"Cinderella" (2015) PG
Based upon two fairy tales about Ella the ash faced girl, this 1950 Disney animated movie is recreated point by point into a live action film, complete with the use of CGI to include transforming pumpkin to carriage, lizard to coachman, goose to driver, and mice to horses. The story is set long ago, possibly about 1700, in what appears to be coastal France, where there is a tiny kingdom and forest. In a comely cottage lives a blonde and blue eyed family and their girl Ella, who grows up learning of love, and then tragedy strikes when her Mother dies,and her Father remarries a creepy woman with two daughters, and then her Father later dies. Then the wicked stepmother and sisters turn her into a servant girl. One day she rides off with her horse and encounters a prince hunting in the woods and falls for him. The prince, in turn, falls for her, buit cannot find her, so he throws a ball to attract all the eligible maidens in town to come. The stepmother and sisters try to keep her from attending, but she escapes and meets her Fairy Godmother, who gives her the classic items to attend the ball, with the warning that at midnight it will all go away, except for the glass slippers.
This cute adaption of the animated movie bustes all the right Disney buttons and even references asre made to other stories, such as hidden Mickeys, hidden ball attendants looking like other princesses from Disney, and the stunning soundtrack.
It seems to be fun for the family and also has some interesting new actors, including the lead, who I haven't heard of, with some old favorites. Directed Kenneth Bragnah is well known, Kate Blanchette plays the stepmother, and Helena Bonham Carter plays the godmother.
Although not Oscar material, it is a contender of the popularity awards in 2015 and will be counted at the Clara Movie Awards blog show.
Review by Adam Browne
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