I have just seen this film for the forth time on TV and I love it! It was a great storyline and was very amusing to watch! I am planning to buy it on DVD in the future as it is the same people who made The Tenth Kingdom which I bought on DVD and the book of. The setting was perfect and I loved the script. My favourite scene is when John takes Kate to the museum to prove who he is and confesses some of his feelings for her. Well done Hallmark for a wonderful adventure film
call me old-fashioned but . . .
I bought this thinking that I would share it with my granddaughter who is 7. However, the swear words and the bell scene mean that this one goes directly out the door again. You can't trust Disney any more and now you can't even trust Hallmark. Someone said this movie was more for kids. Well, if you're going to make a movie for kids, the themes should all be ones that are appropriate for kids. If you're going to make a movie for adults then you have to decide whether you're doing a comedy or a romance. This movie tries for a middle road, and despite the lovely Christina Applegate and the wonderful Bernadette Peters, winds up trite and dull. Or perhaps this is a 'tongue-in-cheek'commentary on what Prince Charmings are really like??
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Prince John of Anwyn (Sean Maguire) and his squire Rodney (Martin Short) are sentenced to a frogging for offending Princess Gwendolyn of Lothian (Christina Applegate) on their wedding day when he goes after another woman. A Lothian wizard turns both men into frogs with the following conditions John must entice a maiden to kiss him upon the lips and then he must marry her before the noon bells of the next full moon and be faithful to her for the rest of his life.
The marriage of John and Gwendolyn was to end three centuries of war between the two kingdoms. Even though King Leo (Colin Fox) hands his son over for punishment, John's antics cause the war to continue with disastrous consequences for Anwyn.
This curse was laid upon them in the 15th Century but 500 years later the two men are still frogs until an American boy steals them and brings them back to New York City. They meet Kate (Christina Applegate), a Central Park carriage driver who agrees to help them find Margo Stockard (Bernadette Peters) an actress who kissed him while trying to prove her love to her unfaithful director boyfriend. The problem is John loves Kate.
This was movie was both comedic and romantic. A wonderful tale to be watched again and again!
Anyone who's lived in an apartment will understand the mounting frustration of Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore as they grapple with the upstairs neighbor of their worst nightmares in Duplex, directed by Danny DeVito. Stiller and Barrymore play a young couple who think they've found the home of their dreams when they buy an astonishingly spacious Brooklyn duplex. Unfortunately, the second floor comes with a tenant, a seemingly sweet little old lady (Eileen Essell). Her petty demands and manipulative ways drive Stiller and Barrymore to desperate attempts to oust her--and when she breezily resists their worst efforts, the hapless pair begin to consider more serious (and final) measures. Duplex might be called a comedy of anxiety; it constantly pricks at your expectations of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Ben Stiller - Drew Barrymore - Eileen Essell Director(s): Danny DeVito DVD Release Date: Released the 02 March 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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For perhaps the first time in her career, Kate Hudson doesn't just imitate the twinkle of her mother, Goldie Hawn--and proves to be a winning romantic lead in her own right. Hudson plays Emma, a stenographer hired by a desperate writer named Alex (Luke Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums, Legally Blonde), who has to finish a book in 30 days. Of course, a tentative romance blooms between them; but as Alex begins to interweave elements of his life into the love triangle of his novel--including a suspiciously Emma-esque character named Anna--Emma wonders if the novel's sexy other woman has a real-life counterpart as well. Though Alex & Emma suffers from some bland, formulaic elements, it also features flashes of engaging wit. Hudson dampens her gleam, but because she's not... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Luke Wilson - Kate Hudson - David Paymer - Sophie Marceau Director(s): Rob Reiner DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Marking a welcome return to the breezy style of Thelma & Louise, Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men reminds us that the director of Gladiator is equally adept with quirky comedies and offbeat characters. Smoothly adapted from the novel by Eric Garcia and set amidst the sunlit, 1950s-style architecture of L.A.'s San Fernando Valley, this gently dramatic comedy centers on Roy (Nicolas Cage), a divorcée whose career as a con artist is complicated by: (1) his ongoing struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder, which manifests itself through various quirks and rituals; (2) a wily partner (Sam Rockwell) whose criminal ambitions are greater than Roy suspects; and (3) the arrival of 14-year-old Angela (Alison Lohman), claiming to be the daughter he's never known. Turns out... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Nicolas Cage - Sam Rockwell - Alison Lohman Director(s): Ridley Scott DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Three generations of the Douglas clan--old-time star Kirk, Michael of Fatal Attraction and Wonder Boys, and movie newcomer Cameron--star in It Runs in the Family. Alex Gromberg (Michael) is a high-powered lawyer who works for a firm co-founded by his father Mitchell (Kirk), who's recovering from a stroke, while Alex's son Asher (Cameron) is dealing pot and flunking out of his senior year in college. The movie moves between the three men's relationships with women and each other. Surprisingly, It Runs in the Family isn't as much of a vanity project as it seems; though some implausible elements serve only to flatter the stars (wealthy lawyer Alex volunteers at a soup kitchen for the homeless, where a babelicious co-worker throws herself at him), most of the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Michael Douglas - Kirk Douglas - Bernadette Peters Director(s): Fred Schepisi DVD Release Date: Released the 21 October 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This movie was fun and romantic from begining to end. It gives you hope that love is out there. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Harry Winer DVD Release Date: Released the 03 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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