Guest Blogger: Jenn 1

A Cinderella Story, staring Hilary Duff is one of my favorite movies. Like other Cinderella movies, A Cinderella Story tells the story of a teenage girl whose life is changed by an evil step mother. In this movie, Sam (Duff) loses her father due to a terrible earthquake, and therefore is taken in by his new wife along with her twin daughters. Throughout the movie, we learn that the most popular, handsome, smart, football player has a crush on the not so popular Sam. In the movie, Sam and Austin (Chad Michael Murray) do not know that they are crushing on each other because they met online and used secret names. The two of them meet in the middle of the dance floor at a school dance, but still don’t know each other because Sam is wearing a mask. Even though Sam knows who her secret crush is, she does not want to reveal herself to Austin, because she is the “loser” of the town and doesn’t believe that Austin will like her once he knows who she truly is. We see the character of Sam progress throughout the movie. At first, she just wants to make her stepmother happy, but then what she really needs to do it just make herself happy. Her motivation is to do what her dad would want for her. Sam is very hardworking and determined to do what she needs to do. Reviews that I read, weren’t the biggest fans of the movie, but they do say Hilary Duff does an amazing job. “Duff has a sweetness that endears her to the audience,” was said in a review from Cinemablend.com. Reviews also mentioned that this movie was aimed for teens. That could be why it is one of my favorite movies, and not my moms. I somewhat agree with the critics on this movie. I see where they are coming from when they say that this is a movie aimed for teens, but I wouldn’t classify this movie as a “bad movie”. I would suggest this movie for teenage girls. This would be a great movie to watch when you’re hanging out with your girlfriends. So, to the girls out there, this is worth your time. It is somewhat similar to other Cinderella Stories, but not exactly like the others, and we learn to do what in the end will make us happy.