Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12593 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-04-24
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 197 minutes

Synopsis
Two features. In 'A Cinderella Story' Hilary Duff plays Sam, a good-hearted Cinderella stuck in the fairy-tale-gone-wrong atmosphere of modern-day Los Angeles. Enslaved by an evil, BOTOX-junky step-mom (a hilarious Jennifer Coolidge) Sam is forced to scrub floors at her late father's diner, thus earning the eternal disdain of the snooty popular kids in school. Luckily she has a friend in artsy nerd Carter (Dan Byrd), and a text-message romance with some poetic schoolmate she's never met. She also has a fairy godmother in the sweet diner manager (Regina King), who helps Sam get decked out and disguised for the Halloween dance. At the dance, she discovers her prince is one of the popular kids, Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray). Happily ever after seems like a long shot, though, because Austin is burdened by pressures at school and at home, and Sam can't shake her 'diner girl' inferiority complex. This fairy tale comes with plenty of wit, style, and heart. It moves along too fast to be sappy, and broadly razzes the shallowness of popular kids, their stupid parents, and whiny siblings in a way that should balm the unhealed wounds of anyone who's ever been to high school. Byrd makes a winning and somewhat cool nerd, Murray shows princely posture as the tortured poet-quarterback, and Duff firmly establishes herself as a first-rate young actress with luminous major-league screen presence. Also includes 'The Prince And Me'.

Customer Reviews

What's In The Package?
I wanted to know if D080557 = D089413 + D031452 before I purchased this item.

On this occasion, I took a chance and was delighted with my purchase. The answer to the equation above is in the affirmative. Both titles contain all the extras, with picture and sound quality that pleases me. Check the two titles elsewhere for synopses and reviews, and if you're undecided I would recommend that you go for it! Very good value.