Movie #2230 ........................."The Winter Palace" (Amazon)

 Movie #2230 "The Winter Palace" (Amazon)  Now, it seems to see Danica  McKellar (Winnie from "Wonder Years" who used to be in at least 1 or 2 Hallmark xmas movies per year) , I need to check out what is on Amazon Prime because I found this one --- She seems to be paired with Neal Bledsoe a lot, too.  And ironically, another xmas movie I saw recently (on CBS) has the same guy helping the lead character writer out of her writer's block.  This one is much less believable.  She has to find a quiet place to write so out of desperation she signs up to help her friend to caretake a big "palatial" estate that belongs to royalty "whenever come" --- well, guess what?  they do, and she is the supposed caretake, they put her to work --- so she is supposed to be doing that but she is also writing her book, AND doing a bunch of snow activities with the prince so it's more believable when they fall in love.  Which is totally unbelievable to me.  What I did like about this one is the two lead characters seem to have a lot of comfort in working together, and it was about writing, and once again, he was giving her ideas how to finish her book.  Otherwise, very hard to believe this one.  I'd give it 3.8 out of 5 

"THE WINTER PALACE"   2022   1 hour and 25 minutews

A novelist with writer's block becomes the caretaker at an empty winter chateau to finish her book.  The owner, a prince, suddenly shows up with his royal entourage, and her job as the caretaker includes taking orders from the royal group.

Director:  T. Wl. Peacocke

Writers:  Gregg Rossen, Brian Sawyer

Actors:  Danica McKellar, Neal Bledsoe, Jenifer Wigmore