2020, Mike Rohl (Supernatural) -- Netflix
Because it's the sequel. Because I want to finish off the series. Because I am not sure they can do much more with the premise of the series, now that BOTH versions of VanHudge (to lift Kent's term) are married off, and the third should be in ... jail ? Perpetual community service? Either way, curiosity.
HERstory:
So, Stacy is a Hallmark Princess (you know what I mean) and his dived deep into being the wife of a Prince. And she is neglecting poor Prince Eddie, who strikes me as just ... having unfulfilled needs. I think she has a bakery here in Pavlovia Belgravia while Kevin is back in Chicago running the shop there. Unfortunately, he and Margaret broke up. You see, Margie was back to just being another low-end royal in Montalbán Montenaro, until there was a death and an abdication, and now she is about to be crowned Queen on Xmas Day. Kevin pulled a dick move and they broke up; apparently he couldn't handle being a Royal Consort. Stupid Kevin.
Stacy and Edward are on their way to Montenaro for the coronation, which somehow finds Chicago on the way, where they pickup Kevin and Olivia. Olivia is fully onboard the "get Kevin and Margaret back together" train. They arrive at Margaret's palace, that she has not yet quite moved into (it wasn't her family home), and we get a lovely semi-montage of Decorating for Xmas. Once settled in, poor horny Prince Edward continues to try and woo his own wife, unsuccessfully.
Later, at a weak attempt at a Ball, we finally get to meet the third VanHudge Doppel -- Fiona, the cousin who spent all her dead parents fortune, and is trying to hustle up some more funds. She's an annoying social media influencer chased by two equally annoying chav henchpersons. Later, after picking the pockets (and one mouth) of the guests, they come up with a plan to "switch" out Margaret for Fiona, pretend to be the newly crowned Queen and rob the royal coffers.
Meanwhile, Stacy gets it in her mind to get Margaret and Kevin back together via another switch. This will allow Margaret Prime to spend some alone time with Kevin, away from weasley Antonio, the guy digging his way into the Montenaro court and Margaret's heart. And Margaret Secondary will go to the royal events in her place. And while at one of these events, Fiona's plan plays out -- they kidnap Margaret Stacy and replace her with Margaret Fiona. They now plan to hurry up the coronation so they can steal the funds, and Antonio is helping!
Meanwhile, Prince Edward is still horny and neglected, until he is dialed in on the plan. The Margaret Stacy plan, not the Margaret Fiona plan.
But of course, they figure out what is going on, rescue Stacy and interrupt the illicit coronation, AND chase down Kevin at the airport before he can leave. They strong arm a priest into marrying Kevin and Margaret -- I guess marriage certs are not a thing in Montenaro -- and then actually crown Margaret a queen, the next day, Xmas Day, in case anyone forgot this was an Xmas movie.
The Formulae:
One thing that has become apparent is that I cannot shoehorn these not-Hallmarkies into the HallmarKent template. Despite them doing their own best to compete with the idea, they don't really subscribe to the trope laden potpourri that is a proper Hallmarkie. So, this will be the last time I lay it as such.
Really, the only Hallmarkie element we get is the decorating the Montenaro Palace montage.
Yeah, this is more Disney style romance / romcom / caper than anything. In fact, with a bit of hindsight, it's barely Xmas.
True Calling?
Well, that is an easy one, because they do actually do another switch, though the real switch is the Margaret Fiona one. The other one is a weaksauce attempt to get back the magic,
The Rewind:
No real rewind, but one thing I forgot to even mention in the first post, was the weird, kind of creepy Xmas Angel / wisdom filled old man who keeps on showing up slightly pushing people in the direction he wants them in. I am not really sure of his purpose.
The Regulars:
Well, the entire cast of the first one is back, except for Olivia who is replaced with a slightly older looking young girl. AND we get an appearance by King Richard and Queen Amber of Aldovia as guests at the coronation, making the whole meta Netflix characters watching Netflix movies kind of meta-meta.
How does it Hallmark?
Not so much. As noted, by the time we are at sequel, we aren't even trying to Hallmark it.
How does it movie?
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