A Princess for Christmas (TV 2011)

At the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.

Director:

Michael Damian

Writers:

Janeen Damian, Michael Damian

Stars:

Katie McGrath, Roger Moore, Charlotte Salt

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Katie McGrath	...	Jules Daly
Roger Moore	...	Edward Duke of Castlebury
Charlotte Salt	...	Lady Arabella Marchand du Belmont
Travis Turner	...	Milo Huntington
Sam Heughan	...	Ashton Prince of Castlebury
Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup	...	Ball Guest
Miles Richardson	...	Paisley Winterbottom
Leilah de Meza	...	Maddie Huntington
Florin Busuioc	...	Duke of Belmont
Madalina Anea	...	Abigail
Marioara Sterian	...	Duchess of Belmont
Constantin Florescu	...	Priest
Alin Olteanu	...	Floyd
Letitia Rosculet	...	Antique Shop Mother
Maria Junghetu	...	Mrs. Kelly

Storyline

At the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | prince | ballet dancing | christmas eve | dance lesson | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 December 2011 (France)

Also Known As:

Christmas at Castlebury Hall

Filming Locations:

Bragadiru Palace, Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mediapro Studios, Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), Riviera Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lady Kristina, who Roger Moore says hello to as he enters the ballroom, is Roger Moore's wife in real life, Lady Kristina Moore.

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Quotes

Edward Duke of Castlebury: Well, children, is there anything you'd like to ask your grandfather?
Milo Huntington: Yeah, how come you gave us the shaft all these years?
[Jules does a spit-take]

User Reviews

A Princess for Christmas - bad acting indeed

Although some of the actors actually could act -- the little girl, the "Prince," most of the household staff, well, the butler was played by an accomplished actor -- that anyone could act anything with this script was a tribute to their training and experience. The boy was particularly awful -- casting a 24 year old to play someone barely in his teens, generally a very bad choice, and he was almost completely inauthentic throughout the role. The lead, Katie McGrath, is certainly pretty enough, but has no acting training and a very few acting credits, which probably explains that while she was "winning," her characterization had absolutely no depth to it. So when she was called upon to do something that barely made sense (the script required all sorts of people to do this), it really made no sense for her character. (Also her accent kept slipping.) Mostly what this script required was the "turn on a dime" school of acting, which only works if you have enough acting experience to know that you need to salt in hints of the turn before it happens. Even Roger Moore, poor thing, had to turn so fast, it was ridiculous. Agh.