“Satisfying, Endearing Christmas Romance”
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What You Need To Know:
A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE is an endearing Christmas romance with top-notch directing, writing, editing, and acting. It also has a beautiful story and message to boot. The movie incorporates different dynamic shots to make the scenes look livelier. The storyline has a clear beginning, middle and resolution. A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE has a strong Christian, moral, pro-family worldview with references to the Nativity Story. It extols forgiveness, gratitude, truth, and caring for the poor. It rebukes lying. MOVIEGUIDE® commends the filmmakers for crafting a beautiful story of love during the Christmas season.
Content:
Very strong Christian, moral, pro-family worldview with the Gloria In Excelsis Deo hymn playing in the background, God and prayer are not mentioned explicitly but a character makes a reference to the wise men following the star in Bethlehem to Jesus, all kinds of Christmas trees are shown and one has an angel on top, one person says to another person to never be afraid to ask for help, a woman runs charity and starts it to handle her grief, the two leads have positive relationships with their parents, lying is rebuked, and forgiveness, gratitude, truth, and caring for the poor are extolled;
No foul language;
No violence;
No sexual immorality (there is hand holding, flirtatious looks, hugs, and kisses between a man and a woman);
No nudity bit there’s a barely noticeable scene where a woman wears a blouse showing a little bit of skin;
A character drinks wine at a restaurant in moderation among other people who also have wine glasses;
No smoking or drugs;
A character breaks an agreement with their parents about being chaperoned, and man creates a false cover story and lies to someone about it, but this is rebuked.
More Detail:
A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE begins during the Christmas season with Julia arriving at her charity called Hope For All, with Alexis breaking the news that one of their donors pulled their funding. Meanwhile, Prince Chris convinces his reluctant parents to let him leave St. Monica to spend Christmas in the United States. His parents let him go on the condition he goes with their royal assistant Malcolm.
Chris and Malcolm arrive at the hotel in the United States, and they go on a walk. After ditching Malcolm, Chris walks into Hope For All and meets Julia, who gives him coffee. Chris returns later that night to ask Julia out for dinner. At Alexis’s insistence, Julia agrees to go out with Chris, but he sticks to his cover story of being a tech executive on a business trip.
A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE is an endearing Christmas romance that has top-notch directing, writing, editing, and acting with a beautiful story and message to boot. The movie incorporates different dynamic shots to make the scenes a little more interesting and to make them look livelier. The dialogue and storyline make sense with a clear beginning, middle and resolution. The editing helps elevate the storyline, so everything blends together nicely.
Every actor does a great job with their parts with almost everyone giving charismatic performances. Jenna Michno does tremendous work as Julia who tries to keep her charity afloat while also balancing it with her family life. Robert Adamson as Prince Christopher has an affable sensibility to him that makes him an instant standout. Kayla Fields as Alexis portrays a supportive best friend without running the risk of becoming annoying.
Butch Klein shows up as Malcolm who does come across as Chris’s annoying assistant, which means he absolutely understood the assignment. Speaking of people who understood the assignment, Renee Ashton and James Hyde enthrall as Julia’s parents. Audience members will appreciate their love for each other and their daughter. Everyone should have supportive parents like them.
Though they only appear in a handful of scenes, Ros Gentle and Michael Swan play Chris’s parents, the King and Queen of St. Monica, well. Mothers will appreciate the sweet scene between Chris and the Queen, showing that she truly cares about her son despite being overprotective. The same goes for a conversation between the King and Chris. To top things off, the ending of A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE satisfies and stays with you even after the credits roll.
A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE has a strong Christian, moral, pro-family worldview with the Gloria In Excelsis Deo hymn playing in the background. God and prayer are not mentioned explicitly, but a character makes a reference to the wise men following the star in Bethlehem. All kinds of Christmas trees are shown, including one with an angel on top. A person says to another person to never be afraid to ask for help. A woman runs a charity and starts it to handle her grief. A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOPE extols forgiveness, gratitude, truth, hope, and caring for the poor. It also rebukes lying. MOVIEGUIDE® commends the filmmakers for crafting a beautiful story of love during the Christmas season.
