Christmas with a Prince

I found this movie to be a simple and fun story. There is not an amazing story line and it is actually quite predictable, but it's sweet. A fun, lighthearted girly movie!

As these movies are usually aimed at the female audience, surely the lead 'hunk' needs to be someone who doesn't have an online profile full of semi-naked muscle-man pictures aimed purely at a 100% male audience. If it's supposed to be a love story, the male/female romance has to be believable. The story was the usual one. Prince meets lowly (but talented and cute woman) and eventually whisks her off to be the princess in some make-believe Eastern European country. This example was pretty awful.

A chief of surgery at 26 years old? Referring to nurses as nurse and adding an insult? This was in the first 30 min and I couldn't tolerate the rest. People need to learn the actual reality of healthcare. I am a doctor and I learn from nurses every day. We as doctors rely on them for everything and no physician should ever disrespect a nurse as was portrayed in this movie. I hope Hollywood learns from this

Yes this is a play on the stereotypical Romantic Christmas movie. But open your eyes and heart to what's really happening. The chilldren are the true stars of this movie. How their joy, laughter, and strength changes Prince Alec's heart is what happens. Stop judging Christmas movies as if they are Oscar Contenders, and open your heart and mind to their underlying messages. You might be surprised and realize they have things to offer that are far more important than acting skills

While the basic storyline is compelling, the acting is awful...stiff, over-done...with lines and behavior not fitting a doctor, security detail, etc. My guess is that this was a low-budget production and the casting crew were forced to hire less experienced lead actors. Having said that, there's no "off-color" language, nudity, or situations that would offend sensitive viewers or young children. That, in itself, is refreshing!!

I had the biggest crush on Charles Shaughnessy 35 yrs ago on Days of Our Lives..and it seems he is the only one who can act in this movie. While Nick Hounslow is amazing to watch without his shirt on, that's the best part of the movie. I made it 25 minutes in and had to stop. I LOVE Christmas romantic movies or royalty movies...I expect them to be probably be a bit juvenile, but this was horrible. Really bad over acting, poorly written, did i mention...REALLY BAD ACTING. Wanted to love it....couldn't

I've seen many of these kind of movies and if you have too, you will know exactly what to expect. Though that is not the reason I gave it such a low rating. All these movies could be easily better if the scenery and acting was actually believable. But the idea of making this in one wing of a building and have everyone half baked pretend to be doing a specific job and make the costumes look severely cheap really takes you out of the immersion. The worst part for me was the extremely bad trope that is a double standard and unethical in the face of romance. She hates the prince because she believes he is spoiled. But someone wins her heart by commanding his secret service to do his bidding, hire a "famous musician" to visit, and give a helicopter ride to a mother to see her kid for his surgery. All of which could only be done if the man was rich and spoiled. So essentially it's another movie trying to hire attractive actors and show us that women are gold diggers.