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Happily N'ever After (2006)

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Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 77

Happily N'Ever After has none of the moxy, edge, or postmodern wit of the other fairy-tales-gone-haywire CG movie it so blatantly rips off.

Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 23

Happily N'Ever After has none of the moxy, edge, or postmodern wit of the other fairy-tales-gone-haywire CG movie it so blatantly rips off.

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Cinderella's wicked stepmother has tipped the balance of power toward the dark side in Fairy Tale Land, and now it's up to the put-upon princess to restore order and ensure that good triumphs in an animated adventure featuring the voices of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sigourney Weaver, and George Carlin. For years, the Wise Wizard has worked hard to ensure that the scales of good and evil were always well-balanced, but as with any hard worker the Wise Wizard needs a relaxing

PG, 1 hr. 27 min.

Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Paul J. Bolger

Written By: Rob Moreland

In Theaters: Dec 16, 2006 Wide

On DVD: May 1, 2007

Box Office:$151.9M

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Critic Reviews for Happily N'ever After

All Critics (84) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (79) | DVD (11)

N'ever was an apostrophe so misplaced, n'ever was the prospect of good cheer so perversely defeated.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

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'As Grimm as it gets,' says the promotional tag for Happily N'Ever After. Make that grim.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

Top Critic

The movie's animators have been quoted saying they sought to give it a classic look. Cheesy would be more accurate.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Ruthe Stein

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Happily N'Ever After is proof-positive that Europeans may have us beaten in soccer, wine and luxury cars, but they still can't make a decent 3-D cartoon.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

[An] unfunny, trying-to-be-hip fairytale, with ugly CGI animation, a few bad songs, and Andy Dick and Patrick Warburton doing some of voices.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

'I hate to tell you, but it gets worse,' one character promises midway through Happily N'Ever After. No kidding.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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Despite attempts to turn the fairytale genre on its head, the characters are predictable stereotypes.

June 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Rose Longhurst

Film4

Clunkingly obvious.

August 3, 2007 Full Review Source: BBC

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Ann Kelly

BBC

Happily N'Ever After finally arrives, looking like a cheapo knock-off of DreamWorks' ogre.

August 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Total Film

Shrek this ain't. A lacklustre effort hampered by limp dialogue and lazy plotting.

August 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

The computerised animation is cut-rate; the script keeps piling on clunker jokes that even toddlers will find lame; and Prinze proves he isn't any better an actor in two dimensions than he is in three.

August 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out

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David Fear

Time Out

Happily N'Ever After is not a bad movie; it's just a soulless and lifeless one.

June 30, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Verdict

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Bill Gibron

DVD Verdict

Deeply lame.

June 4, 2007 Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com

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Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

If you're old enough to read this sentence, you should probably go see something else.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: UGO

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

...lives up to the promise of it's title

March 7, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Sean McBride

Sean the Movie Guy Source: Sean the Movie Guy

It ain't Shrek, but it ain't dreck.

February 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

I'll happily never watch it again..

February 4, 2007 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review

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Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

3BlackChicks Review

You expect a certain amount of sugar and snark in a modern children's film, but this tossed-off retelling reeks of folks just out to make a cheap buck.

February 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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David Fear

Time Out New York

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