These disguised prince or princess movies have been done more times than I can count. This one follows pretty much the same plot as the others. Girl leaves her castle to find herself and falls for non royal boy. She must decide whether to stay with boy and her new life or return home. Problems arise throughout the movie, like her getting publicly outed as a princess. Her family showing up unexpectedly. The ski resort where she works needing to be saved. But In the end, everyone gets their happily ever after.

What I liked about this movie include the beautiful scenery at the snow resort. It really was breathtaking in a couple shots. I also liked that the non royal love interest found out the girl was a princess early on. Most of these movies that happens later and causes some friction. The acting was okay. It's what you'd expect from television actors. Some were better than others. I DID find it strange that the princess was the only member of her family not to have an accent. She blamed it on attending boarding school in America, but would years of that REALLY get rid of everything? Hmm.. I suppose it's better than having to listen to a horrible fake accent! Anyway, this movie is definitely worth watching, at least once. But it's not one of those where you're excited to watch it again.

Carly is ready to go back to her family but her ski resort boss convinces her to stay to plan for the big winter ball. She is partnered with the owner's brother Jesse. Only Carly has been working incognito. She's actually Princess Carlotta from Landora and her twin brother Prince Gustav has arrived for a fundraiser gala.

For a premise like this, her secret needs to come with stakes. There's no real stakes. She faces no danger from being revealed. The plot is left with limited tension mostly around the fate of the event but even there, it's not like the resort is threatened. The leads are beautiful although they're not the most powerful actors. This is low intensity Hallmark and good for background watch. One can leave the TV on the background while you do something else.

The acting was believable for the royals. A viewer gets a sense that the 'royals' have had special training and have grown up in a different world, but NOT over the top different.

The main actress does a very good job with her role, with 2 different faces. Many movies with a princess, the actress does not in any way shape or form give off anything that implies a lifetime of specialty training and decorum. Those kind of movies are real cop out. This movie does a good job comparing the two worlds, without vilifying either one.

There is no proverbial evil antagonist (almost always Caucasian male sometimes female) for a change. I have heard from people in the movie industry that it is hard for script writers to develop an engaging movie w/o one. It was a real treat and relief to just have decent people who mean well even if their views were different as the primary movie characters.

A very nice and engaging low budget movie