A Cinderella Story Movie Review 2004

A movie designed for tweenies who worship the chirpy Duff. This trifle finds Valley teen Samantha (Duff) bereft after the death of her father and stuck slaving for pea-brained stepmom Fiona (Coolidge) and her vicious twin daughters. Sam's only consolation is an email flirtation with a poetic soul who's actually the school's hottie football star Austin (Murray). Thanks to fairy godmother Rhonda (King), the cute twosome hook up at the Halloween dance but, alas, Sam slips out before revealing her true identity to hunk boy (although she does leave behind her cell phone). Of course, it's all so sugary that anyone who's not a 12-and-under girl will probably gag.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, L.A., High School, Hell High School, Cinderella Stories, Adapted from a Fairy Tale, Stepparents, Twins

Screenplay

Leigh Dunlap

Cast

Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray, Dan Byrd, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo, Lin Shaye, Madeline Zima, Andrea Avery, Mary Pat Gleason, Paul Rodriguez, Whip Hubley, Kevin Kilner, Erica Hubbard, Simon Helberg, Brad Bufanda, J.D. Pardo, Kady Kole, Hannah Robinson

Cinematography

Anthony B. Richmond

Director

Mark Rosman

Music

Christophe Beck

Other

Mark Ulano, Debra Baum, Cara Silverman, Gary Diamond, Denise Wingate, Charles Breen

Producer

Hunt Lowry, Dylan Sellers, Clifford Werber, Ilyssa Goodman, Warner Bros.