Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale

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.

Based on the Cinderella tale adapted to the modern time is a family movie, and (little) girls will probably like it.

The story itself is a little bit predictable but that's OK with this kind of movie. Elle (Ashlee Hewitt) is a girl who wants to be a singer and lives with her uncle, the owner of a small independent record label, after her parents died.

The songs in the movie are not bad and Elle sings pretty well. Ashlee Hewitt's scenes seem awkward at times, but she does her best to keep it under control.

Technically, the film looks average.

Anyway, if you are a fan of teen movies and music, and Cinderella kind of stories, you should definitely see Elle, a modern Cinderella.

I could not even get to the middle of this movie. After 20 minutes, I had to leave. It was a very predictable movie, adding no originality nor spice to Cinderella. There was no substance to this movie. It also moved at a really odd pace. I felt that they didn't need to spend so much time on Sterling Knight's character's meeting with his manager and that they should have spent that time going over the protagonist's background even more. Even high school plays are better than this "movie".

I was so disappointed because it looked so adorable! Not to mention that there was an actress in it that wasn't stick thin or Hollywood pretty. I was hoping that she would be a good role model or example to girls but... yeah, that ship sailed.

Overall, don't waste your time watching it.

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. -_-

The acting here was terrible. I enjoy chick flicks and family movies, so I always tend to give them a better than average review because they're my favorite. Unfortunately, I can't do that with this one, because the acting was way too bad. The bad girls were too much and the main actress didn't convince. They seemed to get their act together closer to the end, but it was too late to overlook.