I'm giving a number out of respect for the time they've put in it, but it was soooo bad... and that book between the scenes... soooo annoying... did the king also didn't look healthy to you?
63 Reviews
Oh no no no no
aan_ke1 January 2021
Not the best but still well worth watching
jewelch26 November 2020
This is one of Tara Reids best in my opinion. No it is not the best but still NOT deserving some of the bad reviews I have seen, So I say watch it and decide for yourself like I did and and so glad I did. James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 11/25/2020
Hmmm
alysonlowrie7 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
There has been so many different versions of this idea it's ridiculous and this is far from being the worst, however it's also far, far from being the best. Formulaic and obvious yes, but still charming in its way. The king is adorable, don't know what it is, I just thought he was lovely. The daughter too is a delight, although clearly not their child as she has brown eyes to their two pairs of blue, (Mama got some explaining to do). The absolute worst part of this though is Tara Reid, she.cannot.act. She is completely wrong for the part, no-one would believe a king could fall her, there is zero chemistry between her and the king, her speech is terrible, her 'look is awful and oh my god her posture. Seriously she looks like she's ill, she can't even stand straight. Just awful casting, whoever thought she was right for the part needs their eyes tested.
Bad acting
cardwell_fam-4378124 December 2018
I watched, because I became invested.
crystle07131 December 2019
Tara Reid is spectacular- (-ly miscast) in this film.
tamrahh26 December 2018
Tara Reid is, I'm sorry, not what we would believe as the classy, beautiful long-lost love of a prince. She is more box wine than Bordeaux. Ingo Rademacher, usually as dependable an actor as he is handsome, is a particularly charmless prince. Together he and Reid are a totally unlikely love match in this tedious Christmas romance. For Christmas movie fans, there is not much in the California setting to bring that warm holiday glow. The one bright spot is the sweet, effortless performance from Haley Pullos as their daughter Lily. The scenes with and her friend Taylor (Kennedy Lea Slocum) are adorable. There is very little else in this film to recommend it.
one of the worst movies i saw
ofmeshupar20 December 2017
Bad actors
juliearonsen18 December 2017
Embarrassing to watch.
AdultAudienceMember26 December 2017
Some bad films are fun to watch. Some bad films are facinating train wrecks. This bad film is simply bad. It is sappy, predictable, and low-budget. It is at least a good collection of nice-looking people. If given a choice between this and cleaning the gutters, I'd go with the gutters.
Just my opinion in 2020
glenrobin-6095729 November 2020
The story line is of fairytale proportions and I loved it. I've seen all of these actors in other shows and movies and like them all. I do feel that this movies' script writers, could have given these characters better material, in the events leading up to the reveal. Anyway, a good movie.
From bad to worse!
debs-461461 December 2019
Decent Holiday movie! Brand new! Solid 6 Stars from me!
huggibear11 December 2017
I didn't have any issues with this movie. However, it was an ION Channel premier movie and the ION Channel isn't high quality or high definition viewing. And yes, it probably could have had better directing in terms of the editing. I kept seeing the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego in this movie (I've been there many times, so I know that seen very well) and they were calling it some other hotel in Los Angeles. I thought the plot was alright. I just don't really like watching less than high definition channels because I'm spoiled with the picture quality on them. I was with and at my mother's (a 71 yr old she is) when she chose this movie for us to watch on the ION channel. These baby boomer's are not that picky when it comes to television and technological quality. I keep telling them, you get what you pay for in most cases, but they are all deaf ears at this point in their lives. So I just let it be. I was fine with this movie through to the end. It turned out OK despite the editing. I don't think it was filmed in San Diego. I think they 'edited-in' shots of the Hotel Del Coronado, but I'm not convinced it was filmed there. I was trying to recognize more of it, but I never got a solid or clear vision that would tell me it was filmed there. It's best to watch it once all the way through and then formulate an opinion of your own.
Not even a shred of reality
Didiane-Marie10 December 2018
Bad acting, bad directing, horrible script, bad storyline, not steeped in any kind of reality at all. No wonder kids in the USA have such distorted views of royalty, monarchy and history. And did I mention the bad acting?
Worst.Movie.Ever
saucie26 April 2020
Tara Reid ruined this movie
amycoburn-7552311 November 2020
Dear god, Tara Reid can't act.
amandahenderson-932956 December 2019
This movie was awful!!
adolph-2704826 December 2018
If u are a GH fan, that's the only reason u wld even think to check this horrendous movie out! The acting is horrible, as is the plot... which I might add is the same plot of at least 25 other Christmas movies from 2017-2018... I just expected so mch more, but ended up wishing for my time bck... I cld hv read a book! LOLOLOL!
All of the worst I've ever seen
victoriavdlv14 December 2019
Lily is not the daughter of King Charles
tom-175-16157824 December 2018
I so very sorry for Lily, but she cannot be the daughter of King Charles. Both her mother and Charles have blue eyes, while Liky has brown eyes, which is genetically impossible. I'm afraid her mother did it too with some other bloke.
Not perfect but entertained
tect-0356411 July 2022
Not the best acting, pretty cheesy and predictable, but these are the type of movies that I enjoy. I don't follow actors so I have no clue who Tara Reid is, who so many are criticizing. But if you're like me, then give it a chance and decide for yourself.
Tara Reid??????
andiwwjd25 October 2020
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Tara Reid is not mother material never mind queen material. She's more like a bar fly or trailer trash. The plot is totally unoriginal. You claim to be a writer, use your brain and come up with your own story, don't copy someone else's!
Enjoyable story but bad acting
Jackbv12317 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Yes Tara Reid is not good as an actor. I thought Ingo Rademacher was even worse. His presence distracted me in almost every scene he was in. Reid was distracting but not as much or as often. Together, there was no chemistry. Do I need to beat that dead horse?
The joy of the movie was Haley Pullos as Lilly. Certainly she was sweet enough to cause cavities, but I kind of like that. I saw the story as being about Lilly and finding her dad. And this teenager had a good relationship with her mom. Sure there was some occasional anger and defiance, but that's the default state for a teenager. This story is Cinderella in a whole new way. We don't see the poverty which would have been inevitable for a single mom finishing college, and by the time we first see Allison and Lilly, they are living a nice life. But Lilly always wanted two things. She wanted to know her father, and she had the same princess dreams my granddaughter has. I enjoyed the ride as Lilly went from the shock of actually seeing the man she had once seen in old photo, to trying to meet him, to the joy of finding her father, and the cherry on top was becoming "Her Royal Highness". Stupid and sappy? Oh yeah. Of course it could never happen along with fifty other things in this movie. But it's fun.
I love the scene where Lilly is trying to figure out what to say to this man she serendipitously finds in the hotel lobby. "I'm taking a survey." But so many emotions running under the surface in that scene. There's also some humor in this scene and several other times throughout the movie.
Rosa is a villain you really want to hate. It's almost too bad she changed in the end.
The actors playing Allison's friend and Sam were almost OK. Both almost seemed natural, at least at times.
Christmas is not a real part of the story except to allow the ball.
The one premise that I would say I'm least likely to enjoy is the "royal" romance. But this one was different, and the romance story was secondary. It's just too bad they didn't cast the king and Allison better. I watch these movies as a guilty pleasure and to forget what's going on in the real world. This movie fills those roles.
The joy of the movie was Haley Pullos as Lilly. Certainly she was sweet enough to cause cavities, but I kind of like that. I saw the story as being about Lilly and finding her dad. And this teenager had a good relationship with her mom. Sure there was some occasional anger and defiance, but that's the default state for a teenager. This story is Cinderella in a whole new way. We don't see the poverty which would have been inevitable for a single mom finishing college, and by the time we first see Allison and Lilly, they are living a nice life. But Lilly always wanted two things. She wanted to know her father, and she had the same princess dreams my granddaughter has. I enjoyed the ride as Lilly went from the shock of actually seeing the man she had once seen in old photo, to trying to meet him, to the joy of finding her father, and the cherry on top was becoming "Her Royal Highness". Stupid and sappy? Oh yeah. Of course it could never happen along with fifty other things in this movie. But it's fun.
I love the scene where Lilly is trying to figure out what to say to this man she serendipitously finds in the hotel lobby. "I'm taking a survey." But so many emotions running under the surface in that scene. There's also some humor in this scene and several other times throughout the movie.
Rosa is a villain you really want to hate. It's almost too bad she changed in the end.
The actors playing Allison's friend and Sam were almost OK. Both almost seemed natural, at least at times.
Christmas is not a real part of the story except to allow the ball.
The one premise that I would say I'm least likely to enjoy is the "royal" romance. But this one was different, and the romance story was secondary. It's just too bad they didn't cast the king and Allison better. I watch these movies as a guilty pleasure and to forget what's going on in the real world. This movie fills those roles.
Nothing Good About This
uber_geek14 December 2019
Ingo Rademacher is definitely easy on the eyes, but this script is a dog. Topping that, they didn't even bother to get an actor to play Lily who had blue eyes. (It is genetically impossible for two blue-eyed people to have a brown-eyed child.) Even overlooking that, the script is formulaic and predictable.
Your typical holiday romance film, ripping off from those before it...
tracycarman11 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
All of the other reviews have covered the plot faults with the film, so I'll pass on most of them and take a look at the technical aspects.
1. You can't tell time frames. "Lily" comes to the hotel to see her if it's her father and try to confront him. He (and her friend are wearing the same outfit).
2. That night, there's a client gathering... a shot of "Lily" shows her in the same outfit (I will note, that this also applies to all of the lead characters in the film). It's night time.
3. Two of the characters comments about being up half the night and decide to go out to dinner.
4. The mother comes home, there's a confrontation scene outside. It's obviously daylight outside, and all of the shots in these scenes take place with the actors' STILL wearing their same clothes.
5. The next shot shows it being nighttime and the moon over the house. The dialogue, which as mentioned appears to be at night, is of Lily's dad explaining himself as if it just picked up from outside. Funny... it went from full daylight to nighttime again.
6. Wow...There's the final confrontation scene and ALL of the main characters are in it. Did I mention that they're ALL wearing the same clothes even thought it appears we've cycled through 24 - 48 hours. Oh... and it's nighttime, and then daytime again.
I guess they saved on wardrobe by only using one outfit for each character throughout the film. Whoever handled continuity was asleep at the switch or drinking the spiked eggnog. I won't even go into the other continuity issues, as these were more that stood out like a sore thumb.
1. You can't tell time frames. "Lily" comes to the hotel to see her if it's her father and try to confront him. He (and her friend are wearing the same outfit).
2. That night, there's a client gathering... a shot of "Lily" shows her in the same outfit (I will note, that this also applies to all of the lead characters in the film). It's night time.
3. Two of the characters comments about being up half the night and decide to go out to dinner.
4. The mother comes home, there's a confrontation scene outside. It's obviously daylight outside, and all of the shots in these scenes take place with the actors' STILL wearing their same clothes.
5. The next shot shows it being nighttime and the moon over the house. The dialogue, which as mentioned appears to be at night, is of Lily's dad explaining himself as if it just picked up from outside. Funny... it went from full daylight to nighttime again.
6. Wow...There's the final confrontation scene and ALL of the main characters are in it. Did I mention that they're ALL wearing the same clothes even thought it appears we've cycled through 24 - 48 hours. Oh... and it's nighttime, and then daytime again.
I guess they saved on wardrobe by only using one outfit for each character throughout the film. Whoever handled continuity was asleep at the switch or drinking the spiked eggnog. I won't even go into the other continuity issues, as these were more that stood out like a sore thumb.
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