Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Once Upon a Prince 2018


     A Hallmark movie based on a novel by Rachel Hauck.  Susanna’s family runs a local garden store.  Her sister Avery, her father Gib and her mother Glo all work at the shop.  Susanna is driving and she has a flat tire.  Nate is walking along the road and he stops to help her even though he’s never changed a tire before.  Next, Susanna’s father is taken to the hospital and he needs a rest from the nursery work.  The family asks Nate if he would be able to help out at the shop and he says he can.  He’s staying with a neighbor Mrs. Waller and he’s just visiting but he’s glad to help.  Surprisingly, a photo of Nate and Susanna is leaked to the press?  Everyone learns that Nate has been called back home for his coronation as King Nathaniel of Cambria!!
     Susanna actually has a degree in landscaping design and Mrs. Waller asks her to work in her garden.  Then, Susanna is asked to apprentice for a famous gardener in Cambria.  This is a Hallmark movie so of course there needs to be a prince!!  Susanna and her sister Avery both go to Cambria.  Avery is shopping every day and Susanna is toiling without ceasing in the garden!!  3* (This movie is OK)

120 min, Romance directed by Alex Wright with Megan Park, Jonathan Keltz, Kayla Wallace, Charles Jarman, Colleen Winton, Sara Botsford, Marlie Collins, Frances Flanagan, Jake T. Roberts, Andrew Moxham, William Samples, Yasmin Abidi, Blair Penner, Adam Beauchesne. Dalias Blake.

Note:  Imdb 6.4 out of 10, 20% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxed 3.5* of 5*.
Special Note:  The setting is Georgia but filmed during 15 days in Vancouver, Victoria, Colwood, Oak Bay and Metchosin, British Columbia,  Canada.  Hatley Castle was used for the castle scenes. 

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