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Ever After - A Cinderella Story (1998)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 62
Fresh: 56 | Rotten: 6

Ever After is a sweet, frothy twist on the ancient fable, led by a solid turn from star Barrymore.

Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 4

Ever After is a sweet, frothy twist on the ancient fable, led by a solid turn from star Barrymore.

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Andy Tennant directed this Cinderella variant. The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame (Jeanne Moreau) who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor. In flashback, the story then focuses on eight-year-old Danielle, daughter of a wealthy widower, a 16th-century landowner. After returning to France with his new wife Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) and her two daughters, he dies of a heart attack. Ten years

PG-13, 2 hr.

Drama, Romance

Directed By: Andy Tennant

Written By: Susannah Grant, Andy Tennant, Rick Parks

In Theaters: Jul 31, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Mar 2, 1999

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Drew Barrymore
Danielle
Anjelica Huston
Rodmilla
Dougray Scott
Prince Henry
Patrick Godfrey
Leonardo da Vinci
Megan Dodds
Marguerite
Melanie Lynskey
Jacqueline
Jeanne Moreau
Grande Dame
Timothy West
King Francis
Judy Parfitt
Queen Marie
Jeroen Krabb�
Auguste
Lee Ingleby
Gustave
Kate Lansbury
Paulette
Matyelok Gibbs
Louise
Richard O'Brien
Pierre Le Pieu
Toby Jones
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Critic Reviews for Ever After - A Cinderella Story

All Critics (62) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (6) | DVD (12)

Drew Barrymore plays the complicated belle of the climactic ball and develops a convincing intellectually based friendship with the prince.

August 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

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The script by Susannah Grant, Rick Parks and director Andy Tennant successfully maintains the story's period trappings while introducing a heroine with modern resonance.

July 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Leonard Klady

Variety

Top Critic

Though director Andy Tennant was enthusiastic about putting this kind of spin on Cinderella, his touch turns out to be counterproductive.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

Ever After is a droll, uneven treatment of a familiar story that could become as popular with children as the 1950 Disney cartoon version.

January 1, 2000 Comment

John Hartl

Film.com

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Barrymore has the sort of charm that can make you cockeyed with happiness.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Charles Taylor

Salon.com

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The old tale still has life and passion in it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Charming take on Cinderella tale has strong heroine.

December 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

An affable film that helped affirm Drew Barrymore's place in the Hollywood firmament as something cosier than a one-trick wild child.

August 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Once upon a time there was a feisty young woman who didn't sit around twiddling her pretty thumbs and singing "Someday My Prince Will Come."

August 16, 2010 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

A delightful movie, full of feisty, three-dimensional characters romping through comedy, romance and otherwise gloriously colorful moments.

February 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Given that this is adolescent romance, never straying far from traditional stereotypes, its 'progressive' feel-good aura is mainly down to Barrymore, whose limitations are only exposed in big love scenes.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

Drew Barrymore is delightful as Danielle, straightforward yet provocative, beautiful even when her face is smeared with the ashes from the fireplace.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

You won't see a fairy godmother flitting from scene to scene. Nor will a pumpkin magically transform into a chariot.

July 1, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

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Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

The real magic is found in Andrew Dunn's stunningly lovely photography, which makes every scene look like a vintage storybook illustration.

July 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

One of the year's best films.

May 22, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Blather

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Eugene Novikov

Film Blather

The bottom line is: it's cute. And it's relatively inoffensive.

February 16, 2003 Full Review Source: Needcoffee.com

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Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

There are a few nice moments when Barrymore's acting talent shines through, and the same can be said for Huston and Scott. But as a romantic comedy, this film is only slightly above average.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online

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John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

A high-spirited Renaissance romance starring the thoroughly modern Drew Barrymore.

October 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer

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Margaret A. McGurk

Cincinnati Enquirer

...altogether enchanting entertainment.

April 21, 2002 Comment

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Barrymore aces her 16th-century elocution, but her vampy magnetism -- always her dominant charm -- is snuffed in this goody-goody role.

March 24, 2002 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Alicia Potter

Boston Phoenix

An enchanting rendition of the classic Cinderella tale set in sixteenth century France.

March 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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I loved this movie when I was younger. It's a great Cinderella story, full of wonder, magic, and romance. The costumes and settings are beautiful. The story is good, and so is the acting. I recommend it.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

Often lacks the plausibility and seriousness that the premise suggests but the chemistry between Barrymore and Scott just shines with an incredibly well written script. Ultimately it wins us over with it's unrelenting charm and wit.Where Disney's version relied on actual magic and animated impossibilities, the magic in

May 31, 2011

Drake Tsui

Super Reviewer

Ever After - A Cinderella Story Quotes

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1. Leonardo da Vinci: I think I'll leave walking on water to the son of god, i seem to have tripped over an angel.
– Submitted by Dani I (13 hours ago)
1. Leonardo da Vinci: You can't leave everything to fate, boy. She has a lot to do! Sometimes you must giver her a hand.
– Submitted by Nhia T (36 days ago)
1. Queen Marie: Baroness de Ghent, you are forthwith striped of your title. And you and your horrible daughter are to be shipped to the Americas on the first available boat, unless by some miracle, someone here will speak for you. [Rodmilla backs up looking at everyone]
2. Rodmilla: There seems to be quite a few people out of town.
3. Danielle: I will speak for her. [Rodmilla is shocked, as everyone bows] She is after all my step-mother.
4. Rodmilla: Your Highness. [she bows, disdainfully]
– Submitted by Nhia T (36 days ago)
1. Rodmilla: Yes, but I'm management.
2. Marguerite: Like hell you are! You're just the same as me you big nobody!
3. Rodmilla: How dare you speak to me that way, I am of noble blood!
– Submitted by Nhia T (36 days ago)
1. Marguerite: Mother what have you done?! Your majesty, like you I am just a victim here. She has lied to us both and I am ashamed to call her family.
– Submitted by Nhia T (36 days ago)