
After the Ball
Comedy
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy glossy fairy-tale makeovers, underdog victories, and cheerful romantic comedy with fashion-forward escapism.
- Tone
- playful, whimsical, romantic
- Payoff
- amusement, swoon
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- gentle
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- ambition, family betrayal, identity, self-expression, justice
- Setting
- contemporary, fashion retail world and urban boutiques