An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blos... Read allAn alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Frieda
- (voice)
- Ella
- (voice)
- The Wizard
- (voice)
- Dwarf 1
- (voice)
- (as John De Maggio)
- …
- Fairy Godmother
- (voice)
- Stepsister 2
- (voice)
- (as Jill Talley Kenny)
- …
- Witch 1
- (voice)
- (as Tress Mac Neille)
- Amigo 2
- (voice)
- (as Robert F. Paulsen III)
- Wolf 1
- (voice)
- (as John Polito)
- Rick
- (voice)
- Amigo 1
- (voice)
- (as Philip G. Proctor)
- Munk
- (voice)
- Stepsister 1
- (voice)
- (as Kath E. Soucie)
- …
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Lee Arenburg)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.'s fifth film together. They recorded many of their scenes in the same studio, which is rare for a full-length animated film.
- GoofsAt 23:56, Jack is smaller than the giant's foot and gets stuck to his heel but then at 28:33 and 28:41, he's as big as the sole and is under the arch.
- Quotes
Ella: [the Prince sniffs the air as they dance] What's wrong?
Prince Humperdink: I detect the strangest smell of pumpkin.
[grins]
Prince Humperdink: I like pumpkin.
- Crazy creditsSomewhere in the final credits we find out that "Step Mother" gets new friends in a very cold place.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cartoon Corner: Happily N'Ever After (2014)
- SoundtracksHappy Doesn't Have to Have an Ending
Written by They Might Be Giants
Performed by They Might Be Giants
Published by TMBG Music
Courtesy of Idlewild Recordings
The thing to ignore is the thing we are supposed to place foremost, all the dialog, acting, story and pacing. Its just dreadful. Enough said about that.
But. It has two things that interested me.
One is simply the idea. It is a movie of a fairy tale inside a movie about manipulating fairy tales, inside a movie narrated by someone who seems to be outside both movies (he actually gets to stop the film physically) but at the same time trapped in the innermost movie. There's magic to explain some of this, but only a part. Its a very clever concoction.
But the other thing was some of the characters. Well, they vary so; I guess I really mean the two women in front, Ella (Cinderella) and her redhaired stepmother. Its how they are rendered. Ella seems to be the only character whose face seems outside the cartoon world she inhabits. She's clearly a version of Audrey Hepburn with each of her attractive feature made a little more so. Its really quite good.
The bodies are another thing. Not since Betty Boop's boobs were stilled by the censors, have we seen a young body as naturally sexy as this. There's nothing seductive or intended or cheap or erotic about it. Its just that all the parts move as they should, under modest clothes. I really was amazed, especially at the attention paid to her rear end.
The step mother is something else. She moves with exaggerated erotic intent. She has huge bosoms and a nearly invisible waist. And then again huge thighs. Where the younger just walks, this puffy dominatrix swings. There's clearly some intent by the filmmaker here to get some sort of message across about the undesirability of overt sexuality. It zoomed right past me just in my astonishment at Ella's motion.
Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
- tedg
- Oct 1, 2008
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Нові пригоди Попелюшки
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $47,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,589,393
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,608,244
- Jan 7, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $38,085,778
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1