User Reviews

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.

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!

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.

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.