to get away from the constraints of royal life. If you've seen one of these, you've seen them all...and you wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that sparks fly between the two, and that's where complications set in. All with a tropical backdrop, and all very family-friendly. (Except, if you happen to pay very close attention to the stock footage scenes of people in the pool, as I apparently did. Some of them are wearing thong bikinis! And Olivia does show off a fairly impressive bit of cleavage on a few occasions.)
Fish and Bourke have good chemistry, and their scenes together are all very nice. A predictable plot doesn't mean this wasn't an enjoyable film. What makes it enjoyable is their chemistry.
