Trap for Cinderella
Story about a young girl survived a fire but lose all her memories along with her best childhood friend; she then embarks upon an unwanted journey of past recall by reading the diary of her dead friend.
1964
21 April 2000
8 August 1987, Paris, France
31 July 1974, London, England, UK
30 July 1944, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
30 July 1966, Wellington, New Zealand
1987, Ammanford, Carmarthen, Wales, UK
8 May 1987, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK
10 May 1957, Essex, England, UK
13 July 1986, Paris, France
21 February 1987, Bristol, England, UK
July 11, 2013
Maybe a Hitchcock or Chabrol could have made something gripping from the melodrama and mystery of it all but this feels workmanlike and obvious.
July 11, 2013
There's a very classy cast in supporting roles (Kerry Fox, Frances de la Tour, Alex Jennings) but this fails to come alive.
July 11, 2013
tylish and moody, this twisty dramatic thriller gets under our skin with its mysterious tone and darkly insinuating performances.
July 12, 2013
Softley is a great director but has maybe let his own obsession - with Sebastien Japrisot's 1962 novel - blind him to the essential lameness of the project. Someone lend this man a good book.
December 13, 2013
Despite some strong performances and an interesting style, there are just too many holes in the story, keeping Trap For Cinderella from being a completely compelling thriller.
November 06, 2013
This overblown melodrama mistakes sensationalism for story, and is yet another repulsive tale of women's friendships as toxic.
December 13, 2013
Initially intriguing, but essentially a forgettable B-movie that's more exhausting and frustrating than fun or suspenseful.
July 09, 2013
Softley negotiates layers of deceit with skill, but an uncharacteristic visual and narrative tightness leaves one wondering what might have been.
July 12, 2013
Trap For Cinderella achieves the considerable feat of being as pretentious and annoying as its lead characters' names.
January 19, 2014
The plot is ludicrously far-fetched, but despite some plodding dialogue, committed performances from leads Tuppence Middleton and Alexandra Roach make this tale of jealousy and betrayal a heady treat.
December 09, 2013
Ian Softley is far too interested in the minutia of the plot to bother with the Chabrolian elements of bourgeois excess or the Hitchcockian themes of mistaken identity.
December 13, 2013
The erotic thriller "Trap for Cinderella" is neither erotic nor thrilling, but rather reliant on cheap nudity and multiple mistaken-identity switcheroos in hopes of keeping us on edge.
