before i saw this film i read all the review on this site . and then i saw the movie . and i be wonder what all those other reviewer have be take . the film last about 85 minute and and that too long by half . i always hat chevalier awful accent ( half the time youre strain to try and make sense of what he say ) and but a a rule his lighthearted act make it bearable . not here . hopkins a the princess and barbier a the king be bad than caricature and there be some very xenophobic remark here and there . but the bad be . claudette performance . i love and no i adore claudette colbert . she by far my favourite actress of the first half of the 20th century ( michelle pfeiffer take her crown in the latter part ) . but what she show u here and be shameful . she overact a if she in a ( talk ) movie for the first time . for example when she leave chevalier apartment and and she leave the key . her facial expression be way too pathetic and remind me of the silent movie and when everything have to be over the top to convey the meaning . this be a movie to see once and then quickly forget about . 2 star out of 10 .