Storyline
Sam Montgomery is a tomboyish, unpopular girl at school. She has been text messaging a somebody named Nomad for a few months and he asks her to meet him at the Halloween dance at 11:00 in the middle of the dance floor. The only problem is, she must get back to the diner, ran by her wicked Stepmom Fiona by 12 sharp because she is not supposed to be there. Before Nomad can found out who she is, she must leave with her best friend, Carter driving her back to the diner. After that night, everything in Sam's life goes wacko!
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Cast
Jennifer Coolidge, Hunter Hamilton, Becca Sweitzer, Trey Knight, John H. Tobin, Darryl Sivad, Kevin Kilner, Dan Byrd, Lin Shaye, Mary Pat Gleason, Hilary Duff, Paul Rodríguez, Oscar Orosco, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo, Tarah Paige, Lindsay Hollister, Art LaFleur, Sandra McCoy, Chad Michael Murray, Madeline Zima, Andrea Avery, Whip Hubley, Erica Hubbard, Simon Helberg, Brad Bufanda, J. D. Pardo, Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Kady Cole, Hannah Robinson, Josh Prince, James Eckhouse, Jonathan Slavin, John Billingsley, Lilli Babb, Carlie Westerman, Mike Randleman, Christie Herring, Taylor Hoover, Brittany Weber, Rita Bland, Keli Murphy, Alexis Raich, Sabin Rich, Julianne Waters, Karen Elmore, Stella Choe, Jessie Rice-Holiday, Cricket Hamar, Shannon Novak, Jason Beitel, Kato Bonner, Carol Borjas, Reshma Gajjar, Molly Gosline, Richard Jackson, Jonathan Ritter, Jenny Seeger, Melanie A. Gage, Jolene Riella, Elle Bennett, Joe Jagatic, Lon Michael Lee, Justin Rhoads, Danielle Riffenburgh, Rory Charles Thost, Toni Wynne
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Reviews
42
Entertainment Weekly
When not unnecessarily bland, synthetic, and indistinguishable from undistinguished teen TV, A Cinderella Story is unnecessarily coarse and dumbed down, with every character except Sam and Austin subject to perfunctory ridicule.
40
Village Voice
The film lacks the guiltily pleasurable panache (and punch) of other recent chickadee flicks posited as protofeminist fairy tales.
40
L.A. Weekly
Under the charmless direction of Mark Rosman, the actors seem to be frozen at the rehearsal stage, with the blessed exception of a sublimely funny Jennifer Coolidge as the Botoxed horror of a stepmother.
38
Chicago Tribune
Of all the teen performers out there, Duff has to be the blandest (especially since the Olsens hit the skids).
30
From its uninspiring title -- and certain turnoff for young males -- to its limp slapstick and uneven acting, A Cinderella Story arrives with a dull thud.
