A Royal Christmas Ball

2017
4.6| 1h25m| en| More Info
Released: 10 December 2017 Released
Producted By: Hybrid
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://iontelevision.com/holiday-movie/a-royal-christmas-ball
Synopsis

Dateless for the Christmas ball, 39-year-old bachelor, King Charles of Baltania, tracks down his American college sweetheart, only to discover Allison has never been married, yet raised a 17-year-old daughter, Lily, who mathematically might be Charles' biological princess.

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Pluskylang Great Film overall
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
robinhartmann Wow! Could the decorations on the trees get any uglier? My goodness, they went to pick out trees and they are fake! The palace has ugly fake trees too! Don't know what to say! What were they thinking? Still shocked! Thank goodness all the actors are handsome and the actresses are pretty.
ofmeshupar 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.
omijer As a true and loyal fan of Hallmark movies,especially in the pre-holiday season, this is one movie I really looked forward to watching. Sadly, there were several distractions from what could have been a truly classy and appealing film.The story line was original, featured mature characters, which is often unusual for Hallmark, except for secondary roles. The King..was perfectly cast..an elegant, handsome and intelligent man..The actor is absolutely flawless, in looks, speech, physical mannerisms..His best friend from college also the same intelligent, appealing man. The female leads were a problem for this viewer. If the King was returning to reconcile with his college sweetheart..Tara Reid was poorly chosen for the role..Her physical appearance is inconsistent with someone the King might fall in love with and yearn for..for decades. Her scraggly platinum blond ill-cut hair, her glossy, shiny hot pink lipstick and her overly rouged cheeks do not speak of a college lover who has gone on to become a land developer or architect. She looks cheapened by her makeup, clothing, and general facial demeanor. One would wonder why the King chose her and stayed in love with her all those years..She also seems to have a sullen look on her face..not just a sad look for love lost, or angry for his abandoning her..but more uncaring..The king could have done much better..a more serious actress,..someone who exudes intelligence, maturity, and physically appropriate appearance.Her daughter was well-cast in terms of age and physical appearance, but one wonders if teenagers..especially an older teen (17?) giggle and laugh, wide-eyed, as much as this actress does..She was very beautiful, played her role well, except that 75% of her giggling could have been thought through differently and eliminated. All in all..an appealing film and story line, but one this viewer would happily re-cast..and then watch in a more realistically-cast version.
huggibear 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.