Happily N'Ever After

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Happily N'Ever After

PG

2007

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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Fairy Tale Land becomes a realm of happy endings gone wrong when Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver), joins forces with legendary villains to tip the balance between good and evil. With events spinning wildly out of control, Cinderella (Sarah Michelle Gellar), or Ella for short, must lead a resistance movement to defeat Frieda and restore order to the kingdom.

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Critics Consensus

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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Ann Kelly

BBC.com

Aug 3, 2007

2/5

Clunkingly obvious.

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

Aug 3, 2007

2/5

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

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David Fear

Time Out

Aug 1, 2007

1/6

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.

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Megan Basham

WORLD

Oct 16, 2018

Happily N'Ever After only proves that the idea of modernizing the Brothers Grimm for the sake of laughs may have finally jumped the shark.

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Mike Barnard

Future Movies UK

Aug 24, 2010

3/10

Dave White

Movies.com

Aug 23, 2010

D-

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 4, 2026

Happily N'Ever After = a *1* star Movie!

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Spencer C

@movierater6688 Jul 15, 2026

Just watched this movie I’m a medium level when it comes to fairytale movies and I really do like the concept of happily never after as well as really funny moments… But it’s hard to sit through the visuals at first and it got a lot of references wrong

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jan 22, 2026

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Draven H

@RT82557258 Mar 10, 2025

It wasn't that bad, it's a okay & good film, it's ture that the film was a Shrek ripoff, but it was fine & okay cause this was a alternate universe to Shrek. Still good movie.

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Elijah P

@elijahpen300 Jan 10, 2025

I absolutely love it!

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angela g

@Sunflower378 Jun 21, 2024

happily never after is really great don't listen to the reviews

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Synopsis

Fairy Tale Land becomes a realm of happy endings gone wrong when Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver), joins forces with legendary villains to tip the balance between good and evil. With events spinning wildly out of control, Cinderella (Sarah Michelle Gellar), or Ella for short, must lead a resistance movement to defeat Frieda and restore order to the kingdom.

Director: Paul J. Bolger
Producer: John H. Williams, Ralph Kamp, Avrill Stark, Brian Medavoy
Screenwriter: Robert Moreland
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Vanguard Films, BAF Berlin Animation Films, Lionsgate Films, Vanguard Films Production, Odyssey Entertainment, BFC Berliner Film Companie
Rating: PG (Some Mild Action|Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 5, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 14, 2012
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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