Hilary Duff stars in this movie as a girl whose father dies in an earthquake. Because there is no will left her stepmother gets everything, including Sam (Hilary).

The movie picks up 8 years later where Sam is a senior in high school preparing to go to college at Princeton (that is, if she gets accepted). High school isn't exactly a happy experience for Sam as she has only two friends. One real, one an email friend that texts her constantly. To everyone else in the school she's know as Diner Girl.
Home isn't any better, as she is forced to live in the attic, do all of the chores, wait on her stepmother and sisters constantly, and work seven days a week at the diner owned by her stepmother.

Since I saw the previews of this movie I thought it looked funny. I've been looking forward to it since the first preview. However, now that it's out and I read the reviews I was nervous. Luckily my fears weren't realized. This movie ended up being a sweet, family friendly, romantic comedy. Duff does an excellent job of portraying Sam. She truly is an excellent young actress, the pep rally scene is proof of this.

While this movie wasn't really laugh out loud funny, it was funny at times, but more than that it was sweet and, for lack of a better word, cute. The direction was really nice. It wasn't super artsy, but it was well done and added a certain beauty to the film.

Cinderella Story ended up being a really sweet movie that deserves a better reaction than it recieved. Great acting, a clever update of an old fairy tale, an awesome soundtrack, and a likeable cast makes for a great afternoon at the movies.

This DVD features the episodes:

Misadventures in Babysitting

Between a Rock and a Bra Place

Rated Aargh

Party Over Here

Ok, I went through quite a bit of the reviews to figure out whether I should get the CD or not... and of course it was kind of useless because all there was, was too many people going "I LOVE HILARY, she's the best" and too many people going "I HATE HILARY, SHE SUCKS!" and I was like... ok..... like those are gonna help my decision. Truly, I don't think people should review unless they are into the type of music the artist is considered because mostly on a country album there'll be rap fans reviewing "THIS SUCKS" when they most likely dont have the album, and in this case, 23+ year old girls saying its just teeny bubblegum pop. OMG!!!!! What the heck do they expect. The Facts: Hilary Duff is 15, She is a teenage girl with a life, she is a beginning singer and yet there are people comparing her to Mariah Carey and Whiteney Houston???!?!?! First off, if you're into adult contemporary.. you shouldnt even be tempted to listen to this, and face the facts.. teen pop is in and teens would not give a f*$# what you think.

Now I am a pop fan so this will be a true review. Well, unlike the past pop-princesses, Hilary is not sexual at all and keeps things on a G-rated basis which is actually kind of good. The songs are catchy ad the ballads are soft, her voice is pretty alright.. much different from Britney and Christina. The catchy songs are really great to dance to and move your head to... its great! Songs like "So Yesterday, Come Clean, Party Up, Sweet 16 and Why Not" just get you straight into a good mood while "Love Just Is, Anywhere But Here, Love Just Is, Inner Voice" are nice to lay back and enjoy the ballads. Overall.... IF YOU LIKE POP!!!!! this is a great addition to your CD collection...and if you dont.... why the heck are you spending your time here?

This DVD features the episodes:

Misadventures in Babysitting

Between a Rock and a Bra Place

Rated Aargh

Party Over Here

This DVD features the episodes:

Misadventures in Babysitting

Between a Rock and a Bra Place

Rated Aargh

Party Over Here

This DVD box set of four discs will be 1/3 of the DVDs to be released for Lizzie McGuire the complete series. This DVD set features the first 22 episodes from the hit Disney Channel show. The episodes included are:

- Pool Party
- Picture Day
- Rumors
- I've Got Rythmic
- When Moms Attack
- Jack of All Trades
- Misadventures in Babysitting
- Election
- I Do, I Don't
- Lizzie Strikes Out
- Between a Rock and a Bra Place
- Come Fly with Me
- Random Acts of Miranda
- Lizzie's Nightmare
- Night of the Day of the Dead
- Obsession
- The Untitled Stan Jansen Project
- Here Comes Aaron Carter
- Sibling Bonds
- Gordo and the Girl
- Rated Aargh
- Educating Ethan

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There are only nine episodes left from season 1 to be put out in the future as part of a box set. They are:

- Bad Girl McGuire
- Last Year's Model
- The Courtship of Miranda Sanchez
- Facts of Life
- Scarlett Larry
- Gordo's Video
- Gordo and the Dwarves
- Gordo's Bar Mitzvah
- Lizzie and Kate's Big Adventure

which those episodes plus some from season 2 will be featured on volume 2 of the DVD box set collection.

The rest of the season 2 episodes will be featured on volume 3.
However, these other two volumes are not guaranteed to be released. They will only be released if this volume 1 set sells good. So buy this volume 1 DVD box set if you want to see the entire Lizzie McGuire series out on DVD.

1. Hilary Duff's I Can't Wait- Hilary has a very soulful voice. This song is a bit young for me, but I love it anyway. Hilary struggles a bit in some places, but overall, a good song! 4/5
2. Smash Mouth's Why Can't We Be Friends- I don't really like this. It's very repetitive and not sung very well. Kinda poprock, if you know what I mean. I always skip through this track. 1/5 (based on the rest of the soundtrack)
3. Jump 5's All I Can Do- I love this new track. As I am British, I have only just discovered this band. I suppose this pop/r'n'b track could be said to be talking about God (as they are a Christian band) or a crush. Very cool. (Jump5 are five Nashville teenagers). 4.5/5
4. Play's Us Against The World- It doesn't matter how many times you play this song, it never gets annoying! Play are four early-teenage Swedish girls who have AMAZING voccals. This is a brilliant song about friendship. But I bet you've heard it. Who hasn't? People over 14 and some boys may not like this though. 5/5
5. Jessica Simpson- This is a great track, I like this more than her usual 'gospel'. 4/5
6. Jackson 5- This song is a bit old, if you know what I mean. When was this released? It still is good pop, even though you can only distinctively (spelling?) hear two of the voices, a low and a high one. Warning! Play this more than twice in a week and you will begin to hate it! 3/5
7. S Club 7- I love this band, being British and all. I think they're fairly big in America, aren't they? Well they certainly are here. This was on their first album. Very pop. This is an S Club classic from back in the old days (1999). Even if you don't usually like S Club, you will probably like this song. 4/5: check out their latest albums for better tracks.
8. Wiseguys- Don't really like this. A must for dance fans. 2/5
9. Mandy Moore- I like this slow ballad. Mandy Moore at one of her best. 4/5
10. Fan_3- This song is little boys trying to be cool. with not a very good result. Avoid this. 0.5/5
11. Dana Dawson- Have not heard of her but I love this song. 3.5/5
12. Theme song- Who hates this song? Nobody! It sounds live on here, better on the television. All together now: "If you believe!..."

I got this as an import.
It is not really a soundtrack to the series, as some of the tracks do not actually appear on it. More like a teenybopper's paradise soundtrack. Everyone from fans of the TV series, to Play fans (or both!) will love this. Highly recommended.

One thing I noticed about this compilation is that it features pretty much every track Hilary herself has ever written. This extended edition (which should have been the standard, in my opinion), however, features 4 extra tracks (all-new ones at that) that she did NOT write so it's clear why this wasn't the standard edition. The songs on this collection are among her most stunning and mature and the remixes certainly help that as well.

1. Wake Up - An AWESOME single! Hilary's first single written by her. The vocal arrangments on the hooks remind me of Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love Of All" for some reason and the rest sounds very Puffy AmiYumi. It blends the best elements of both pop/rock AND dance. A great way to kick off both the album and a new era of Duff. 7/5
2. The Getaway - The first "old" track on the album, but definitely a favorite from her sophomore album. Features a darker side of her as she practically describes a stalker. Sounds very creepy. 5/5
3. The Beat Of My Heart - Yet another song written by Hil. Hilary Duff's first true dance song since "What Dreams Are Made Of" from the Lizzie Movie, only with a more mature "club" sound. 5/5
4. Come Clean (Chris Cox edit) - This remix basically sounds like the original only set to a faster pace - until it hits the chorus, then it becomes techno! It's nice to have 2 dance tracks back-to-back, especially since many of Duff's fans are into dance music, yet it seems to be something missing from her overall catalog. It stays true to the original, yet makes for an amazing dance tune. 4/5
5. Who's That Girl (acoustic) - This song had always been my favorite Hilary Duff track, since it was so emotionally charged and she turned in her best vocal delivery...so I was skeptical about hearing an acoustic version, but she TRULY pulls it off! While her voice doesn't sound QUITE as strong as the original, the way it just sounds so RAW and natural just makes it even more heart-wrenching and emotionally charged. Simply fantastic. 10/5
6. Mr. James Dean - Written by Hilary. Never a raving favorite of mine, but somehow it works better on this album than her last. 4/5
7. So Yesterday - A song that needs to be a part of every modern pop fanatic's collection. 5/5
8. Metamorphosis - This song was a favorite of mine, and while it was supposed to be mature on her debut, it sounds sliiightly out of place here. It would've been nicer remixed. Like maybe the way she performs a heavy metal version in concert, or a dance mix? The first song Hilary wrote. 4/5
9. Rock This World (2005 Remix) - WOW! I absolutely hated this track and it went down as my least favorite Duff track and sounded so fake and horrid. But on this collection, the new harder rock sound actually works and sounds AWESOME! (Yet another penned by Hilary) 5/5
10. Break My Heart - A GREAT track. Hilary adopts a garage punk type sound. But still sounds true to her original sound - and she wrote it! 5/5
11. Jericho (Remix 2005) - Written by Hilary. I loved the original, and this one stays true to it, but places a hard-edged beat. In doing this, it sort of loses its sentimental feelings, but yet stays true to the entire meaning of the song. I like the original better. 3/5
12. Fly - An awesome song. I like it better here than I did on the album it came from. 5/5
13. Supergirl - A good song, but not as good as the other 3. Or well, not as different from her previous material as her others are. But still great! 5/5
14. Party Up (2005 Dance remix) - Not nearly as good as the original. Sounds like the typical bad out-of-tune garage-y dance remix found on today's Club Charts. 2/5
15. Girl Can Rock (remix) - Not listed as a remix, but it is. The beginning is totally different from the original and the song is made to sound a lot heavier rockish, but still VERY awesome! 5/5
16. Our Lips Are Sealed - A nice duet that puts a rock-yet-kid-friendly spin on the original. 5/5
17. Why Not? - A remix OF a remix! It takes the Metamorphosis remix of the tune and makes it sound harder. Sounds great. Captures the live concert feel of the song. 4/5
18. Do You Want Me? (live) - A great live version of the song. Captures the live feel efficiently. 4/5