The perfect fairytale (A Cinderella Story (DVD))

Member Name: sparkle2

Product:	A Cinderella Story (DVD)
Date:	12/07/09 (22 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Sweet film which has its comic moments

Disadvantages: Predictable story line

After watching Chad Michael Murray in the TV series 'One Tree Hill', I decided to check out one of his movies and picked this one as I like rom-coms and thought this sounded good. I wasn't disappointed. This story follows the basic story of the cinderella fairytale, but updates it to make it more modern and a bit more sophisticated. Set in California, Sam (aka cinderella) played by Hilary Duff loses her father to an earthquake and has to grow up with her plastic surgery addict of a stepmother and her snotty stepsisters played to comic perfection by Madeline Zima and Andrea Avery. After having been told by her dad that princesses go to Princeton, she sets about applying here and meets her prince, a fellow pupil at her high school called Austin (played by Chad Michael Murray) on an internet forum for potential Princeton students. They finally meet at a ball and having to flee to meet a curfew, Sam leaves behind her mobile. This starts off the series events all fans of the fairytale will be all too familiar and the story ends with the traditional 'happy ever after'.

Cost: This film currently retails on amazon for £3.97 and is eligible for free super saver delivery when the total order exceeds £5.

Overall, I think this is a sweet, if predictable update on a classic fairytale that will be enjoyed by all fans of rom-coms.

Summary: The perfect rom-com for a girls night in