When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at
the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give
up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing
stranger.
Director:
Kenneth BranaghWriter:
Chris Weitz (screenplay)Stars:
Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden | See full cast and crewStoryline
A girl named Ella (Cinderella) has the purest heart living in a cruel
world filled with evil stepsisters and an evil stepmother out to ruin
Ella's life. Ella comes one with her pure heart when she meets the
prince and dances her way to a better life with glass shoes, and a
little help from her fairy godmother, of course.
User Reviews
Ashes to Ashes, Cinders to...
Every so often there
comes along a 'U' rated film one must see. These 'U' films, I am quite
sure, will be found to have had an inordinate effect on developing the
language of the motion picture. This is not one of them. It doesn't
deserve very much more than the minimum specified verbiage.
The good thing about this film is that hideous glass slipper is photographed so it reflects light in a really attractive way. The bad thing about this film is, you, the viewer, are never allowed to settle and develop your own way of making sense of the film - essential for children of our generation. Whether today's children think a more studied coolness and efficient, regularised, apportioned mechanisation is better is another thing - almost. You still have to give people fun, and this rather dull little flick leaves nothing for people to grasp who aren't addicted to expressing on the surface of the joke how funny the author finds the actual joke. Helena Bonham-Carter does her best to give this the kiss of life some of the cast and crew's career will no doubt have deserved despite, but she is there and gone so quickly, it's not in the least bit worth it. Many of the lines actually hurt.
The curious thing about this film is the way it does her name, but not the slippers. The controversy of fur/glass may not look fruitful at first, but the challenge surely should have been how to work-in existing details of "story variance," rather than reach straight out for a very heavily-laid-on joke about fifteen not-very-engaged minutes into this film. It's a shame. This version was ill-paced, and didn't know its coach from its pumpkin.
The good thing about this film is that hideous glass slipper is photographed so it reflects light in a really attractive way. The bad thing about this film is, you, the viewer, are never allowed to settle and develop your own way of making sense of the film - essential for children of our generation. Whether today's children think a more studied coolness and efficient, regularised, apportioned mechanisation is better is another thing - almost. You still have to give people fun, and this rather dull little flick leaves nothing for people to grasp who aren't addicted to expressing on the surface of the joke how funny the author finds the actual joke. Helena Bonham-Carter does her best to give this the kiss of life some of the cast and crew's career will no doubt have deserved despite, but she is there and gone so quickly, it's not in the least bit worth it. Many of the lines actually hurt.
The curious thing about this film is the way it does her name, but not the slippers. The controversy of fur/glass may not look fruitful at first, but the challenge surely should have been how to work-in existing details of "story variance," rather than reach straight out for a very heavily-laid-on joke about fifteen not-very-engaged minutes into this film. It's a shame. This version was ill-paced, and didn't know its coach from its pumpkin.
