Audience viewership Whip Media, which tracks viewership data for the more than 21 million worldwide users of its
TV Time app, reported that
The Princess was the third most-streamed movie in the U.S. during the weekend of July 1 to July 3. It subsequently ranked fourth during the weekend of July 8 to July 10.
Critical response On the
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval of 62% based on 86 critics, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "
Joey King is a credible action star in
Princess, but she deserves a better kingdom than this uneven vehicle that gets weighed down by a clunky script and shabby production values."
Metacritic, which uses a
weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Scott Mendelson of
Forbes found
The Princess to be a solid action movie and complimented its concept, drawing some comparisons with the
Die Hard film franchise, while praising Joey King's performance and the action sequences. Jesse Hassenger of
Consequence found the movie funny and praised its premise, applauded Le-Van Kiet's direction, stating the director provides a lot of action sequences across a frenetic direction, while saying the performances of the actors manage to be forceful. Andy Crump of
Paste rated the movie 7.4 out of 10, praised the performances of the cast members, saying Joey King provides a fierce performance across the film, complimented the choreography though the action sequences, and said Le-Van Kiet, Ben Lustig, and Jake Thornton succeed to provide an action movie with a female lead challenging patriarchy across the direction and the script. Jennifer Green of
Common Sense Media rated the film three out of five stars, praised the depiction of positive messages and role models, citing female-empowerment and courage, and complimented the diverse representations across the characters and their origins. Brian Tallerico of
RogerEbert.com rated the movie two out of four stars, said the performance of Joey King manages to be the best element of the film, and found some of the action sequences entertaining, but stated the movie fails to provide a script that is sufficiently creative.
Accolades Joey King was nominated for Best Actress in an Action Movie at the 2023
Critics' Choice Super Awards. ==References==