It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
... View MoreI am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
... View MoreWhile it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
... View MoreThrough painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
... View MoreThis movie had been an adaptation of the The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (Lubitsch), and the difference in the quality of treatment is obvious. Most of the story almost follows in the same line, only that instead of bar girl, she is firm girl and the ending is changed (the Lubitsch had been practical, whereas this is fairy-tale or in other words, impractical). I could even say it is added (in Student prince, it finishes what the ceremonial guard), at the end of which, in this movie, the two reunite. I don't grudge the ending, since I don't like unhappy ones, even if that mirrors reality. It is the treatment that had been sadly superficial here. None of the actors helped either.
... View MoreSeriously - I couldn't even stomach watching the whole thing. The performances are static and the dialogue is jarring. The plot is three steps over the line of predictability (and not in a good way like some rom coms done well) I was sitting cringing at the start of every scene as you saw a constant regurgitation of anti-climatic cliché scenarios and lines. I made it to just over 40 minutes without simultaneously stabbing myself in the eardrum and eye which I think is an achievement! In conclusion I would just like to say that Julia Styles hit her mark in 10 Things I Hate About You (a predictable rom com that defined my teenage years)and should have given up acting at that point.
... View MoreThis fine romantic comedy fairy tale was directed by Marths Coolidge & as usual she does a first rate job.Four persons collaborated on the screenplay. This is a familiar type story,so there are many situations & characters we all have seen many times before. I did say its a fairy tale.Luke Mobley & Julia Styles are the leads & there chemistry is delightful.James Fox & Miranda Richardson film royalty if there ever was any are the King & Queen.they are perfectly cast.UK TV actor Ben Miller is the princes aide, & is just so properly perfect,In fact the entire cast is excellent,there is not one single person you would not want to meet & know.The Rating may be PG but there is nothing really objectionable in any scene.The film was made in Canada, Denmark & the Czech Republic.All production values first rate,There is the usual song score and for a delightful change all the songs fit the mood of the scene being shown.For those that like good clean cinema & real nice people See this,you will not be sorry.Ratings ***1/2 (out of 4) 91 points (out of 100) IMDb 8 (out of 10)
... View MoreThis is a movie about the oldest existing royal family in the world and they can't even give the danish crown prince a danish name. For the last many hundred years it would have been Christian or Fredrik like the current prince. They could have given him anyone of hundreds danish names even if they did not want to be historically correct but no lets name him after the English royal family instead. I also did not like how Denmark got portrayed as old fashioned when in fact it is very modern. The danish people love their royal family and this portrayed the relationship in a very undanish way. If the film makers wished to make the story take place in a fantasy kingdom they should have done what Disney did in princess diaries, and not insult the Danes. Julia Stiles is what makes this a good movie.
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