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.

Yes, the Heroine is too rude, the Prince is a dream, def. What was hardest for me to watch was Erin Gray. I always thought she was lovely in Silver Spoons and Buck Rogers. But, it was painful to watch her attempt a British (?) accent. It looked painful for her, too. It wasn't just bad, it was awful, did they not have a dialect coach? I love silly Christmas Romance Movies, but this one barely kept my interest. I really wanted to like it more than I actually liked it.

"I've watched a lot (and I mean a LOT) of this type of movie, but this is easily the worst. The story line is not believable, the characters are caricatures of themselves, and it all just lacked cohesion and chemistry".

I totally agree with xeroxoul review here.

Furthermore there is something actually disturbing in the main character.

She, her fake eyelashes and her fake complaints at the hotel for the dinner with their parents are just unbearable.

You tell me a chef in the history of cinema who didn't even dirty her hands with any cooking. I guess just this one.

And what about her overall lack of professionalism?

This movie is a disgrace under any point of view.

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!