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After the Ball

After the Ball

Comedy · 2015

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.

Movie details

After the Ball

“Fairytales are always in fashion”

2015 Comedy 1h 41m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.8 / 10

3.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

27 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

39 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

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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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sean Garrity

Written by

Jason Sherman · Kate Miles Melville

Portia Doubleday

Portia Doubleday

Kate / Nate

Marc-André Grondin

Marc-André Grondin

Daniel

Chris Noth

Chris Noth

Lee

Lauren Holly

Lauren Holly

Elsie

Natalie Krill

Natalie Krill

Tannis

Anna Hopkins

Anna Hopkins

Simone

Mimi Kuzyk

Mimi Kuzyk

Bella

Court is in session

Put After the Ball on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.