Love on the Danube: Royal Getaway

I watched these out of order and watched this one first. It was my least favorite of the 3.

I've never been happy he on the secret royal but this wasn't terrible on that. And I like them both, I'm a fan of Jessica because of Chesapeake Shores and Dans from his days on The Bold Type. Weirdly even though he is from Montreal I thought the English accent here was less distracting than his French accent in the wine tasting movie.

The scenes on the ship make it seem so low class. The room and table for the captains table is awful, worse than a mid priced regular restaurant. I wasn't a fan of the costuming at all. So glad that beard went.

I was distracted by alot. There were holes. On a tiny cruise how did they both manage to book rooms. Their discussions of paintings was too much.

It just wasn't for me. But I still liked it because of the beautiful scenery and I like two good actors getting roles.

This movie was alright, with the Duke meeting a girl that didn't know his identity. Then in typical fashion, the drama is that a fake story - about their relationship - is released, she finds out and then the conflict is that he lied.

That's where the movie lost me. I mean, most women would be absolutely thrilled to find out the man they're attracted to is actually a Prince. At the very least, I'd think she'd want to be curious about why he's hiding his identity, but common sense says - if she has a brain at all - that she'd know why. Duh. But the movie falls into a typical unrealistic trap that I find most Hallmark movies fall into; where someone's dishonest, or there's some conflict of sorts and common sense is pretty much tossed out the window for everyone's lack of trust or inability to rationalize the truth.

I mean, this girl should have been calling friends and saying, OMG, you know who I met, but instead she's like, I can't trust you anymore.

She ought to think about things from his perspective. He has a reason for wanting to hide what might be the biggest secret in the history of secrets. Duh.

This movie could have been so much better if there was something more to the punchline than, I can't trust a Duke hiding his identity. Whatever. Get over it. Or better yet, maybe he ought to find a girl with a brain on her shoulders.

My first thought was oh goodness, not another Hallmark Royal romance! However, full disclosure every time I say that I always watch them anyway and I'm glad that it didn't stop me from watching this one.

I love the chemistry between the Hero and Heroine.

I actually thought all of the supporting cast and characters were tremendous.

I was happily surprised, that for once, there wasn't a villain trying to sabotage the relationship. I always enjoy Catherine Discher, she was perfect for the role of Betty Stevenson.

It seemed that this Hallmark movie had more lighthearted moments, of course the typical heartache was there, but it was never overshadowed by the likable characters and watching their relationships develop.

Ava is not having the best moment of her life, her relationship ended a week before the wedding, so he boss suggests that she takes the river cruisr that was supposed to be her honeymoon trip to disconnect and unwind for a bit. There, she meets "Joe" aka Jozsef, a duke of a small European country, who doesn't tell her his real identity, of course. They bond immediately and they start spending time together, mostly talking and enjoying all things art.

It was an entertaining movie. I really love the European charm it has. Our leads had great chemistry and I think the relationship of the characters developed in a natural way, it wasn't rushed or forced.

And yes, the pre-ending problem is quite obvious from the beginning, but honestly I was more drawn to the chemistry of the leads and the beautiful cities shown. Also, is it really a royal Hallmark movie if you don't have an actor pretending an accent?

I will probably watch the rest of the series.

A "commoner" girl goes on a vacation cruise, trying to get away from work and recent break-up with her fiance. She meets a special guy, who shares her love for art. The end up together.

This film has good actors (which work together and make for a cute couple), decent film making and a proper execution!

SADLY, it is hurt by utterly formulaic structure. And it checks all the predictable checkpoints!! And I mean ALL of them.

He is a royal Duke in line for the throne(?) and keeping the secret (for some reason), charming high-points in their developing relationship throughout the trip, the borish low-point at the last third of the film, the "it wasn't real" line from the lead, the "you are special because you changed him", the helping hand from a third party to sway them back together, etc etc.. all concluding in a beautiful perfect happy ending.

It's okay and doesn't annoy. But the repetitiveness is tiring.

I'll give it a point higher than I would simulating this is the first movie I've ever seen.