Christmas with a Crown

Never have I ever given a Hallmark movie a 1 star

This is everything that could possible be poor about a movie - the story is totally ridiculous - not just magical, HEA and a little corny which is total fine but like the Bride of Chucky with a Christmas theme.....

I realise there are late bloomers including some lovely friends of mine but if you are going to cast mature leads is not the least that can happen is they act their age? This pair are acting like teens and if a day under 35 I will eat my hat..... And the romance and chemistry is just not there AT ALL....

Plain awful sorry to report......

So in spite of the reviews here the numeric ratings are in the 4-5 star range. That's generous. This is a terrible movie and that's coming from somebody that is actually fond of the hallmark royal themed movies. The lead actor may be ok in other roles but he is terrible in this--he floats in an out of a bad British accent. Of course the script is so bad that its hard to blame the actors but the result is that this thing is barely watchable. I made it through the whole thing but am a little shocked that I actually finished it.

There are lots of royal themed movies in the Hallmark vault. Try an alternative because this one is not worth you time.

A romantic, modern day fairy tale that is grounded and perfect for all the family. There were a lot of cute moments and laughs throughout the movie. Enjoyed the Christmas tradition and magic of the film

This is a pure formula "Royal" movie where the prince maintains his anonymity through most of it. There is the antagonistic confrontation at the beginning. The anonymous prince helps with a Christmas festival. The queen is throwing tantrums, admittedly somewhat mild tantrums. There are so many other formulaic plot lines. There is also some wild rationalizing to work things out to the predictable outcome.

I haven't seen Lisa Durupt as a romantic lead, but in many supporting roles like best friend or sister. Marcus Rosner is a rom/com veteran, many of which with Hallmark. (This movie is Lifetime.) As another reviewer pointed out, Rosner vacillates back and forth into an English accent (obligatory for all Royal movies). I found this distracting. There was some chemistry but it wasn't great.

There is nothing to set this movie apart from the crowd. It won't be on my future viewing list.

Typical "Royal Cinderella " story. A prince of Caucasianstan ( my name for mythical land of white people) is unhappy with being rich and good looking until he meets plucky Christmas loving American ( actually Canadian) who has no sense of protocol. His mother the queen hates her. All's well by last 5 minutes.