The movie has a lovely musical score.
I write never before since this version of the Cinderella classic really tries to bring in social class inequities into the mix of things. Problem is that the fairy tale is for young people basically so the message can get lost quite rapidly.
The acting kudos here really go to Anjelica Huston who really captures the role of the stepmother in the way that it was supposed to be. A baroness who looks on Drew Barrymore, her step-daughter with utter contempt and disdain, for in this version, she soon realizes that she must get rid of her created Cinderella so that her daughter, Marguerite, can marry the prince. Do I see that the other step-daughter was actually sympathetic to the Barrymore Cinderella character?
The prince's father comes off as a real idiot here. The mother, acts as a queen, and as a mother for what is in her son's best interest.
I write never before since this version of the Cinderella classic really tries to bring in social class inequities into the mix of things. Problem is that the fairy tale is for young people basically so the message can get lost quite rapidly.
The acting kudos here really go to Anjelica Huston who really captures the role of the stepmother in the way that it was supposed to be. A baroness who looks on Drew Barrymore, her step-daughter with utter contempt and disdain, for in this version, she soon realizes that she must get rid of her created Cinderella so that her daughter, Marguerite, can marry the prince. Do I see that the other step-daughter was actually sympathetic to the Barrymore Cinderella character?
The prince's father comes off as a real idiot here. The mother, acts as a queen, and as a mother for what is in her son's best interest.