Cinderella (2015)
Disney retells the fairy tale in live-action and under the direction of the great Kenneth Branagh (Thor). Wrath of the Titans' Lily James fills the crystal slippers, aided by her fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) and thwarted by her step-mother (Cate Blanchett) as she's pursued by Prince Charming (Game of Thrones' Richard Madden).
- Director:
- Kenneth Branagh ('Thor', 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit', 'Hamlet')
- Writer:
- Aline Brosh McKennaChris Weitz
- Cast:
- Lily JamesHelena Bonham CarterCate BlanchettHolliday GraingerSophie McSheraRichard MaddenStellan SkarsgårdBen ChaplinHayley AtwellDerek Jacobi
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksIf a film review’s purpose is to inform you whether a movie delivers on its promise, then covering Disney’s live action Cinderella remake is the simplest and happiest of tasks for a critic. Quite simply this Cinderella delivers EXACTLY what it promises. Perfectly. Beautifully. Magically.
From book to film, it took me by surprise as well. The audience is treated to an opening idylic scene in a quite rural setting. Ella as a baby with her mother and father, and as the years pass one can sense that her childhood was a happy one, including the period her mother's untimely death occurred. All that was to change when her father remarried and...
Top Cinderella Film Ever
I was wholly taken by surprise, when I realised that even though I am in my early 20s and have seen many iterations of the Cinderella story, that this film somehow come to define the fairytale for me. It was enchanting, and refreshing, after the trend of modernisation, re-invention, and parodies of fairy tales to have this one told straight - without...
Variety
pressThough this Cinderella could never replace Disney's animated classic, it's no ugly stepsister either, but a deserving companion.
The Dissolve
pressA heady sugar-rush in the moment, but empty and a little nauseating over the long haul.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressKenneth Branagh's lavish live-action telling of the folktale made familiar to many by Disney's 1950 animated feature film is a faithful take that derives pleasure in updating expectations and absolutely never dashing them.
Hollywood Reporter
pressUnderlines the virtues of kindness and courage in a heroine right out of the pages of a traditional storybook...
Empire Magazine
pressA retrograde fantasy with the depth of a dressing-up box, but it’s spirited, genuinely funny and played to the hilt by an excellent cast.
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksIf a film review’s purpose is to inform you whether a movie delivers on its promise, then covering Disney’s live action Cinderella remake is the simplest and happiest of tasks for a critic. Quite simply this Cinderella delivers EXACTLY what it promises. Perfectly. Beautifully. Magically.
Variety
pressThough this Cinderella could never replace Disney's animated classic, it's no ugly stepsister either, but a deserving companion.
The Dissolve
pressA heady sugar-rush in the moment, but empty and a little nauseating over the long haul.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressKenneth Branagh's lavish live-action telling of the folktale made familiar to many by Disney's 1950 animated feature film is a faithful take that derives pleasure in updating expectations and absolutely never dashing them.
Hollywood Reporter
pressUnderlines the virtues of kindness and courage in a heroine right out of the pages of a traditional storybook...
Empire Magazine
pressA retrograde fantasy with the depth of a dressing-up box, but it’s spirited, genuinely funny and played to the hilt by an excellent cast.
From book to film, it took me by surprise as well. The audience is treated to an opening idylic scene in a quite rural setting. Ella as a baby with her mother and father, and as the years pass one can sense that her childhood was a happy one, including the period her mother's untimely death occurred. All that was to change when her father remarried and...
Top Cinderella Film Ever
I was wholly taken by surprise, when I realised that even though I am in my early 20s and have seen many iterations of the Cinderella story, that this film somehow come to define the fairytale for me. It was enchanting, and refreshing, after the trend of modernisation, re-invention, and parodies of fairy tales to have this one told straight - without...
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