Hallmark Movies: Small Town Royalty Magically Celebrating Rekindled Love! - General Discussion

[anniebird]

I finally got to see My Dreams of You - it was a cute movie but I had serious eyeroll when her agent told her that the New Yorker bought her story. I've had a subscription for most of my adult life and her story would be the exact opposite of New Yorker fiction.

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Watched Love and Sunshine(2019) , with Danica McKellar and Mark Deklin. It's a movie about a military service dog that was fostered by Danica for awhile and it's previous owner in the military coming back to claim him. What can I say,I'm a sucker for dog movies, this one was cute ,definitely worth checking out.

[jpgr]

14 hours ago, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:

Watched Love and Sunshine(2019) , with Danica McKellar and Mark Deklin. It's a movie about a military service dog that was fostered by Danica for awhile and it's previous owner in the military coming back to claim him. What can I say,I'm a sucker for dog movies, this one was cute ,definitely worth checking out.

This is one of my absolute favorites.

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Watched The Birthday Wish, adding it to my fav list!

[coffeebean]

On 2/26/2025 at 12:33 AM, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:

Watched Love and Sunshine(2019) , with Danica McKellar and Mark Deklin. It's a movie about a military service dog that was fostered by Danica for awhile and it's previous owner in the military coming back to claim him. What can I say,I'm a sucker for dog movies, this one was cute ,definitely worth checking out.

Love and Sunshine is one of those movies that remain on my DVR for several months and I put it on as back round in the house. The Birthday Wish is another. There are several movies that I know much of the dialog.

Edited Sunday at 02:49 AM by coffeebean

[kirinan]

Did anyone watch The Royal We tonight? I normally don’t care for the royal movies, but I enjoyed this one. I figured I would, because Mallory Jansen was the star, but there wasn’t really anything I didn’t enjoy. I liked the actor who played the prince, too; he reminded me of a younger Antonio Cupo. The story was a little different, too, which was nice. Not a perfect movie, but a nice surprise. I can see this becoming a favorite.

Edited Sunday at 06:01 AM by kirinan

[MerBearHou]

I skip any of the royal themed movies (except the wonderful old Crown for Christmas), but because of Mallory Jansen, I decided to give The Royal We a try, and sure enough, I liked it so much.  Mallory just makes everything better and her co-lead was good too.  Only negative was her best friend from college / co-worker — the way she behaved was a total caricature and she looked and acted about 15 years younger than Mallory (even though IRL I think the actress is older).  The aide to the prince was a familiar face from so many things (memorably from a small part in Notting Hill) and he was just right.  

[MerBearHou]

@kirinan I think we posted at the exact same moment — similar sentiments too 😊

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Ok, I'll take your advice and was it later !  I'm really looking forward to next Sat. night's movie!

[MerBearHou]

3 minutes ago, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:

Ok, I'll take your advice and was it later !  I'm really looking forward to next Sat. night's movie!

It does look fun and different — hope it’s a good one!  

[Irlandesa]

45 minutes ago, kirinan said:

Did anyone watch The Royal We tonight? I normally don’t care for the royal movies, but I enjoyed this one. I figured I would, because Mallory Jansen was the star, but there wasn’t really anything I didn’t enjoy. I liked the actor who played the prince, too; he reminded me of a younger Antonio Cupo. The story was a little different, too, which was nice. Not a perfect movie, but a nice surprise. I can see this becoming a favorite.

I've been looking forward tot his movie because I like Mallory and I admit I enjoy a good old fashioned romance-book arranged relationship plot.  But then I completely forgot to record it.  I'll either catch the replay tomorrow or watch on Hallmark+ which I think I still have.

[Chippings]

I enjoyed The Royal We also -- different enough, and it was fun to watch the relationship evolve.  She had worked hard on her accents, too, and I think stayed pretty true to the 'European' one when she needed to.

Actually I had watched Her Pen Pal immediately before, and that's one of my top ten -- she is excellent in it, but watching Joshua Sasse is great.  I always think back on seeing the two of them in Galavant a few years ago.

I don't think they often do show the same actress in two movies right in a row; this was interesting, for sure.  

[Orcinus orca]

Have we gone back to 1850? In The Royal We, a seemingly independent, successful woman who teaches other women to control their own lives, returns to a previous century to "fulfill her duty".  This is a country that apparently speaks French but also English with an aristocratic accent (except for the plumber who has a Cockney accent) and has a childish feud with a neighboring enemy.  The "Kings" of these little enclaves trade insults like third graders on a playground.

The leads were fine and played well off of each other.  But the premise was beyond ridiculous.

PS US citizens do not curtsey to royalty from other countries.

[Ele]

9 hours ago, MerBearHou said:

It does look fun and different — hope it’s a good one!  

The next two movies do look fun. Walker and de Ravin look like a good pairing.
 

Come Fly with Me is on right now and Hemmens and Matter have great chemistry. I want them to make another movie. 
 

Hallmark Family is showing Guiding Emily tonight. I remember it being pretty good. It’s also showing two movies I’ve never heard of!

[Irlandesa]

I pretty much loved The Royal We.  I thought the leads had great chemistry where you could feel an actual pull between them.  I found myself smiling when they kissed and it has been a long time since I've done that for a Hallmark movie couple. And maybe it's because I watched on Hallmark+ but it seemed to move at a pretty quick pace. 

The one thing I didn't like about it is that I now suspect I'm going to have to watch all of the royal movies this month, or at least the last one, since they hinted at a shared universe.  It makes me wonder if we're going to get to see their wedding happen in a different movie. 

[kirinan]

1 hour ago, Irlandesa said:

The one thing I didn't like about it is that I now suspect I'm going to have to watch all of the royal movies this month, or at least the last one, since they hinted at a shared universe.  It makes me wonder if we're going to get to see their wedding happen in a different movie. 

That really surprised me, Irlandesa. I already knew I was going to watch next week's royal movie, since I like Andrew Walker so much, but I didn't intend to watch the third one. But when they tied them all together (somewhat cleverly, I must say), I was like, oh, shoot, now I may have to watch all of them. So I'll set the DVR to give myself the option.

[Badsamaritan]

1 hour ago, kirinan said:

That really surprised me, Irlandesa. I already knew I was going to watch next week's royal movie, since I like Andrew Walker so much, but I didn't intend to watch the third one. But when they tied them all together (somewhat cleverly, I must say), I was like, oh, shoot, now I may have to watch all of them. So I'll set the DVR to give myself the option.

That was actually really clever, props to whoever came up with the idea at HM. 

I too enjoyed it, enough that I'm watching the replay now. Yes, it's ridiculous they have to marry, a deal made between their grandfathers, but I enjoyed that her experience and skills ultimately brokered a deal so it didn't have to take place. Bea says she'll do it until they can find an alternative solution so I was willing to let it go. And they do have very nice chemistry. I also liked how they used the hashtags regarding their relationship journey. It was a believable and topical use of social media. 

I really do like The Royal We, it'll go in the rotation now. If you haven't watched it, be sure to catch Guiding Emily as well. It's a big departure in story and very well done. And Sara Drew and Antonio Cupo have great chemistry. 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Loved The Royal We, looking forward to seeing all__ of the upcoming Royal movies that HM  is bringing together.  

[njbchlover]

I really enjoyed "The Royal We" - I thought the two stars had great chemistry, and I thought the two "kings" played their parts of blustering older men holding silly grudges (with a hint of comedy) very well.  

The best friend/assistant was kind of one-note, but she was good for a little comedic relief.  

Looking forward to the next one, with Andrew Walker, but not so sure about the third installment.

This afternoon, I caught a repeat of "The Perfect Bride" (2017), with Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith.  I enjoyed this one, too, which also had an interesting storyline.  I think that PH and KS have great chemistry, which is now being continued in "When Calls the Heart" for the last few years.  Seeing PH play someone more low-key than her over-the-top character, Rosemary, on When Calls the Heart is a nice change.  

Plus, Kavan Smith's smile really melts my heart!!  

[coffeebean]

I have the Walker Royal movie and the WE movie set to record. What is the name of the third Royal movie so I can record it? Thanks.

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Royal-ish is the third movie on Sat. night March 15th !