Another Cinderella Story

Mary Santiago is a dancer living with her adoptive mother, the former pop star Dominique Blatt, and Dominique's two daughters, Bree and Britt. Mary is treated as little more than a servant in the household and is discouraged from pursuing her own ambitions. A masked ball at her school gives her a chance to attend in secret, and there she dances with Joey Parker, a young singer who has returned to finish his studies. The two are drawn to each other without learning one another's names, and Mary must leave at midnight to avoid being caught by Dominique. She drops her MP3 player while rushing away, leaving Joey with a single clue to her identity. When the school announces another dance, he sets out to find the girl behind the mask, while Dominique works to keep Mary from being discovered.

The film is a modern retelling of the Cinderella story, directed by Damon Santostefano. It followed his earlier features Three to Tango and Bring It On Again, and he went on to direct two further films, A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song and Best Player. Selena Gomez plays Mary, with Drew Seeley as Joey, Jane Lynch as Dominique, Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins as the stepsisters, and Jessica Parker Kennedy as Tami. Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott wrote the screenplay, and Dylan Sellers produced for Warner Premiere.

Made for around 5 million dollars, the film reached a wide audience over the years. On IMDb it holds a below-average 5.8 from roughly 33,000 voters, while on TMDB its rating is a notably warmer 7.3 from about 2,100 users, suggesting it lands better with dedicated viewers than with the broader rating public.