Comme Cendrillon: Trouver chaussure à son pied

I'm a sucker for ALL Cinderella adaptations. The Hillary Duff, Selena Gomez, and Lucy Hale versions are adorable, but all have step families that are so over dramatic. Well, If The Shoe Fits is actually WORSE than the others! Jennifer Tilley plays the stepmom and she honestly made me want to stop watching! From seeing this performance, she'd be better off doing comedic burlesque routines instead. Luckily, Tessa, aka Cinderella, and her prince, Reed, were so great in their roles that I kept going. I like how Reed falls for who Tessa really is and not the stage version. Watch the movie and you'll see what I mean. I also enjoyed the music, even though there was quite a bit of auto tune. The girl who plays Tessa sounds a little like Demi Lovato when she sings. Her voice isn't quite as raspy and she hits higher notes though. I tend to compare all Cinderella stories to Drew Barrymore's Ever After. So far, none have come close to being as good. But as a fluffy adaptation, If the Shoe Fits is worth a watch, solely for Tessa and Reed. Just turn down the volume when the step family is on the screen.

This is mostly a star vehicle for the two young lead performers, particularly the female lead. They are quite good musical performers and that is the only thing worth watching in this low budget musical. The boilerplate around them is cartoonish or worse. Just skip it.

Finger on the fast forward. Enjoy the music and dancing.

Just as you have guessed there is yet another direct movie based on I'm a sucker for any well done Cinderella flick. Okay, my first shock was an unrecognizable Jennifer Tilly. Once I accepted the fact that she is comfortable, at age 58 or so, with her current persona I was fine with it. After all, she's playing a wicket step mother, right? The step sisters were a hoot. The fact that we have a Cinderella play within the Cinderella movie was also a nice twist. Sofia Carson playing step daughter Tessa did a fine job, especially when singing. Fun cast, madcap finale and some really awesome musical numbers plus pretty good dancing made this a Cinderella fun feast. The make-up artist friend to Bella was also right on the mark. Musical, madcap Cinderella and crew did well. Oh, Prince charming, a current teen heart throb in the play within the play also did a fine job. Fun all around.

This is kind of different from the other installtments of Cinderella Story.

The evil stepmother is exhilarating, not as "evil" as the other films, I really laughed at most of her exaggerations, those were really funny and comedic, in their own silly way.

Sofia Carson, on the other hand, does a great job, as usual, we all know her.

She's got a great attitude and delivers some real feelings with her particular voice and her gorgeus dance moves and backstory.

Also, the chemistry with her and the loved one is palpable and sincere, which is never forgone, in minor romantic comedy music flicks.

You have to take movies like these as they are and enjoy them for WHAT they are, even if not a masterpiece. So, it's not a 10 out of 10 but it's nice and light, nevertheless. I give it a 6.

I loved the fact that Tessa/Bella was a woman mechanic and a pretty one too! I wish I had gotten some 'grease' education as well because then I might be able to troubleshoot and fix lots of my family's deadbeat cars. Maybe it's not too late to learn, but then I wonder how my nails would ever survive their femininity. I did help change the breaks on my very first car, but that was years ago and I doubt I could do it again all by myself. A woman can imagine though! So, back to the movie, I thought it was good. I would watch it again because the ending was a bit distracted when my family came home. It's a plain, cute, family film with not a lot of depth to it. I thought it was a Disney made-for-TV movie, but I looked and it was Warner Brothers and I watched it on the Freeform channel. I'd rather watch this than a low-budget B-rated movie that just makes no sense why it was put on film. At least it's a fantasy. Solid 6 star rating from me!