A Cinderella Story

Funny and sweet update of the Cinderella story.

This is simple, lazy storytelling rendered merely functional by appealing leads and the eternal lure of romantic fantasy.

Every high school clich in the book is dredged up for this piece of fluff

The result is pure pumpkin, though fans of squeaky-clean, helium-voiced Hilary Duff might fall under its sickly sweet spell.

A Cinderella Story doesn't break any new ground, but it's a well-acted little breeze of a film -- perfect if you're a 12-year-old girl.

Jennifer Coolidge is so funny as the evil stepmother, she has so many good lines.

The 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.

Duff has yet another brainless movie to add to her repertoire.