There's something so eternal about Cinderella that it never loses its appeal no matter how many Gazillion versions of the story are made. Even if you just count all the ones that come from the Magic Kingdom.

Sofia Carson the latest of a long line of fresh girl pop singers from the Disney Studios is a sweet and charming Cinderella, in her case a girl named Tessa. She may not have a fairy godmother here, but she knows an opportunity when she sees it. Now if she can only avoid that evil stepmother who of course favors her own children.

The opportunity to be in a music video with British pop star Thomas Law as a modern day motorcycle riding Prince Charming. Better than a white charger. He's quite the hunk himself and might be destined for Disney bubblegum stardom.

Stepmother is Jennifer Tilly who literally smothers the screen with her off the wall performance with the name of Divine. I think if the late drag performer Divine from Lust In The Dust would probably chuckle a bit.

And I'm sure there are still more variations of the story of the girl from the cinders coming. At least from the Magic Kingdom. This one will most definitely do.

The 3rd in this series and it's a perfectly fine modern take on the Cinderella storyline.

Credit to whoever has to keep coming up with these new twists on the old story, this franchise seems to be running and running.

Yes, it's a bit cheesy, but it's all good fun.

So you are most likely asking yourself why this film beats its predecessors. Well for instances it actually stay true to Cinderella herself and the elements that were not expressed enough as they should have been in the first three films, although the budget was not the best as for it's set's they really wanted a simple location to bring out the storyline, so that's is forgivable. Jennifer Tilly however brought on a performance to remember giving us a more vindictive StepMother than wicked wrench we have come to learn but stays true to the franchise's stepmothers, she gives a refreshing feel of the horrible Lady Tramane we all know and hate. One Failure in it's Character key however is the Stepsisters, we have too self-absorbed women who treat their stepsister as a slave with the tendencies to be abusive and tormenting, but we didnt get that refreshing feel, like we got from the Steomother's Character, however we do have some major key plot points from the original fairytale of Cinderella and the previous installment of Once Upon A Song: A Cinderella Story; that point is one stepsister is more wicked than the other, and both Stepmother and daughter are willing to let the other one fall under the bus so the most favored can win the prince and fortune. The Fairy Godmother, unlike it's predecessors before, the Cinderella character has multiple Fairy-Godmothers in the shape of close-friends they have come to know and love for years and have developed a great past. This Film stays true to the orginal Tale of Cinderella by a complete stranger (The fairy Godmother or in this Case the musical make-up artist) who sees the pure love, beauty and innocence of the Cinderella character (Sofia Carson) and sees how her talent is going unnoticed in her hard life because she knows that she deserves better, so she gives her the opportunity for success. Plus our Cinderella character and Fairy Godmother come to love each other like mother and daughter Let's not forget one important thing IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT CINDERELLA, mainly because the plot surrounds Tessa (Sofia Carson) actually playing Cinderella in a musical production. So back on track, we see sadness of our character from being an orphan missing her parents, most forgotten Cinderella point is the Mother. Tessa like Cinderella actually misses her mother and shows teary emotions for both her parents and represents her mother through her favorite flower she put on her shoe (A.K.A glass slipper). So the glass slipper and plant are brought back from the orginal story to this one, in the old tale Cinderella visits her mother's grave where a willow tree is planted (the huge plant was a favorite of her mothers). Now we get into the twist which makes Tessa (Carson) a better princess than Cinderella ever was and beating all the ones before her. Tessa had no intention of getting her success in the name of love, and she (Unlike Gomez, Hale, and Duff) actually goes after her dream not seeking love at all instead she shows her audience (in particular young ladies and girls) that you should love yourself and never let fear & doubt keep you from your dreams and if a boy is in your future he should love you for you. One thing that brings a BIG DIFFERENCE is that our prince charming falls in love with Tessa (Cinderella) instead of the persona she puts on and fools people into loving after their first encounter proving once again you can't fall in love after just one dance. This movie is big factor in feminism amongst young girls with a powerful soundtrack that encourages young girls to be best they can be. Another thing that soley places Carson as the best Cinderella is that she accomplished her dream on her own all the fairy godmother (Musical Make-up Artist) did was show her that she can do whatever she sets her heart on, and didn't need the help of anyone else. In the end Tessa stood up to her awful Stepfamily and kept it classy as well as respectful. So when promoting the film, they weren't lying when they said this isn't your ordinary Cinderella Story as it actually does a justice to rags to riches princess tale we have all come to know and love, and it rightfully puts all the others in it's rightful place. The one major mistake it made was not releasing the film Theatrically and give it a better set, as well as going more in depth on the abuse the character suffered perhaps it would have had a better chance than its predecessors and possibly even go on to inspire girls everywhere as well as making Sofia Carson a legend for changing the Princess into what she rightfully deserved to be, a Girl with so much to show the world. With all fairness the movie deserves a theatrical re-release and best picture nomination or at the least a best actress or female lead nomination for our Darling Sofia Carson.