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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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Reviews for A Cinderella Story
The only thing missing is the pumpkin that turns into a coach. That’s OK, because Duff turns into a turkey way before midnight.
07/23/04
Besides adolescent girls who either want to be Hilary Duff or want to slobber over Chad Michael Murray, the story offers nothing new to an already beaten-to-death teen genre.
07/21/04
A Cinderella Story definitely is for the younger film crowd. It’s unabashedly simplistic and formulaic, made to highlight the charms of (Hilary) Duff.
07/21/04
[It] treads the confused ground of instilling anti-image and antiauthoritarian values while its heroine’s bliss is wrapped in an idea that status and wealth equal happiness.
07/20/04
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07/20/04
At worst, it's an insult even to the intelligence of 12-year olds.
07/20/04
Lackluster comedy ... could have been titled You've Got Instant Messages.
07/19/04
Enough sugar to induce a diabetic coma.
07/19/04
There are no original twists, no fun takes on the archetypal characters, no interesting visual style to make the movie pop.
07/19/04
A Cinderella Story doesn't break any new ground, but it's a well-acted little breeze of a film -- perfect if you're a 12-year-old girl.
07/19/04
Top CriticWith a few hilarious exceptions, the jokes are bland and unfunny, and the fairy tale reinventions aren't creative or witty enough.
07/19/04
Airy and blithely romantic at first, but very quickly descends into unintentional absurdity and stays there.... It's pre-fab 'fun' at its most mirthless.
07/18/04
Make it stop. Please, make it stop.
07/17/04
Chad Michael Murray could be the next Johnny Depp, or he could be the next Luke Perry – only time will tell.
07/16/04
Let me get quickly to the word that best describes this movie. It is horrible.
07/16/04
Top CriticYou can say of this movie, truly, that they took the most famous tale in the world and broke it.
07/16/04
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