It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Danica McKellar and Rupert Penry-Jones star as the maid turned governess and King that is fighting what his heart wants and what others are telling him his duties require.Enter the King's daughter, Princess Theodora. Teddy, who does not think she needs a governess nor does she care for the Countess who is eventually supposed to marry her father.The supporting cast is very, very charming as are the leads. A lovely movie - worth a watch.

The real heartwarming part of this story is between the governess, Allie, and the pre-teen princess, Theodora. As we all expect, the governess wins the heart of the unruly princess. That doesn't make any less well done or sweet.Rupert Penry-Jones plays a stiff widower king with not much room to be real, so it is not surprising that he comes off as a little too stiff to really like. Danica McKellar gives her usual solid performance in this case as the lovable governess, even if she does the deer-in-the-headlights look a few times too many. But I think Ellie Botterill is probably the star of this show. I find myself not so much wanting to see Allie and Max get together as for Theodora to be happy getting Allie as a new step-mom.Some Hallmark movies don't have villains quite as mean as in this movie. And here we have three.I loved the background song playing over the final scene.

A Crown for Christmas is by far the very best movie Hallmark has made in years! Before this, A Princess for Christmas held that spot. I love movies that have a wonderful love story, and then have royalty added in. Where A Princess for Christmas lacked (small details like bad costumes, and cheap tiaras) A Crown for Christmas makes up! The castle they filmed in was beautiful, the casting was excellent! (The Princes little girl was perfection!!) The main characters really had on-screen chemistry, the same way Crown for Christmas did! While predictable, the story was still very engaging and entertaining! I wish Hallmark would make more of The Royal themed Christmas movies. It's also nice when they cast the movies with unknowns. These (somewhat) unknowns, really have a lot of talent!! I can't say any one character in this movie (or the other) was annoying, sappy, or irritating to watch. The costumes were beautiful, and didn't look like bridal shop rejects. (And they hemmed the dresses on the main characters!)The locations didn't look like the usual Pacific west coast locations in so many of the other movies they do, too.This movie left me with the "warm and fuzzies." ~ I want to see their Royal Wedding now! I give this movie a ten!

This is a standard Christmas TV movie by Hallmark so my expectations were not super-high, not super-low.However, I was pleased that all of the performances (with the exception I'll mention later) were actually pretty darn good. The actors did a very nice job -- from the actress who played the daughter, to the valet, to the cook in the kitchen ... even the housekeeper who, at the end, showed some real emotion. Rupert Penry-Jones (a very good British actor) was the standout: He did a great job with his limited material - he came off very authentic with just the right touch of reserve crumbling in the face of unexpected feelings.I was ready to accept this movie for what it was, and was pleasantly surprised. However, it was totally ruined for me by Danica McKellar's bad acting. Her range seemed to be limited to one facial expression (furrowed brow); that, coupled with the fake eyelashes (really distracting and who wears those nowadays?!) resulted in my actually enjoying the movie when she wasn't in the scenes! Too bad. This could have been much better with even a slightly higher caliber actress.