Another Cinderella Story

Drew Seeley (High School Musical) is Joey, a Prince Charming and dreamy new-guy-in-school looking for a girl to love. In this joyous update, Selena Gomez(The Wizards of Waverly Place) is Mary, a modern Cinderella complete with dancing shoes instead of a glass slipper. Could Mary be that girl? With your kind of music and dance, your kind of romance and all kinds of surprises, you’ll find that Another Cinderella Story is a perfect fit. It’s musical. It’s magical. It’s Another Cinderella Story, the dancing ever-after fairy tale.

Gomez, who shows nice range, is well-cast in the ingénue role. But with its young cast and energetic choreography, Another Cinderella Story is a perfect fairytale for the tween and young teen set. Another Cinderella Story isn't the best-made Cinderella story. At a masked dance, Mary and Joey meet and fall in like with each other. Another Cinderella Story adds a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale on which it is based, and it aims straight for the hearts of 21st century tweens. Her life changes dramatically when a famous pop star enrolls at her school. While indeed very dreamy, Seeley is a tad too old to play Gomez's boyfriend. Drew Barrymore's Ever After was more clever. --Jae-Ha Kim Joey (Andrew Seeley) is everything the rest of boys in her class aren't—handsome, kind, and desirable. Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) plays Mary, a shy high-school student saddled with a wicked guardian and a pair of mean girls stepsisters. But when she has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. And the 1965 adaptation of Cinderella starring Lesley Ann Warren still stands up to time.