Royal Hearts

Yes, the storyline has been done before but who cares? James Brolin was entertaining as a grumpy cattle rancher. Alex the stable handler was easy on the eyes and ears. If you like Hallmark movies, you'll enjoy this. So many negative reviews but I'm guessing they are not Hallmark fans. Give this movie a try. You just might like it.

It's better than I expected it to be. Usually, the Americans go to film in Romania, because it's much cheaper, when they have bad scenarios. This time, the script isn't really bad, either on the contrary. And Romania is beautiful anyway. James Brolin is funny, and Cindy Busby is nice.

I really liked the cowboy to king story. I recommend it. James Welch Henderson Arkansas 11/20/2020

My wife and I watched this movie at home on DVD from our public library. It is one of three movies on one disc, a collection called "Royal Wedding Collection". The other two movies feature Meghan Markle.

James Brolin, probably 76 or 77 during filming, is Hank Pavlik, very content on his Montana ranch. But he gets news that he has inherited some property in Europe and his arm is twisted to make him go see it.

As it turns out the property is a very small country and he is now their King. At first he doesn't want any part of it but then finds out the people there need some help. Plus the neighbouring equally small kingdom is hatching a plan to acquire them. Plus he meets a lady bartender who likes fishing as well as he does.

The other side story is very typical of Hallmark movies, Hank's very single and very attractive daughter is pursued by two men, one that we can all see is wrong for her, the other we can all see would be ideal for her, and she has to juggle their attention until she figures it all out.

Just a lightweight but entertaining and enjoyable rom-com. Brolin is very good, a lesser actor could not have made it as interesting as he did.

If it wasn't for the dad I would have turned this movie off in the first 10 minutes. The main actress is the same in every movie: arrogant, snobby, naive, annoying, and always plays the "I'm always right" character who's doing a doctorate and someone is getting a job at Oxford for reading books from one author. The dad was such a great character and made the typical royal family movie very special. Kelly was so manipulative and flat out lies to her dad. I really hated that part and she didn't even apologize. I loved the landscape shots and wished there was more- It's such a beautiful location!