Huck didn’t have a personality/character beyond “I’m a perfect actor though I’ve never acted before in my life,” and “Nobody can find out I’m actually Finley.” Madison didn’t even really deepen her voice to do a faux-masculine tone for Huck, which was an incredible disappointment because it was the one thing my friend and I were counting on going into this movie. Finley made for a stereotypical “woe is me” Cinderella.
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Kudos to April Telek as Valerian, the dumb, wicked stepmother Lillian Doucet-Roche playing the equally dumb and wicked stepsister, Saffron and of course, I’ve already praised Harmon’s wicked stepbrother, Kale… even though the movie can’t seem to decide if Kale is the only smart one of the trio or equally on the same brainwave (no thoughts, head empty). Special shoutout to the delivery of the line “I am going to have to punch you in the neck,” a threat I will be incorporating in my daily life moving forwards.īailee Madison was passable, both in character(s) and acting. The evil step-family truly embodied their inherently over-the-top wicked roles. The acting really saves Starstruck, with the side characters really stealing the show. It’s the simple wash-and-repeat of all of the other franchise movies, but hey, that’s what we’re all expecting anyways. (Again, that was mainly thanks to Harmon’s delivery, rather than the actual writing). The plot and script of A Cinderella Story: Starstruck was on par with all of the other sequels, though perhaps slightly elevated as we did get a genuine laugh or two from some of the jokes. Not the best Cinderella Story, but also not the worst Overall, a 3/10 on the LGBT-side, and that’s solely because of Richard Harmon’s hard work. Yet, their relationship is played off as a platonic bond for 95% of the movie, but then as completely heterosexual in the last 5% when (spoilers) Jackson reveals that he’s known Huck was Finley most if not the entire time (but did he?). Kale even remarks that Jackson seems to be interested in Huck, and states that they’d make a cute couple. There’s definitely more chemistry between Huck and the male lead Jackson Stone (Michael Evans Behling) than Finley and Jackson, and it truly does seem to anyone without heterosexual blinders that Jackson is harboring a major crush on Huck – especially since that’s been the whole premise of the five previous movies in the franchise. My friend actually had a nervous breakdown after the whole scene because of how cringey and awkward it was. (Yes, this is an Inception movie-inside-a-movie movie.) The director remarks, “That was weirdly erotic, but also not.” Yuck. On the other end, though, there’s also a decidedly misplaced (if not entirely anti-) LGBT scene where the lead female character Finley, disguised as her male alter ego Huck (both played by Bailee Madison) a la Back to the Future, has to kiss her evil stepsister (who has a huge interest in Huck) for the movie they are acting in. To give credit where it’s due, this was the one element where the writers did not go ridiculously over-the-top and cliched there was no focus on the fact that he was gay, nor even a random declaration of his sexuality just so everyone could know. There is an LGBT+ side character: the evil step brother Kale (Richard Harmon), who is actually the best character in the movie (more on that later). Our little LGBT+ hearts fluttered – could this actually be a queer movie? A Cinderella Story: Starstruck (which I want to call “A Country Cinderella Story” every single time) is the fifth direct-to-DVD sequel, but has its own unique twist: the alter-ego of the female lead is male.
Each of these are exactly what you would expect. took Hilary Duff’s Cinderella Story success formula and bled it dry, spawning FIVE (!) direct-to-TV/DVD sequels. It’s tried and true, and all very Miraculous Ladybug (2015). The female lead pretends to be someone else for one reason or another (in this case, to get a second shot at becoming famous) and the male lead falls in love with both versions of her.
The classic Cinderella Story Dynamic™ is quite simple, but effective.
Library of Congress so future generations may discover what a true rom-com is. Despite our differences, though, we can both agree that A Cinderella Story (2004) starring Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) is a certified classic that deserves to be preserved in the U.S. My friend, however, absolutely lives for them I think factually there is not a single romance movie pre-2010’s that she hasn’t seen. I, personally, am very picky about my rom-coms. Now, I probably should go a bit more into our expectations, and the premise of this movie, before diving in any further.
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