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A Cinderella Story (2004)
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Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:10
Rotten:86
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: An uninspired, generic updating of the classic fairy tale.
Theatrical Release:Jul 16, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $51,392,209
Synopsis: Hilary Duff plays Sam, a good-hearted Cinderella stuck in the fairy-tale-gone-wrong atmosphere of modern-day Los Angeles. Enslaved by an evil, BOTOX-junky step-mom (a hilarious Jennifer Coolidge)... [More]
Starring: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Dan Byrd, Jennifer Coolidge
Director: Mark Rosman
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Charles Perrault must be spinning in his grave. Full Review |
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I took a friend's 10-year-old daughter to see the film, and she found it 'too childish.' And who am I to argue with a member of this film's target audience? Full Review |
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'A Cinderella Story' makes so many good chocies, you wish you could like it more than you do. Full Review |
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Rather than anything original or humorous or, heaven forbid, romantic developing from this fable, we get only tired clichés and worn-out stereotypes. Full Review |
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A benign, whimsical semblance of its namesake fairy tale. Full Review |
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This is simple, lazy storytelling rendered merely functional by appealing leads and the eternal lure of romantic fantasy. Full Review |
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Every high school cliché in the book is dredged up for this piece of fluff Full Review |
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I look at “Cinderella Story” as I would look at early Elvis films - this is a teen movie made for the sheer enjoyment of her fans. Full Review |
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The result is pure pumpkin, though fans of squeaky-clean, helium-voiced Hilary Duff might fall under its sickly sweet spell. Full Review |
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