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      The Prince and the Surfer

      PG 1999 1 hr. 30 min. Romance Comedy List
      Reviews 36% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Young California skateboarder and surfer Cash Canty (Sean Kellman) happens to meet his look-alike, Prince Edward (also Kellman), who is visiting the United States and destined to be king of Gelfland. The two boys decide to switch places and experience the ups and downs of different lives, with Cash enjoying royal treatment and Edward appreciating a less structured routine. However, Cash and Edward must join forces to foil the traitorous scheme of Gelfland's villainous Kratski (Robert Englund). Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member In the days when The Parent Trap - like movies reigned in the family genre, Mark Twain's classic tale, "The Prince and the Pauper" received several film adaptations. This is one of them. A young prince, Edward of Gelfland travels to California with his mother for important royal seminars (or something of the like). It is there he runs into a surfer/skater boy by the name of Cash Canty who could pass as his identical twin. The boys decide to trade places for a day and soon find it hard to switch back. On top of that there is a traitor in the midst of the royal family. What unfolds is predictable but enjoyable to watch none the less. The acting was decent - I thought Sean Kellman did a good job at portraying the two boys. The two love-interests for the boys are fun as well, and Robert Englund is at his villainous best as usual. There were a few plotholes in the film, but was that really so unexpected? It's obvious from the title that this is no Oscar winner. The only thing that really bothers me about this film is that the boy never actually gets in the water - he's a skater and it should have stated that in the title - but oh well - a little play on words was probably the intention of the title - The Prince and the SERFer". Overall, a decent watch - fun and entertaining, but not the best film by far. Still, if you want a cute, yet predictable, family comedy, this is it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Who says that being royalty is everything? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Brian Costello Common Sense Media Dude! Remake of Twain story has some iffy humor, no surfing. Rated: 2/5 Jun 19, 2013 Full Review Brian Webster Apollo Guide Rated: 69/100 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Young California skateboarder and surfer Cash Canty (Sean Kellman) happens to meet his look-alike, Prince Edward (also Kellman), who is visiting the United States and destined to be king of Gelfland. The two boys decide to switch places and experience the ups and downs of different lives, with Cash enjoying royal treatment and Edward appreciating a less structured routine. However, Cash and Edward must join forces to foil the traitorous scheme of Gelfland's villainous Kratski (Robert Englund).
      Director
      Gregory Gieras, Arye Gross
      Screenwriter
      Gregory Poppen
      Production Co
      Crystal Sky Worldwide
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Sound Mix
      Stereo