A Cinderella Story (Widescreen Edition)

A Cinderella Story (Widescreen Edition)
by Mark Rosman

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Actor: Chad Michael Murray, Dan Byrd, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Regina King
Director: Mark Rosman
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Clifford Werber
Producer: Dylan Sellers
Producer: Hunt Lowry
Producer: Ilyssa Goodman
Producer: Keith Giglio
Producer: Michael I. Rachmil
Writer: Leigh Dunlap
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Czech (Original Language); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; German (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Reviews of A Cinderella Story (Widescreen Edition)

DVD Review: Modernized Cinderella
Summary: 5 Stars

At the beginning of A Cinderella Story Samantha's dad is killed when an earthquake strikes their home in the San Fernando Valley. Since Sam's dad didn't have a will everything her dad owned was left to Fiona, her stepmother, who treated her more like a slave than a stepdaughter. Sam has dreams of going to Princeton but Fiona thinks Sam has no need to go to college. Sam starts talking to a guy in chat room who wants to go to Princeton as well. One night online the guy asks Sam to meet him at the Halloween Dance they are having at their school. When Sam meets him at the dance and realizes that her secret admirer is Austin Ames, the most popular guy at the school, she thinks it is a joke and not real. However, she ends having a wonderful time. Sam never tells Austin who she really is, then at the pep rally Austin finally figures out that "Cinderella" is Sam Montgomery. Sam finally tells off Fiona and finds out that her dad had a hidden will and that everything he owned was hers. The night of the homecoming football game she goes to the school and tells Austin how she feels. When Austin notices Sam getting up to leave he runs off the field, up to Sam, and finally kisses her. In the end, Austin and Sam end up going to Princeton together.
A Cinderella Story fits in well with the romance genre mainly because of the love story that exists between Austin and Sam two of the main characters. They both seem very devoted to one another and after texting for a while they want to meet each other and Austin does what he has to so he can meet her. Most of the middle and end scenes relate to the love story and ends with Austin and Sam "living happily ever after." This is shown through many scenes in the movie a couple examples are when Austin and Sam were texting one morning before school starts and when Austin asks Sam if she thinks she made the right choice meeting him at the dance.
After meeting at the dance Austin and Sam go outside to the gazebo and start dancing. After they are done dancing Austin asks Sam, " Do you Princeton girl feel like you made the right choice in meeting me tonight?" and Sam says she "I do." Sam then asks Austin, " Do you Austin Ames ever wanna see me again after tonight?" Austin answers by saying " absolutely." Through this conversation the viewer can tell that Austin and Sam plan on seeing each other again and possibly start a relationship.
At the homecoming game Austin sees Sam leaving and he runs off the field and meets her, as she is about to walk down the bleachers. When he gets to her Sam says, " Austin what are you doing?" Austin replies, "Something I should've done a long time ago." Then Austin kisses her. This is the actual beginning of Austin and Sam's relationship and where all the other scenes were leading.
I like how Rosman, used slower songs when showing Austin and Sam particularly when they were at the dance. I also like how when Austin and Sam were dancing the lights were dimmed to give the scene a more romantic feel. I like how the actors acted like they were actually living a day in their own lives and not actually acting. I think the actors that were picked for the movie were paired very well with the character they play in the movie. It is interesting how at the dance Austin is wearing a Prince Charming costume and Sam is wearing a wedding dress to be Cinderella, they were the perfect costumes for two soon to be lovers to wear even though they never discussed what they would be wearing.
Overall, I really like this movie because it is a romance movie and I like romance movies in general. I think the music that is played throughout the movie fits really well with what is going on in the movie at the time. An example of this is when Edwin McCain's song I'll be is played when Austin and Sam are dancing in the gazebo at the Halloween Dance. This song fits because it is a romantic song and played during a more romantic part of the movie. I like how it takes a Disney movie and makes it seem more realistic with using real people instead of animated characters. Using real people makes it relate more to today's teens. I like how it does not seem like the actors are actually acting; it seems like how they would act in real life.
I recommend this movie to teenage girls who like romance movies and fairytales. I think the movie is a modified version of the animated Cinderella to make the movie more appealing to older audiences who liked Cinderella but makes it more realistic to reflect possible true stories that happen in a teenager's life such as falling in love.

DVD Review: Alright
Summary: 3 Stars

Not the product in the picture, but a 'double feature' of this movie and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. It came about a week before it was supposed too, so I guess that makes up for it...

DVD Review: A cute Cinderella story for today
Summary: 5 Stars

Really cute and clean Cinderella story that was perfect for my daughter's 9th birthday party sleepover. Perfect pre-teen movie. I have caught it on TV many times and enjoy it myself for a mom over 40.

DVD Review: VERY CUTE MOVIE.
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a great movie. The concept is very cute and well done. A modern twist to the Cinderella story we all so love.

DVD Review: Pleased w/ Chick Flick
Summary: 4 Stars

Shipment was quick and found product to be just as described. Teen daughter very pleased! Cinderella Story is definitely a "chick flick" but clean script and family friendly. Would recommend.

Description of A Cinderella Story (Widescreen Edition)

Meet high school student Sam (Hilary Duff), who scrubs floors at a diner, copes with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters, and all the while dreams of Princeton (the perfect spot for a would-be princess to find a prince). But maybe she has a Prince Charming already: her anonymous e-mail buddy (Chad Michael Murray), who arranges to meet her at the Halloween dance. Sam panics when Mr. Anonymous turns out to be the coolest guy on campus. Can he love a girl who isn't part of the in crowd? Can fairy tales come true? Sure - but only if Sam stands up for herself and turns her dreams into reality.

DVD Features:
Additional Scenes
Audio Commentary:Hilary Duff and other castmembers
Challenges:Find Your Prince/Princess Challenge: See video clips and answer questions to see who your true love is.
Featurette:Cinderella Couture: The Making of a Fashionably Modern Fairytale: A featurette on the costumes and makeup that at first "made under" and later made over Hillary Duff.
Music Video:"Our Lips are Sealed" by sisters Hilary and Hallie Duff
Other:PRE-SELL DATE TBD

If you are one of Hilary Duff's most ardent pre-teen fans, chances are you'll find something to enjoy in A Cinderella Story, but everyone else should proceed with caution. It's an updated fairy tale for the age of instant messaging, which is how Sam (Duff) develops a crush on Austin (Chad Michael Murray) before realizing that this Tennyson-quoting poet-at-heart is actually her San Fernando Valley high school's star quarterback and most desirable hunk. In a role that squanders her proven comedic gifts, Jennifer Coolidge is Sam's Botox-injected evil stepmother, and lame attempts at comedy turn her dimwitted stepsisters into buffoons, like many of the other cast members who struggle to find anything funny in the screenplay. So we're left with the bland, blonde charms of Hilary Duff, who fared better in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, but manages to salvage her mainstream appeal in a comedy for which "cute" is not necessarily a compliment. --Jeff Shannon

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