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After the Ball

2015

Comedy

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 27% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 3806 3.8K

Plot summary

After the Ball, a retail fairy tale set in the world of fashion. Kate's dream is to design for couturier houses. Although she is a bright new talent, Kate can't get a job. No one trusts the daughter of Lee Kassell, a retail guru who markets clothes "inspired" by the very designers Kate wants to work for. Who wants a spy among the sequins and stilettos? Reluctantly, Kate joins the family business where she must navigate around her duplicitous stepmother and two wicked stepsisters. But with the help of a prince of a guy in the shoe department her godmother's vintage clothes and a shocking switch of identities, Kate exposes the evil trio, saves her father's company -- and proves that everyone can wear a fabulous dress.

Director

Sean Garrity Photo
Sean Garrity

Top cast

Lauren Holly Photo
Lauren Holly as Elise
Anna Hopkins Photo
Anna Hopkins as Simone
Portia Doubleday Photo
Portia Doubleday as Kate Kassell / Nate
Chris Noth Photo
Chris Noth as Lee Kassell
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936.01 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 1
1.7 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by squeezebox 7 / 10

Surprisingly good comedy with good performances

After the Ball is an entertaining little comedy that takes a few elements of Cinderella and uses them to tell the story of a young fashion designer who manages to get a job at her father's design company, only to be ousted by her stepmother and stepsisters. With the encouragement of her aunt and her actor friend, she disguises herself as a young male designer and manages to get hired back at the company where she battles the evil forces out to get her/him, but with newly found self-confidence.I was expecting nothing from this movie, but my daughter wanted to watch it and it had a rating higher than one star on Netflix, so I figured why not. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. While it's predictable in the extreme, it's genuinely funny and moves along at a good pace, with a solid screenplay and likable characters. I had never heard of Portia Doubleday before watching this movie, but her performance is terrific. She's funny, sympathetic and simply a pleasure to watch.Don't expect a profound or earth-shattering experience, but if you are in the mood for some lighthearted fun, you could do much worse than After the Ball.
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Reviewed by a-r-m-ygalgr8 7 / 10

A Funny and Heartwarming Modern Retelling of the Cinderella Story

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It was cute, funny, and appropriately over-the-top acting for a modern comedy retelling of the Cinderella story. One of the reviews mentions that they don't like the portrayal of stepmothers and stepsisters and the inaccuracy of the fashion industry etc, etc. Well this being comedy, and a parallel of Cinderella I don't think it should receive less stars because it focused on the story and the simple characters versus trying to be accurate. It is a very enjoyable, lighthearted movie. And if one is looking for a deep plot, accurate portrayals of the fashion industry and design, with multi-dimensional characters, you should look elsewhere. This movie is not for you and you will agree with the other reviewer instead of enjoying a truly good movie.

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