Movie #1646 ........................."A Christmas Prince"

Movie #1646 "A Christmas Prince" -- found this in Netflix (streaming), and I'm glad I did.  I thought it had a pretty phony opening, but I was intrigued with the young woman journalist who poses as a tutor for the young princess in the Kingdom of Aldovia;  the story didn't pull me in , but she did, and the prince who is hiding out (dodging the coronation), his little sister who is wheel-chair bound, and the beauty of the castle (filmed in Rumania, but it looked like the hotel we stayed in Banff last year).  The story  built like it normally would except for a surprise or two along the way, and then the high point came and it was pretty exciting, quite different from the normal fare of Hallmark movies (which this isn't), and it really worked.  And  it has a lovely romantic ending, to boot!  In addition, there's another one evidently to watch because it seems they get married in the next one --- same cast, same location, so I'll have to stream that, as well, because I enjoyed the cast in this one.  I give it a 4 out of 5.

"A CHRISTMAS PRINCE"    2017    1 hour and 32 mins.

When a reporter goes undercover as a tutor to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?

Director:

 Alex Zamm

Writers:

 Karen Schaler, Nate Atkins (as Nathan Atkins) 

Stars:

 Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige