PREVIEW: A Castle for Christmas (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Brooke Shields (The Blue Lagoon), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Vanessa Grasse (It Came from the Desert), Suanne Braun (The Princess Switch), Lee Ross (Centurion), Andi Osho (Shazam!), Mark Fleischmann (Time Will Tell), Eilidh Loan (film debut), Stephen Oswald (film debut), Joe McKay (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary), director; Kim Beyer-Johnson (Left Behind: Vanished – Next Generation), Ally Carter (film debut), Neal H. Dobrofsky (Holiday in the Wild) and Tippi Dobrofsky (The Donor), writers; Andrew Riach (Set Fire to the Stars), producer; Jeff Rona (From Inside), composer; Michael Coulter (Four Weddings and a Funeral), cinematographer; Suzy Elmiger (Bel Canto), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sophie Brown (Shields), a famous American author, travels to Scotland where she finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly Duke Myles (Elwes) is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. As the two of them work towards a compromise, they soon find themselves getting more than they bargained for..

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Netflix keeps the cheesy yet endearing Christmas romance movies coming with this unlikely tale of Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes bonding over the totally relatable struggle of buying a castle.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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