Ever After: A Cinderella Story

Pros: fairy tale story, excellent acting, beautiful backdrop

Cons: mean and devious characters

The Bottom Line: Not exactly like the fairy tale, but holds it’s own.

Review: Being a fan of Drew Barrymore, I decided to rent a few of her movies from Netflix one afternoon last week. Two weekends past brought a huge storm to our area and our satellite could not acquire it’s signal...so I whipped out Ever After, brewed...

Pros: Drew Barrymore & Anjelica Huston, great performances

Cons: overall none

The Bottom Line: Don't be afraid of love

Review:
Once upon a time……….
Isn’t that the way all fairy tales begin? Dreams are recounted and stories retold, handing down legends and sometimes expanding on them.

Most people today, no matter where you...

Pros: Drew Barrymore at her finest; classic story retold

Cons: could be classified as a chick flick

The Bottom Line: Classic tale of love. A heartwarming story with Drew shining all the way through!

Review: Ever After: A Cinderella Story is the classic story of Cinderella set in the the eighteenth or nineteenth century France. The cast consists of the usual characters:

The Cast

Drew Barrymore as Danielle De Barbarac...

Pros: new take on classic story

Cons: may be enjoyed more by women

Review: This unique adaptation of Cinderella presents the tale in such a way that we are meant to believe it actually happened. There is no fairy godmother, no coach formerly known as pumpkin, no grand search for an unknown shoeless princess. Everything in this...

Pros: great acting, appealing story, not too mushy

Cons: will disappoint people expecting Disney-esque entertainment

The Bottom Line: Great alternate fairy tale, and if you must watch a chick flick this one is an excellent choice.

Review: This is the story of Cinderella. No, not the Disney version, nor the Grimm version... The movie begins with an elderly noblewoman meeting with Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm - better known as the Brothers Grimm - to discuss their story of "the little cinder ...

Pros: Excellent movie, Drew is breathtaking.

Cons: The DVD has no special features.

The Bottom Line: A must have. Drew's greatest achievement so far.

Review: The Plot Well, we have an elderly woman being interviewed by the Grimm brothers about the legend of Cinderella. She explains that Cinderella was indeed a real living person, but she is the keeper of this fascinating tale. This Cinderella ...

Pros: wonderful story, nice costumes

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: This movie has a wonderful twist to the Cinderella story most of us grew up hearing, and it is a very entertaining way to spend an hour and a half.

Review: Introduction

I never used to be a Drew Barrymore fan. When I heard about a Cinderella story being made that starred Drew Barrymore I decided to pass.

Even after this movie got good reviews from some friends I was still...

Pros: a romantic love story

Cons: NONE

The Bottom Line: EverAfter is a captivating, contemporary classic fairy tale.

Review: First I must start this off by saying I'm a huge Drew Barrymore fan. I think as she has gotten older the films and her performance is just excellent.

Ever After is a based on the Cinderella Story. Barrymore stars as Danielle a wise and...

Pros: Drew Barrymore, the entire cast, beautiful costumes and sets, new take on Cinderella

Cons: A few historic inaccuracies

The Bottom Line: If you've never seen Ever After, you owe it to yourself to see this new take on the Cinderella story.

Review: Once upon a time (somewhere around, let's say, 1998), the magnificent Drew Barrymore starred in a movie about one of the most well-known fairy tale characters of all: Cinderella. In Ever After: A Cinderella Story, Drew plays as a young farm girl ...

Pros: great script, fine directing, believable acting

Cons: I can't think of any

Review: I adored Drew Barrymore in "E.T.". Finally after 17 years I see a film wherein I adore her again. Barrymore as Danielle is brilliant in Tennant Andy's film "Ever After: A Cinderella Story". I love her use of an English accent....