A Royal Christmas Ball

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.

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.

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?

There is a basis for a good story, but there are too many holes in the plot, bad editing, bad casting, and no chemistry between the main characters.

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?