Christmas at the Palace

Another royal fantasy starring actors who have previously already filmed basically the same story. So why sit through such a blah movie? Brittany Bristow is gorgeous. And her smile could launch a thousand ships. Again she plays the second banana and way outshines the star.

This is like the other christmas/Palace type movies where the girl ends up with the prince/King but I always watch them and enjoy them.

This was a good movie and i watched it as part of my Christmas movies before Christmas day challenge which is now on 17 out of 100.

Would I watch it again? Yeah. It was nice.

First time I have seen Merritt Patterson and what a bright spot she was. She was in two movies in 2017 A ROYAL WINTER and THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE. I will watch these other movies. She could be the 3rd sister in a movie with Amber Marshall (Heartland) and Megan Parks. Andrew Cooper as the king was OK, but I think less screen time would have been better. Loved the beginning scenes where she didn't know he was the king and he didn't tell her. Loved him having the name the Grinch King. What is not to love about this movie. It falls short of excellence. Maybe more of an emotional tie between her and the princess. Maybe some more realistic figure skating. Brittany Bristow did do a pretty good spiral. Hope Merritt makes more Christmas movies.

I'm not a fan of royal stories, Christmas or otherwise. This one was middle of the road for me, but I enjoyed Merritt Patterson's energy in the beginning. The approach to the royal story was a little different. The latter half of the movie didn't live up to the beginning for me. It looked like they introduced a twist to the obvious expectation, but then switched again.

All the characters conquer their fears and along the way enjoying the holidays. It is an up and down set of challenges revolving around a skater and a crown prince. Toss in some great friends and the king's 10 year old daughter for smiles, you have a good Hallmark movie. I give this movie 8 out of 10 cups of hot cocoa-with lots of marshmallows.