Number Rolled: 50
Movie Name/Year: Ever
After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Genre: Romantic
Drama
Length: 121
minutes
Rating: PG-13
Director: Andy
Tennant
Writer: Susannah
Grant, Andy Tennant, Rick Parks, Charles Perrault
Actors: Drew
Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Megan Dodds, Melanie
Lynskey, Timothy West, Judy Parfitt, Jeroen Krabbe, Lee Ingleby
Ever After is by far my favorite telling of the Cinderella
story. I imagine that if it were a true story, this is what it would be like. It’s
almost an adult version of the story. Not adult as in sex; adult as in mature.
If one were to create a list of all the Cinderella-based
movies out there, I can imagine the list would be in the high triple digits.
It’s a famous story that is a big deal in many childhoods. However, most of the
movies on that list would be geared toward children. Hell, the Disney channel
makes a new one every year or so.
Not only are most of the renditions geared toward children,
but there really aren’t all that many different ways to tell the same story.
Girl and father are close. Father remarries. Father dies. Stepmother treats
girl badly. Girl grows up as servant. Girl falls in love with Prince. Prince
returns love but doesn’t realize she’s a servant. Stepmother learns of love and
locks up girl. Prince frees girl. Girl and Prince live happily ever. Oh, and
there are always a ball/dance and some fancy shoes involved. It’s a classic and
doesn’t need changing really.
Although “Ever After” does follow most of the rules in the
outline for Cinderella, it offers it in a fresh new way. Introducing Gypsies
and Leonardo da Vinci into the mix and coming up with what – in my point of
view – is a much better ending than the cookie-cutter version.
Overall Opinion – 4/5
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