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17-500: The film was followed by A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011). Mary Santiago, a high school senior aspiring to become a dancer, is neglected and used by her legal guardian, washed-up pop star Dominique Blatt, because her deceased mother was one of Dominique's dancers. At home, Dominique and her snobby daughters Britt and Bree treat Mary as a maid. While in school, Mary and her best friend Tami are bullied by Britt, Bree, and Joey Parker's ex-girlfriend, Natalia Faroush. Joey Parker,

34-461: A cleaning service; and offers to help. Tami provides them with outfits and masks for the ball. Joey ask Mary to dance. They stun everyone with their skills, but Britt and Bree spill a bowl of M&M's and Mary falls. Joey helps Mary up and takes his mask off, shocking her. Mary notices a clock and realizes she has fifteen minutes before Dominique arrives. She accidentally drops her Zune , but returns home just in time. The next day, Joey announces to

51-515: A darkened curtain or a double door vestibule. These observation rooms have been used in: Smaller versions are sometimes used in: The same type of mirror, when used in an optical instrument , is called a beam splitter and works on the same principle as a pellicle mirror . A partially transparent mirror is also an integral part of the Fabry–Pérot interferometer . Reciprocity (electromagnetism) Too Many Requests If you report this error to

68-418: A famous celebrity and pop star, has returned to school for his senior year and to remember why he started dancing, accompanied by his best friend, Dustin/The Funk. He is also hosting a dance contest where the winner will be his partner in his next music video. It is revealed that Natalia is determined to get back together with him. Joey hosts a dance class that Natalia, Britt, and Bree attend. Mary sneaks behind

85-505: A letter saying she has been accepted by the Manhattan Academy of Performing Arts, but when the academy calls to confirm it, Dominique answers and claims Mary has "two broken legs". Attempting to stop the date, Britt and Bree give Mary a ridiculous number of chores, but this backfires when Joey helps her by dancing through them. She helps him write his next song. He "invites" her to his house, but when she arrives, she sees through

102-444: A still bitter Mary to attend. A Manhattan Academy representative is there at Joey's invitation. After Britt, Bree, and Natalia put on lackluster performances, Joey calls Mary to the stage and convinces her to dance with him. The duo performs the song they wrote. Joey admits that there's nothing going on between him and Natalia. Mary wins the contest and Natalia admits Mary did great. The representative reveals Dominique's lie and says Mary

119-419: A thin and almost transparent layer of metal ( window film usually containing aluminium ). The result is a mirrored surface that reflects some light and is penetrated by the rest. Light always passes equally in both directions. However, when one side is brightly lit and the other kept dark, the darker side becomes difficult to see from the brightly lit side because it is masked by the much brighter reflection of

136-438: Is a reciprocal mirror that appears reflective from one side and transparent from the other. The perception of one-way transmission is achieved when one side of the mirror is brightly lit and the other side is dark. This allows viewing from the darkened side but not vice versa. The first U.S. patent for a one-way mirror appeared in 1903, then named a "transparent mirror". The glass is coated with, or has been encased within,

153-410: Is accepted. Joey and Mary kiss. Dominique tries to leave the stage and falls, ironically breaking both of her legs. As Mary, Joey, Tami, and Dustin load Mary's belongings in a van, a wheelchair-using Dominique begs her not to go as Joey and Mary share another kiss and drive away. Amber Wilkinson of Eye for Film gave the film three out of five stars and said the age difference between Gomez and Seeley

170-402: Is using Mary to convince him to do a duet with her. At Britt and Bree's birthday party, Dustin recognizes Tami as his dance partner and flirts with her having proved his identity. Mary tries to tell Joey again, but Britt and Bree play the video. Embarrassed, Mary runs to her room. She plays the song from the ball. Joey realizes she was the mystery girl and asks her on a date. Later, Mary receives

187-506: The one-way mirror and is the only one able to match his moves, but her cell phone rings and she flees. Later, Dominique, hoping to revitalize her career, asks Joey to perform a duet with her while Britt and Bree hit on him, but he refuses, especially since Dominique had insulted him on TRL . The school holds a masquerade ball on Valentine's Day , but Dominique plans to go partying and orders Mary to clean her room by midnight. Fortunately, Tami contacts her sister's boyfriend's family, who owns

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204-406: The light transmitted from the dark room, overwhelming the small amount of light transmitted from the dark to the bright room; conversely, the light reflected back into the dark side is overwhelmed by the light transmitted from the bright side. This allows a viewer in the dark side to observe the bright room covertly. When such mirrors are used for one-way observation, the viewing room is kept dark by

221-418: The lit side. A one-way mirror is typically used as an apparently normal mirror in a brightly lit room, with a much darker room on the other side. People on the brightly lit side see their own reflection—it looks like a normal mirror. People on the dark side see through it—it looks like a transparent window. The light from the bright room reflected from the mirror back into the room itself is much greater than

238-516: The school that he has the Zune, saying whoever can announce the top four most played songs is the mystery girl. A bunch of girls (and a few boys) get in line and try to do it, obviously failing. Britt and Bree conclude Mary is the mystery girl and threatens to release an embarrassing video she made when she was eleven, if she tries to tell Joey. Tami convinces her not to care about that, and she tries to tell him, but he blows her off, believing that Dominique

255-408: The script, saying the writers "peppered this story with a surprising dose of humor and some pleasing plot twists." However, Walker specifically criticized the "glaringly obvious" age difference between the 15-year-old Gomez and the 26-year-old Seeley. One-way mirror A one-way mirror , also called two-way mirror (or one-way glass, half-silvered mirror , and semi-transparent mirror ),

272-400: The window, Natalia talking to Joey in bed and runs off in tears. Dominique insincerely comforts her and claims the academy rejected her. Joey is confused when she gives him the cold shoulder. Dustin confronts Tami, who berates Joey for cheating on Mary. They clarify Natalia broke into his house to drive Mary away. Tami agrees to help them. The dance contest is near, and Tami and Dustin convince

289-448: Was inappropriate, saying that "it's a shame there isn't more thought put into their age." She also said that the "characters are so wafer thin they barely cast a shadow." Although Wilkinson says that the film is completely different from A Cinderella Story , Lacey Walker, reviewing for Christian Answers , notes several aspects of the two films that were directly parallel to each other. Walker also gave it three out of five stars, praising

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