Director : Kenneth Branagh
Running Time : 105 mins
When her mother dies, Ella (James) is left to live a relatively happy life with her father (Ben Chaplin). He remarries, and her stepmother (Blanchett) moves in with her two daughters, but when Ella’s father is killed whilst away on business, Ella discovers that her stepmother is wicked and evil and forces her to become a house slave for her and her children. So when her fairy godmother (Bonham Carter) shows up, Ella is delighted to get the opportunity to be whisked off to a royal ball.
This is a fun version of the fairytale, though the characters of Ella and the Prince are a little one-dimensional. As always, it is the villains that make these movies so much fun, and Blanchett and her daughters do a reasonable job as the child-friendly villains of the piece, hamming it up without going too far over the top in their performances.
You’ll like this if you liked : Maleficent
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