My Christmas Prince

The prince and the American girl is a well explored light romance trope. Hallmark has done it at least three times and here is Lifetime's version.

"Samantha" is a bit light on her acting chops, with most of her lines coming out in a whine or a fit of petulance. Callum Alexander is a bit stiff, but performs surprisingly well for his only real film role.

To be honest, I only picked this out because the reunion of Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin more than 40 years after their Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew crossovers. Parker gets a LOT more lines and screen time than Pamela, and not much time playing off each other, which is a shame.

Marina Sirtis appears in a surprise role as the "royal fixer", and sadly adds very little to the film. She's a shadow of her screen presence as Troi on TNG.

Still, it's an enjoyable film, but not one we'll consider for repeat viewings.

The absurdity of the premise that a royal would go under the radar in NYC for a year and then be spotted in a small town by a royal watcher is mentioned in the movie so just accept it. After that well it's just a typical girl meets prince romance and there have been quite a few. The lead actors look quite good in their parts. Callum Alexander isn't too polished an actor a bit amateurish- he delivers all his lines very similarly. But somehow this recalls the way WIlls & Harry speak in interviews. Alexis Knapp of Pitch Perfect looks quite classy and sweet here. Charles Shaughnessy of the Nanny is good as the King but the actress who plays his wife isn't very regal - more like a lady in waiting to the queen.

Despite the faults it's an okay watch after all the competition in the Hallmark/Lifetime selection aren't exactly Emmy calibre anyway.

I liked the story line but the acting my Alexis Knapp was horrible.

I did want to like this movie with Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin. But either the actors can't act or they can't act and say the wretched dialog at the same time the Queen was in no way believable. Stevenson's dialog was terrible. Pamela Sue Martin did the best. She made you feel like she was the mother. All the other characters/actors and their dialog were just not believable. The movie screamed 'actors-in-training, newbie writer', and director? Just bad. Sorry.

Interesting casting. The lead, Callum Alexander, is a Tom Daley clone and kind of sweet. Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin back together is fun. Parker can act, Pamela Sue never was a great actress. Sadly the weak link is the the lead, Alexis Knapp. She is still green and not a good actress. The actress playing the queen, strongly resembles Celeste Holm. We've seen this plot a hundred times. But if you're looking for mindless cuteness this is it.