Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale

G 4
2010 1 hr 30 min Fantasy , Drama , Science Fiction , Family

Elle wants to be a singer/songwriter, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her parents. She moves in with her adoptive uncle, who runs a small independent record label whose biggest act, Sensation, is also Elle's biggest pain.

  • Cast:
    Ashlee Hewitt , Juliette Hing-Lee , Kiely Williams , Sterling Knight , Brandon Mychal Smith , Thomas Calabro , Shawn-Caulin Young

Reviews

Solemplex
2010/04/26

To me, this movie is perfection.

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Acensbart
2010/04/27

Excellent but underrated film

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Hayden Kane
2010/04/28

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Lucia Ayala
2010/04/29

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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Izzy Hutch
2010/04/30

This was the most ridiculous Cinderella story i have ever seen. Firstly all characters could NOT act except from sterling knight in some scenes. I know that she was trying to do a false accent but she was terrible at it and hurt my ears so much i will not recommend this movie because it was a waste of my time and i could of watched a different movie which would of been much better! The Cinderella was very fake and her accent was absolutely terrible. The worst movie i have seen in my entire life and i have seen many movies before. This is the worst Cinderella remake as well. I did not get to the ending because my head started to hurt and i just could not take it anymore so if you want to waste your time go ahead and watch this movie. This does not even deserve a 1!

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trebleclef
2010/05/01

My kids trolled netflix for something to watch and they finally picked this one. They liked the idea of a singing teen in a Cinderella story. It was the first movie EVER that they turned off after about 30 minutes. Even the 10 year old said "mom, these girls aren't very good actresses," and "there is NO way that girl is a teenager!" The script was stilted, it's slower than snail snot and the acting gave me a headache. We all thought that the lead was a good singer when she sang a country song through the opening credits, but we gave up on the movie completely before her character got to sing in the script. My three girls and I unanimously think you should skip this one.

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AuroraRibbon
2010/05/02

This story has been overdone to death, but what's worse, this version did it BADLY. Sure, it did switch up some things here and there, but, BADLY. It had horrible acting, awkward screenplay (Even the camera angles were awkward), an absolutely cringe-worthy script, and weak, flat characters. Okay, not all the actors were as bad as the lead, 'Cinderella'. Some were minimally better; then again, some were worse. It was the dullest, most eye-roll-inducing, face-palm worthy, predictable, cheesy, stereotypical movie ever. It wasn't even funny-bad, it was just stupid-bad. Side note: I'm not sure if the British accents that some of these American 'actors' put on are meant to sound fake, but fake they sound; and extremely so. If I seem overly harsh in my choice of words to describe this movie, I'm sorry. It's coming from a frustration at myself for watching the entire ridiculous thing all the way through. Huge waste of time, that. -_-

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pretti-in-pnk
2010/05/03

OK so the movie may focus around making music but it is completely unoriginal in a lot of ways it seems to a follow a similar path to that of another Cinderella story with Selena Gomez plus it copies from an actual great movie of save the last dance. You will know what I mean if you watch the movie and have seen the 2 movies I have listed. For example the similarity to another Cinderella story is about the band sensation who would i guess be the 'ugly step sisters' even if their not humiliating Elle the main character about her obsession for the main character Ty. Also Ty assisting Elle with her music is very similar to that of drew Seeley and Selena Gomez. Similarity to Save the Last Dance is the fact that her parents have died while trying to make it to her first audition to Berkley and because of this she stopped singing. EXACLTLY THE SAME to save the last dance!! Then she tries again with help from Ty like in save the last dance where Julia stiles auditioned again with the help of Sean Patrick Thomas.Not to mention lines are copied from save the last dance. For example when she is talking to Ty about the death of her parents she states 'My parents died trying to make it to audition, it's because of my singing they are dead' (something along those lines not exactly!) In save the last dance the line is 'my mother died trying to make it to my audition she died while I was dancing' as well as that at the final audition in both Elle and save the last dance they both fumble their auditions initially when they start and get asked by the judges 'are you ready' and then in works the romantic character of the story saying 'she was born ready!' and they gives the main character a bit of a pep talk and then they ace their audition. So it is VERY unoriginalFor this I give it a 3/10.

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