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By ALEXIA ARGYROU
In the ongoing titanic
battle between tween sensations Hilary Duff and
Lindsay Lohan, I have no clear preference. But I
was leaning toward Lohan, who I think is shaping
up to be a pretty good actress, and against Duff
who seems to be on the Disney channel every 5
minutes (at least when Raven-Symone is not on). I
thought Duff was over-promoted and she got to be
obnoxious.
But, you know what? She's quite likable in movies,
and unlike Lohan, she can sing pretty well too.
So, despite initial expectations I liked "A
Cinderella Story." It's sweet enough and
irreverent enough at the same time to appeal to
those tweens who are awkwardly hovering between
the kid movies they're watching and the teen ones
they want to watch.
The story is a contemporary retelling of the
classic fairytale story (with a little "The Shop
Around the Corner" subplot thrown in to good
effect) and set in a high school: A young woman
(Duff) is left at the mercy of her evil stepmother
and stepsisters after her father dies. Relegated
to an attic room and ordered to do menial jobs,
she eventually finds her prince -- who's the high
school football star, a reluctant college football
hopeful, the all-around most popular guy, but also
a closet poet, a sensitive soul who wants to
become a writer despite his father's wishes.
Extras include additional scenes, the requisite
Hilary and Haylie Duff music video, a making-of
featurette and a game. All in all, I recommend
this flick. |
