Review of Cinderella (2015) by Edeltraud — 03 Apr 2015

I can't hate on this movie, it's Cinderell-y! after all. But it could have been much better -- hey, SNL"s live-action Bambi was better.

Unfortunately, what should have been the best part -- the clothes! Was the worst. Didn't like Ella's big debut ballgown which was a real letdown...nor the evil step-sisters dumb costuming, didn't even like the fair god-mum's cheesy wedding-ish look.

No matter how many times the movie dialogue tried to tell me the glass slipper was comfortable, I kept wishing they'd gotten manolo blahnik to design this. So clunky and ugly!

Cate Blanchett's evil step-mom started out kind of interesting but soon devolved into a Joan Crawford parody, along with her dreadful 1940s costumes. What was up with that?

My two main complaints were: getting hit over the head a zillion times with the moral of the story, be kind and courageous, captain. And, the over the top CGI. The story would have been way more affecting if the palace were a believable castle, out in the countryside, not some ridiculous disney mega-manse.

I'd have liked it if Branaugh has gone with a grittier, more realistic style.

The prince, Derek Jacobi's king and Cinderella were pretty good renditions of these characters. HBC as the fairy god-mum was just OK, kind of meh.

No complaints about the basic storyline, no feminist rant here, it was a different time and place and at least Branaugh's Cinderella got to ride a horse.