A Duffy Story

Some time ago, I watched A Cinderella Story with some office friends, my brother and his girl, and my cousins. Of course, it is a cheesy movie, but hey, it's free! Beggars can't be choosers, you know!

The plot was very much like the classic Cinderella story, but with a modern touch. But I should tell you, this movie is just that - a movie. It is not like real life, which a movie should mirror. There were a lot of flaws in the story, and these flaws are just plain unbelievable.

Take the fact that Samantha, the lead character, was only wearing a mask at the ball. And not a face mask, but the kind of mask that only covers the area surrounding your eyes, just above the nose. And the stupid jock doesn't even recognize her??? Come on, give me a break! And this same stupid guy who fails to recognize people, gets into Princeton! Now I should say from this movie that the educational system of America is very flawed indeed! And the voice of the "mystery" girl gives her away easily. So why doesn't this all-American jock still recognize her whenever they get to talk to each other? I mean, who has that kind of voice but Lizzie Maguire?

And then, there is the cell phone. She leaves her cell phone behind at the dance and she doesn't even try to look for it? Come on! Didn't she notice it was missing? Forward to the next scenes where she doesn't even talk about her missing phone. Now, how moronic can this film get?

Oh, and aside from the storyline, guess what - or who - else is flawed? Hillary Duff. Well, I guess you could now name her Hillary Puff. Yep, she's too chubby to be "Cinderella," especially in that gown she wore during the ball. It is really far from the image of Cinderella that have been imprinted in our memories. And the way she talks, it is just so Lizzie. It's like watching The Lizzie Maguire Movie once again. Lucky for her, she has her mom to be one of the producers of the film.

An upside to this film, however, is her stepmom, played by the actress who played Stiffler's mom in American Pie, and the Bend-and-Snap girl in Legally Blonde. She was really great when she was driving a speeding car after she got botox injections. And the way she said Norweigian Salmon comes from Norweigia? Classic.

This film is not really for the critics, but for the young teeny bopper girls who like to see a feel good movie, or for the Duffers out there. I liked it for its feel-good character, but other than that, the storyline is completely moronic. You would be better off reading the classic story from your fairy tale collection. Who knows, you might find your ancestor's Last Will and Testament hidden there.