Il était une fois Noël

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?

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?

As other reviewers have said, whomever cast Ms. Sharknado / American Pie in a serious romantic comedy should be banned from the industry for life. This has the bones of a decent "royal rom com" but with the bad acting, bad directing and sloppy editing it is mess. Too bad. Some of the cast isn't bad but its just not enough to make this watchable.

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.