Purely Joyful Movie!

just watch it!

Dreadfully Boring

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

A Cinderella Story is an excellent film. It has excellent casting such as Hilary Duff as Sam Montgomery, Chad Michael Murray as Austin Ames, and Jennifer Coolidge as Fiona Montgomery. The way they tell the Cinderella story is very close to how modern age teenagers deal with things like love. Some of the ways they portray the Cinderella elements are not like love. Most of the love stuff like them chatting online is how teenagers flirt and or talk to each other. The loss of the father takes a bigger toll on this new Cinderella then the old animated Disney one. The stepmother is a little more wicked and vindictive in this version of the Cinderella story then in the original animated one. She makes her work at the diner long hours, tells her how ugly and not talented she is. She puts all of the wonderful things on her daughters. At the end Sam gets fed up with Austin and goes into the locker room before the big game to tell him off. She had enough people let her down she was not going to let him be one of them. Then having just stood up to both him and the stepmother Fiona, she wants to go home and just forget about everything that happened. But then Austin runs off the field and right as the kiss rains falls signaling the end of the drought. Because she said "Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in the drought useless and disappointing". I like how in the diner scene Sam sees the words on the wall when the guitar falls (They had been teasing it was going to fall during the whole movie, whenever the door closed they would show it shaking). "Never let the fear of striking our keep you from playing the game" and am reminded that she should not be afraid to stand up to her, because she won't take it anymore. Definitely recommend making this a must see.

A Cinderella Story (2004) is a very cute/charming and sometimes funny teenage update of the 1950s classic Disney cartoon. Hilary Duff is good in the lead role, and so is her love interest Chad Michael Murray. Jennifer Coolidge was wonderfully cast as the wicked stepmother. Also Regina King is one of my favorite parts of the whole movie, she has some hilarious one liners and pieces of dialogue. The movie isn't something to hold up as one of the greatest movies ever made, but it's sweet, enjoyable and fun. I'd suggest this one as a good fit for a family movie night. The mix between the sweet endearing moments and the funny moments are nice and balanced, and the humor isn't 100% slapstick, which I was thankful for because that really isn't that funny to me and it gets old and tiresome. 8/10 overall for A Cinderella Story.

This movie left a fishy taste in my mouth. A fishy taste of joy, because I was salivating from the moment Hilary Duff's pubescent face graced the screen. Hilary's best friend is a quirky dork who can't drive. I found him deeply arousing throughout and his impression of Zorro left me in a writhing state of ecstasy. He can point his sword at me any day. Onto the plot, which made little to no sense. There were frequent references to an unknown place called Norwegia which may hold potential for my next overseas holiday. It seems to be home to a large quantity of Atlantic Salmon, which appeals to my insatiable appetite for fishy flavours. Hilary Duff-induced or otherwise.Apparently putting a small piece of fabric over your eyes is enough to serve as a foolproof disguise. Hilary Duff was unrecognisable after donning her white eye-mask, with her grating voice, flowing blonde tresses and caked-on makeup holding no clue as to her true, sordid identity. Not even a hint! She was completely transformed.Jennifer Coolidge was a revelation as the botoxed step-mother. Her breast implants were like small planets to which I gladly orbited. I have since become an air-borne satellite, rising each evening to salute these silicon-filled beacons of hope. Even now I feel my frail body being sucked in by their gravitational pull. I succumb willingly.The two step sisters' synchronised swimming routine brought me considerable joy. The enormous fart Gracie unleashes upon the swimming pool - spewed forth from her so- called "spastic colon" - stood out as a particular highlight of comic perfection.In conclusion, wear a mask and engage in a sordid online relationship and you'll end up with a prince charming read: sexual predator to call your own.

Samantha Montgomery (Hilary Duff) loses her father to an earthquake when she's 8 and leaves her to toil away at their diner under the thumb of her evil stepmother Fiona (Jennifer Coolidge) and stepsisters Gabriella (Andrea Avery) and Brianna (Madeline Zima). She's loved by the diner staff and her best friend Carter (Dan Byrd). She has an online relationship but doesn't know it's with the most popular boy in her school Austin (Chad Michael Murray).In this Cinderella adaptation, a cell phone is the glass slipper. It was unrealistic to not see through her disguise. That's a case of style ignoring substance. Then there's the evil reveal of her identity at the prep rally. The emotions and the motivations are all forced and illogical. Although I like all the actors in this movie, it has too much juvenile silliness. Ultimately it's a harmless piece of fluff.