![]() ![]() Her brother dies, she survives and is left with crippling flashbacks and survivor's guilt. After she and her brother sneak out to go to a concert one night, some drunk driver plows into them on the way home. But her father(David Keith) wants her to stay at home and wait tables at the family diner. She also thinks her singing can make her a star, and so does her brother Paul(Jason Ritter) who secretly recommends her for a scholarship to a school for the performing arts in Los Angeles. Terri Fletcher(Duff) sings in a local church chorus, and for her own personal enjoyment. But the way things are looking now, she couldn't break out of the Disney universe if she did hardcore pornography. Make no mistake though - Hilary Duff *IS* a talented actress and singer(in spite of corporate punk pretensions), and even with this formulaic material she proves it. The fact that this movie was a Brookwell/McNamara Production, a staple of the cable network that made her famous may be another obstacle from that typecasting. In my review of "Cheaper by the Dozen"(2003), I mentioned the difficulty Hilary Duff is going to have breaking away from typecasting as Lizzie McGuire.
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