A Christmas Princess

Ok, this little struggling restaurant with three employees is going to cater a $1k per plate banquet? And as soon as she finally agrees (she has to be convinced, ok right...?) they skip off to drink cocoa in a nearby small town in the name of searching for the perfect menu? And they clearly have a spark, but who exactly is doing the work with only a week until the banquet? At the 1:30 min mark... the prince's disapproving parents arrive with an aristocratic (suitable) potential princess and they make it clear that the girl from Brooklyn just won't do for their son. It all works out of course, but I found it hard to look past the obvious imbalance in social status and the biracial element, which is not an issue for me, but IRL would clearly complicate matters. Also, even Christmas somehow took a backseat itself, until the final scenes. Just not hitting the mark with this one.

A LOT of reviews complain about Travis Burns' accent but he at least sounded like a normal human being. What in the world kind of accent was Erin Gray using? I get that these movies aren't exactly big budget, but surely SOMEONE could have helped Gray with that atrocious accent.

The overall story was cute, not anything original, but a nice 90 minutes.

If only the European (Australian) Prince can convince (by begging and pleading) the inexperienced arrogant, rude, yet somehow still failing Chef, into catering his royal banquet (eye roll), which he decides to do after just a smell of her meatloaf (because what European Prince doesn't love meatloaf). Really? Ugh!

The storyline is clever and the main actors are lovely, but where he really brings it and brings out all the feels, she doesn't suit the role at all (she shows no passion for her profession and is way too moody) nor is there any chemistry between them. Many of the other actors have some weird fake semi-cartoonish acting going on that just makes it feel awkward throughout. Pity, as it has some potential.

The would be princess being all about independence and self righteous gets all indignant when someone doesn't think she has the 'right stuff'. She up and quits. When the going gets tough, miz snap your fingers doesn't get going. Prince is a Calvin Klein model.