Michael Weiss (Los Angeles)

This has always been one of my favorite projects and -- for my money -- has the best test movie I've seen on Amazon Studios. Marty has continued to polish this script to where it's at now -- which is a very tight, professional quality action thriller. These feels like a studio move to me and I'm waiting to see what's the next step.

It's hard to do something fresh with a princess movie, but Rob has really put together a charming, escapist fantasy with 12 Princesses. While it is just a "test movie" with partial animation, I thought the imagery was top notch and very well directed. He really used the characters and settings to make the story emotional and funny. The concept added just enough of a twist to a fairy tale that it kept me involved and continued putting a surprised smile on my face. Best of all, he kept things simple and let the characters just play against each other. It's a classic love story with a fairy tale twist. The dialogue was very snappy and added some great humor, which kept the story from being too melodramatic. And of course, there's the music, which was really enjoyable and kept the pace moving along. I'm more of an action oriented audience member, but I checked this out because it won. I can see why it got the top prize for the month. Great job, Rob. This looked like it was a lot of work and it certainly shows on the screen. Well done.