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.

Ever since Walt Disney put out that full length animated version of Cinderella back in the middle of the last century they can't seem to get away from the story. It seems like every young girl pop star associated with the Magic Kingdom gets a crack at some kind of Cinderella type role. In A Cinderella Story it was Hillary Duff's turn.In this instance though Cinderella's universal tale was mixed with a bit Duff's own Lizzie McGuire character and series and a great deal was taken from The Shop Around The Corner and it's musical remake In The Good Old Summertime. Duff has an e-mail relationship with her prince charming Chad Michael Murray under pseudonyms. In this version we see a bit of dad played by Whip Hubley in the story. Hillary loses her father in an earthquake and he apparently died in testate and self absorbed stepmother Jennifer Coolidge and her two daughters from her first marriage treat Duff like the matchstick girl.But she's got friends, her diner employers like Viola Davis, Paul Rodriguez and Mary Pat Gleason. She also has a boy confidante like she has Gordo in Lizzie McGuire in Dan Byrd. She gets by with a lot of help from her friends.This is a nice version of Cinderella with generous helpings from other story sources. Hillary Duff is a most appealing Cinderella and the supporting cast does well in their roles.

This is a basically a modern update of the fairy tale.Samantha Martin is faced with the situation with the untimely death of his father.This leaves the diner that he owns and her care under her stepmother Fiona.Her stepmother asked her to do all the menial tasks such as dishwashing,cleaning and mopping floors.At school,she is treated badly as well by Shelby,who happens to be a spoiled,wealthy and popular.Things change after a misplaced cellphone and a series of coincidence happen which led to a romance developed between her and a Prince Charming through constant text messaging and emails.Later,they promise to meet face-to-face on the biggest school dance and later realizes that that her prince happens to be Austin,the most popular student in school.Too bad that this film was simply generic,unfunny and undemanding there very limited thinking required.Added to that,there is nothing refreshing at all as the stereotype characters are simply brought back.No question about it that this was an insult to Charles Perrault's classic story.

hey. nobody is going to pretend this is a great work of cinema. at least i don't think so. i guess taste can really differ so i don't know. i pretty much liked this because i like movies based on fairy tales. like how some people like movies about sci-fi or horror, i like movies about fairy tales. i love classic characters from fanciful literature like Cinderella, Snow White, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, etc. and this was a cute movie about a famous fairy tale.wasn't great like i said, but a lot more watchable than i thought it would be. still thought it was brain rot junk, but likable and entertaining enough. Hilary Duff was cute and Jennifer Coolidge was really funny as the step mother. the stepsisters were funny but, gross! did they really have to have a close up of the one sister's butt making a bubble fart in the pool?! eeeeeeew! maybe little kids find that funny but as an adult...i mean i was eating when that happened. yuk!cute movie though. Disney should have made this. but i guess Hilary Duff was the one that got away.