Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Portia DoubledayKate / Nate
- Marc-André GrondinDaniel
- Chris NothLee
- Lauren HollyElsie
- Natalie KrillTannis
- Anna HopkinsSimone
- Mimi KuzykBella
- Carlo RotaRichard
- Colin MochrieColin
- Lola TashPolly
Recommendations
- 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Titular ball scene, fancy dress makeover and lost stiletto shoe notwithstanding, the chaste nominal romance is less interesting than the fun, family-friendly Shakespearean shenanigans are. - 40
Variety
This basic-cable-quality farce is as unobjectionable as it is unmemorable. - 38
Movie Nation
A frothy little nothing of a Canadian updating of “Cinderella” set in the Canadian fashion industry. But the shoe doesn’t quite fit in this slow-footed farce, a vehicle for pretty blonde Portia Doubleday (“Youth in Revolt”). - 30
The Dissolve
After The Ball commits its most garish faux pas in rooting its plot in the thorny politics of high fashion, despite an apparent lack of any understanding of how the business works. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Featuring enough stereotypical characterizations and situations to fuel a dozen artificial rom-coms, After the Ball pretty much drops the ball in every aspect.
