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Cinderella

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With a wicked stepmother (Eleanor Audley) and two jealous stepsisters (Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss) who keep her enslaved and in rags, Cinderella (Ilene Woods) stands no chance of attending the royal ball. When her fairy godmother (Verna Felton) appears and magically transforms her reality into a dream come true, Cinderella enchants the handsome Prince Charming at the ball, but must face the wrath of her enraged stepmother and sisters when the spell wears off at midnight.
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The rich colors, sweet songs, adorable mice and endearing (if suffering) heroine make Cinderella a nostalgically lovely charmer.

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Caroline Siede Girl Culture (Substack) May 27, 2025
On her own, Snow White could have just been a one-off fairy tale heroine. But with the success of Cinderella, the very idea of the “Disney princess” archetype was born. Go to Full Review Bob Thomas Associated Press Jul 25, 2019
Cinderella is Walt Disney at his best. That means delight for the kids of the world and their worried parents, too. Go to Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 22, 2010
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Sweet fairy tale classic for little princesses. Go to Full Review Darr Smith Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles) Mar 11, 2025
Walt Disney's Cinderella -- without any qualification that comes to mind -- is one of the most delightful bits of entertainment ever shown on a screen. Go to Full Review Aly Caviness Midwest Film Journal Feb 13, 2025
You could argue that Cinderella is worth rewatching in 2019 for the animation — which truly is gorgeous — but that also gets you into some quagmire thanks to the poor 2005 Diamond Edition restoration that Disney continues to re-release... Go to Full Review Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn Oct 15, 2023
Coming out of the roughest period in the studio's history, Cinderella might be a simple feature but remains an effective return to the princess narrative. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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William M @RT66623695 Sep 6, 2026 This movie is awesome because my sister was in a musical called Cinderella See more Robert P @Superbad Sep 6, 2026 Cinderella = a 4 and 1/2 star movie See more Tyler S @tylerking24 Aug 27, 2026 Disney is in its master era now. See more Nate R @greatnate88 Aug 11, 2026 This is a beautiful artful masterpiece movie, one of my favorites, the colors and animation of this movie are so pretty and so well done, the best scene is cinderella being transformed, the storyline is well done, in my opinion a very good adaption from the book, for an animated movie the characters have a very real and true to life feeling to them, and i really love cinderella's animal friends, overall a must see movie! not just for kids adults will like this movie too, what i do not understand that this one among so many other of their original hand drawn classic animated movie, it is so hard for me to believe from what i have heard from history that these old animated movies the disney company made lost them money when they were first put into theaters, this movie is such fun and an enjoyable movie. See more diogo13 T @Tua_mera Jul 10, 2026 Clássico. A cena do vestido é lindo e bem desenhado See more Tom F @RT55173143 Jun 22, 2026 I’m rewatching all the Disney films, and aside from the technical achievements and the occasionally emotionally powerful moments most of them are pretty meh. Cinderella might be the least interesting of all, with most of its energy devoted to mouse hijinks and a terrible message to young girls. See more Read all reviews
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Clyde Geronimi

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Wilfred Jackson

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Hamilton Luske

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Ilene Woods

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Eleanor Audley

Lady Tremaine

Verna Felton

Fairy Godmother

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Synopsis With a wicked stepmother (Eleanor Audley) and two jealous stepsisters (Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss) who keep her enslaved and in rags, Cinderella (Ilene Woods) stands no chance of attending the royal ball. When her fairy godmother (Verna Felton) appears and magically transforms her reality into a dream come true, Cinderella enchants the handsome Prince Charming at the ball, but must face the wrath of her enraged stepmother and sisters when the spell wears off at midnight.
Director
Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Producer
Walt Disney
Screenwriter
Ken Anderson, Homer Brightman, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Charles Perrault, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Walt Disney Pictures
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 15, 1950, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$33.5M
Runtime
1h 14m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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