Gooey royal romance

You'd think we'd have had enough of prince and commoner romances. But, no. Here's another one.

This time, Julia Stiles is a serious-minded student of biochemistry from a farming family, who meets and falls for the Prince Of Denmark (not Hamlet, but Luke Mably). He's studying in the US, too, and finds her in the cafeteria, where he's working because his money hasn't come through.

The question is whether it is worth her emotional while going through all the folderol of a royal liaison and state wedding.

The King and Queen are Edward Fox and Miranda Richardson, who add a bit of gravitas to the proceedings. Stiles isn't bad at all as the Wisconsin farm girl who eventually has her doubts.

But the film is pretty facile at the edges and positively marshmallow at its centre. All ends terribly well, of course. Martha Coolidge, who made Rambling Rose, ought to have sharpened this up a bit.

The Prince & Me
Cert: certPG