
Samantha Montgomery (Hilary Duff) or "Sam", has a rough childhood with her father dying in an earthquake and a new stepmother with two awful daughters. But on the bright side, Sam has an awesome best friend named Carter (Dan Byrd) and an e-mail relationship with a guy named Nomad. One day, Sam gets an e-mail from her Nomad saying that he wants to meet her in the middle of the dance floor at their high school Halloween dance. She accepts the invitation and glides into the room... (Full plot summary below)
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Samantha Montgomery (Hilary Duff) or "Sam", has a rough childhood with her father dying in an earthquake and a new stepmother with two awful daughters. But on the bright side, Sam has an awesome best friend named Carter (Dan Byrd) and an e-mail relationship with a guy named Nomad. One day, Sam gets an e-mail from her Nomad saying that he wants to meet her in the middle of the dance floor at their high school Halloween dance. She accepts the invitation and glides into the room wearing the best outfit ever. Her Nomad takes her outside where they share a romantic dance together and Sam realizes that her e-mail friend is the most popular guy in school, Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray). She runs back to her stepmother's diner before she knows she went to the dance and drops her phone on the way. Austin finds it and starts a search for his Cinderella.
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| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarThis witless little comedy takes the classic fairy tale and turns it into a Hilary Duff vehicle about popularity, e-mail and cell phones at a San Fernando Valley high school. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyThe movie will wash over adolescent female audiences who don't know any better like melted Brie on 110-degree asphalt, but for the rest of us it's a grueling waste of time. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyModern footwear simply doesn't fit this perennial fairy tale heroine, who's been reborn as a Valley Girl in a rendition that stumbles in almost every conceivable way. |
| San Antonio Express-NewsLarry RatliffWhat we have here is a failure to communicate anything the least bit interesting unless you're under 10 and this is your first cinematic rodeo |
| Common Sense MediaNell MinowFunny and sweet update of the Cinderella story. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandWith the chance to be fresh with a traditional fairytale, director Mark Rosman and his filmmaking team still indulged in the same old, tired teen-movie tricks. |
| Dallas Morning NewsNancy ChurninIn typical Lizzie spirit, it's harmless, it's sweet, it's corny, it's fun and it all comes out impossibly right. |
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. KimmelThis reviewer's young daughter and her friend - both anticipating third grade - decided they enjoyed the film because the mushy stuff was kept to a minimum. |
| Filmcritic.comJames BrundageIt's got enough humor to get a smirk about every five minutes, but also has enough cheesiness and stupidity that I'll have forgotten all about the movie in about a week. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderAiry and blithely romantic at first, but very quickly descends into unintentional absurdity and stays there.... It's pre-fab 'fun' at its most mirthless. |