Spring 1999 Text and Community Program - Reviews of the film Ever After

Reviews of the film Ever After: A Cinderella Story

What follows is a collection of reviews of Ever After that I gleaned from LEXUS-NEXUS. Some favor the movie; other's most certainly do not. Some talk of the star Drew Barrymore and compare her to the character Cinderella (p.8, below). Others ruminate on the notion of re-making and re-making the Cinderella tale.

--Margaret R. Yocom, 11 February 1999.

Entertainment Weekly: "Legend Of The Ball; With Drew Barrymore as Cinderella, Ever After transforms a timeless tale into a timely fable"
The Advocate: "Sweet, affecting Ever After has own take on Cinderella"
The New York Times: "At the Movies; A Woman Robs the Cradle"
USA Weekend: "Turning the Corner After her family failed her, actress Drew Barrymore created her own: 'I feel lucky to have my friends'"
The Boston Globe: "Cinderella's feminist side; MOVIE REVIEW; EVER AFTER;"
Calgary Herald: "Barrymore's weak work leaves void in sad remake"
Daily News: "The Sweet 'Ever After' in Cinderella Adaptation, Drew Tries on a Star Role and It Fits"
The Hartford Courant: "Classic Tale Turns Into Pumpkin"
Los Angeles Times: "Movie Review; Cinderella as the Original Spice Girl"
The New York Times: "Film Review; No Helpless, Wimpy Waif Filling This Glass Slipper"
Chicago Tribune: "'Ever After' Takes Fairy Tale to New Age"

Movie Overview

EVER AFTER: A CINDERELLA STORY, directed by Andy Tennant; written by Susannah Grant, Rick Parks and Tennant; director of photography, Andrew Dunn; music composed by George Fenton; production designer, Michael Howells; edited by Roger Bondelli; produced by Mireille Soria and Tracey Trench. A Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. release of a Fox Family Films production. Running time: 121 minutes.

Danielle Drew Barrymore

Rodmilla Anjelica Huston

Prince Henry Dougray Scott

Leonardo da Vinci Patrick Godfrey

Marguerite Megan Dodds

Jacqueline de Ghent Melanie Lynskey

King Francis Timothy West

Queen Marie Judy Parfitt

Auguste Jeroen Krabbe

Paulette Kate Lansbury

Louise Matyelok Gibbs

Maurice Walter Sparrow

Gustave Lee Ingleby

Grande Dame Jeanne Moreau

Young Danielle Anna Maguire

Pierre Le Pieu Richard O'Brien

Capt. Laurent Peter Gunn

Wilhelm Grimm Joerg Stadler

Jacob Grimm Andrew Henderson