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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