Another Cinderella Story

Another Cinderella Story is a 2008 American teen musical comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott. The film stars Selena Gomez, Drew Seeley and Jane Lynch. It is a sequel to A Cinderella Story (2004) and the second installment in the A Cinderella Story series. The film was released on DVD on September 16, 2008 and premiered on ABC Family on January 18, 2009.

Another Cinderella Story
DVD cover/Promotional Poster
Directed byDamon Santostefano
Produced byDylan Sellers
Written by
Based onA Cinderella Story
by Leigh Dunlap
Starring
Music byJohn Paesano
CinematographyJon Joffin
Edited byTony Lombardo
Production
company
Dylan Sellers Productions
Distributed byWarner Premiere
Release date
  • September 16, 2008 (2008-09-16)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film was followed by A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011).

Plot

This film is a retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale in a modern setting with Mary Santiago, a high school senior with ambitions of becoming a dancer, taking the role of Cinderella. Tami, Mary's only friend serves as the fairy godmother in the film. The cruel, self-obsessed, snobby, and washed-up pop singer Dominique Blatt takes the role of the stepmother, even though she is just her legal guardian and Mary's mother was one of Dominique's dancers when she died; Dominique took Mary in as her legal guardian and turned her into the hired help. The aggressive, extremely obsessed, and equally snobby Britt and air-headed Bree serve as the two stepsisters, and Joey Parker, now a famous celebrity and pop star has returned to school for his senior year and to remember why he started dancing, acts as Prince Charming. A school dance, the Black and White Ball, substitutes for the ball, with the role of the glass slipper filled by a Zune.[1]

Cast

Reception

Amber Wilkinson of Eye for Film gave the film one out of five stars and said the age difference between Gomez and Seeley was inappropriate, saying that "it's a shame there isn't more thought put into their age." She also said that the "characters are so wafer thin they barely cast a shadow."[2] While Wilkinson says that the film is completely different from A Cinderella Story, Lacey Walker, reviewing for Christian Answers, notes several aspects of the two films that were directly parallel to each other. Walker also gave it one out of five stars, praising the script, saying the writers "peppered this story with a surprising dose of humor and some pleasing plot twists." However, Walker specifically criticized the "glaringly obvious" age difference between the 15-year-old Gomez and the 26-year-old Seeley.[3]

Soundtrack
Main article: Another Cinderella Story (soundtrack)

References
  1. "Damon Santostefano Brings Us Another Cinderella Story". MovieWeb.
  2. "Another Cinderella Story Movie Review (2008)". Eye for Film. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  3. "Another Cinderella Story Movie Review". christiananswers.net.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.