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A Cinderella Story

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A Cinderella Story

Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray, Dan Byrd, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo, Madeline Zima, Andrea Avery, Mary Pat Gleason

High school senior, Sam Montgomery, lives at the beck and call of her self-obsessed step-mother, Fiona, and her sinfully wicked step-sisters, who treat her more like a servant than a member of the fam...( read more  read more... )ily. With her sights set on attending Princeton, Sam finds her less-than-sparkling social life wonderfully complicated when she meets her prince charming online. However, when her anonymous cyber soul mate turns out to be her high school's über-popular quarterback Austin Ames, Sam makes a mad dash back to reality, leaving her cell phone behind just before the clock strikes midnight. Fearing rejection if her secret is revealed, Sam dodges Austin's relentless efforts to discover the identity of his princess. Will Sam let fear hold her back, or will she find the courage to be herself and claim the life she's always wanted? Her chance at "happily ever after" depends on it.

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  • bradtest
    July 23, 2008
    bradtest
    can't get enough!
  • PvtCaboose91
    April 22, 2008
    PvtCaboose91
    "Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought, useless and disappointing."

    A chick flick with Hilary Duff? Did anyone expect this to end up being a good movie? A Cinderella Story is merely the classic tale of Cinderella that has been updated for the m...( read more)odern audience. Great, they do it with Shakespeare and now they're updating fairy-tales for the modern agenda? I really don't see the need.

    A Cinderella Story is about a young girl named Sam Montgomery (Duff) who was orphaned as a child and is left to the mercy of her routinely oafish step-mother Fiona (Coolidge). Sam also lives with her hideous step sisters, and is basically treated like a slave by everyone in the house.

    But Sam meets the man of her dreams in a chat room. For months they have exchanged pleasant messages from each other via internet chat rooms of mobile phone text messages. (Does anyone else think that if they had each other's mobile phone number they could just ring and chat voice-to-voice, and hence be done with the mystery?) The two then decide they should meet at the school Halloween dance. As it turns out, Sam's dream guy is the most popular bloke in school; Austin Ames (Murray).

    From there on in it's a trip into familiar territory; no matter what happens we know how it is going to end. It's obvious how the film will end just by watching the first 10 minutes. But I found myself exhibiting an incredibly bleak, shallow tale that keeps going on and on with no ending in sight. But what is most frustrating is when Sam has ample opportunity to tell Austin face-to-face that she is his internet girl but always blows her chance. And at the Halloween ball...one simple little mask wouldn't be enough to cover her identity.

    The whole movie is cheesy and predictable. And unlike most comedies like this, it ain't a fun ride to take. Hilary Duff is in dire need of acting lessons. With her character hoping to get into a certain university for the movie, I had a faint glimmer of hope that it would be some kind of acting school.

    Chad Michael Murray isn't any better. He's robotic, wooden and always has the same expression on his face. And every time he tries to do something different he overdoes it. Jennifer Coolidge was the only one who actually supplied a few laughs because of how evil she is. Regina Hall and Dan Byrd were the stand-outs here though. Regina was really funny at times, and Dan actually tried to act. Qualities we never see in any of the main cast.

    A Cinderella Story is very dull, corny and painfully predictable beyond all belief. It's nothing more than a retelling of the classic fairy-tale in a contemporary setting. Doing this with Shakespeare is a good idea to help the modern audience understand it more clearly, but this fairy-tale was already understandable. And hence the whole film is a complete and utter waste of time.
  • matthewecomer
    January 9, 2008
    matthewecomer
    Surprisingly for this chick flick, it's actually quite cute. The acting isn't particularly Oscar-worthy, but adequately done for that typical teenage modern-day love story. Hate to call it a "guilty pleasure", but I kinda feel dirty for reviewing it...
  • BiologyBabe2012
    January 4, 2008
    BiologyBabe2012
    Two words: kill me. Both Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray are shit actors.

    Let's see: predictable plot, cutesy characters, stereotypes ... hey, it sounds just like ... a shitty movie!

    I won't really say more. Too damn lazy.
  • KellBell184
    November 17, 2007
    KellBell184
    Okay, not too bad for pre-teens. Sends a good message.
  • rebeccaraquepo
    November 9, 2009
    rebeccaraquepo
    rags to riches fantasy movie but it happens true to life story nowadays
  • tikerman66
    November 9, 2009
    tikerman66
    seen it it was gteat
  • kathleenvanderspek
    November 9, 2009
    kathleenvanderspek
    was kinda crappy.....
  • cookytara
    November 9, 2009
    cookytara
    chad michael murray!!hurray!
  • rabeat87
    November 8, 2009
    rabeat87
    MMMMMM... hilary, she's pretty in this movie..
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