3.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 3.5
Overview
Go behind the scenes of Märtha Louise and Shaman Durek Verrett's relationship in the lead-up to their divisive wedding in Norway.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixBias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
Go behind the scenes of Märtha Louise and Shaman Durek Verrett's relationship in the lead-up to their divisive wedding in Norway.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by condemning racism and sexism, critiquing established social hierarchies, and championing individual freedom against traditional cultural norms, consistent with the director's activist background.
This documentary explores the interracial and intercultural relationship between Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Durek Verrett, a Black spiritual guide. It foregrounds the racial dynamics and challenges Verrett faces within a European royal context, explicitly critiquing societal and institutional prejudices, media bias, and traditional norms that resist diversity and individuality.
Secondary
The film "Rebel Royals" portrays LGBTQ+ themes through the lens of an unconventional heterosexual relationship, emphasizing love's diversity and resilience against societal judgment. It champions self-acceptance and challenges traditional norms, framing obstacles as external prejudice. While its message is affirming of diverse love and identity, the documentary's subjective, one-sided narrative has drawn criticism for lacking editorial balance.
Information regarding the portrayal of transsexual characters or themes in 'Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story' is unavailable. Current details lack plot summaries, character breakdowns, or critical analyses that discuss trans representation within the film, preventing an assessment of its impact.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a documentary focused on real-life individuals, Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett, who are portrayed with their actual, established genders. No characters have their on-screen gender differing from their historical or source material gender.
This documentary features real individuals portraying themselves. Princess Märtha Louise (Norwegian) and Durek Verrett (Black American) appear as their authentic selves, matching their real-life races. There are no instances of a character established as one race being portrayed as another.
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4.4
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