- Story: Schoolteacher Samantha (Pitch Perfect's Alexis Knapp) returns to her hometown of Maple Falls for Christmas, where her diplomat boyfriend, Alex, surprises her and her family. She soon learns Alex (Callum Alexander) is actually a prince, which forces her to decide whether she loves him enough to quit her teaching job to leave the US and become a princess. Also her ex-boyfriend, a Maple Falls cop, doesn't seem to happy about the prince's arrival. — ❄️❄️ (It's nice to see Samantha's job taking precedence over the prince, but the setting of Maple Falls is pretty boring. Not to mention she freaks out when she discovers he's a prince, which could have been solved immediately after they met with a cursory Google search. C'mon, Samantha!)
- Fantasy Country Name: Maldevia. — ❄️❄️❄️❄️ (It's no Genovia, but it's still majestic AF.)
- Prince's Title: Prince Alexander aka Alex Hendricks. — ❄️❄️ (What about Augustus? Or Earnest? Alex is fine, but it's also the name of every dude I went to high school with. Let's mix it up a little, shall we?)
- Heroine's Occupation: A teacher in New York City, about to be promoted to be the Summer school director for all of the Bronx. — ❄️❄️❄️❄️ (Yes! Climb that career ladder, girl!)
- Cheesiest Line: "I know our worlds are different, but all that means is that our worlds together will be that much bigger." — ❄️❄️ (It's romantic, sure, but it also kind of just means they have a huge mess on their hands?)
- Highlight: A shirtless scene featuring Prince Alex in the first half of the movie. — ❄️❄️❄️ (What? I'm a writer, not a saint!)
- Overall Rating: ❄️❄️❄️ (This was Callum Alexander's first role, but likely won't be his last since his charm alone is enough to smooth over the movie's rougher dialogue. There's also a nice subversion of the "rich duchess trying to sabotage the prince's relationship with a commoner" plot.)
My Christmas Prince is streaming on Lifetime.
