Smooch (2011)

SMOOCH is a modern retelling of the classic Frog Prince tale with a romantic comedy twist. A rakishly handsome "English Royal" comes to America for an arranged marriage, and ends up being ... See full summary »

Director:

Ron Oliver

Writers:

Howard Burkons, Terry Spencer Hesser

Stars:

Kellie Martin, Simon Kassianides, Nick Ullett

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kellie Martin	...	Gwen Cole
Simon Kassianides	...	Percy / Flynn
Nick Ullett	...	Wilkins
Kiernan Shipka	...	Zoe Cole
Rod Myers	...	Sam Simon
Shirley Benyas	...	Mrs. Bieker
M.R. Wilson	...	Detective Stanley Novak (as Michael Wilson)
Emma-Lee Hess	...	Kate
Caroline L Price	...	Ruthie Novak (as Caroline Price)
Dan Pesta	...	Knight
Rio Scafone	...	Teacher
Olivia Wickline	...	Witch / Mrs. Polanski
Erin Nicole	...	Hilary Boswell
Geoffrey Beauchamp	...	Duke of Hamm
Joanna Hastings	...	Duchess of Hamm

Storyline

SMOOCH is a modern retelling of the classic Frog Prince tale with a romantic comedy twist. A rakishly handsome "English Royal" comes to America for an arranged marriage, and ends up being mugged in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and left with amnesia. A precocious 11-year-girl, who can't bring herself to dissect a frog in science class, goes to the park with the intent of setting it free, and through a serendipitous misunderstanding thinks she turned the frog into a man after kissing the frog's boo-boo away with a kind smooch. She brings him home and soon realizes the only way she can "keep him" is to have the man impersonate a "Royal Nanny" and convince her beautiful widowed mother to hire him. With the clock ticking and his royal family searching for him, the man - whose memory eventually returns to him - falls hard for the girl's mom, and it seems like a Valentines Day dream come true until he's found by his family and is forced to finally stop being a bit of a "toady"... and ...

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Plot Keywords:

fall | chores | bathing scene | disguise | dog | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Hallmark Channel [United States] Silver Screen Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Békaherceg

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beantown Ranch Entertainment, Silver Screen Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

It is early February 2011 according to the calendar at the beginning of the movie and there is a full moon in the sky. The full moon that month was on February 18th. Also Zoe says "there is a blue moon this month". There can never be a blue moon (a second full moon)in February even in a leap year, as the lunar month is 29.53 days long.

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Quotes

Gwen Cole: He was a FROG! - fraud! A fraud!

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Soundtracks

Never Let You Go
Music & lyrics by The Thirstbusters as Thirstbusters
Performed by The Thirstbusters as Thirstbusters

User Reviews

Pucker Up

This is a cute little TV movie in the "Miracle on 34th Street" vein. Besides some rather amusing acting -- particularly Simon Kassianides as a Marquis or perhaps Prince who prefers to get drunk and fall into an amnesiac fugue rather than marry his horror of a social-climbing fiancée, and Kiernan Shipka as a straightforward young girl who would rather believe in magic than live a rather empty life, there is plenty of subtext in this movie about hope, expectations and San Francisco -- although that highly cinematic town is not shown to any advantage. Surely a few more original pickup shots could have been arranged.

The romantic interest is provided by Kellie Martin, who is directed in the manner typical of a Hallmark TV romcom: brittle, fast-talking and ready to fall. There won't be much in the way of surprises in this work, but a light, almost negligent handling of the issues by director Ron Oliver keeps things moving along at a decent clip