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Cinderella

Cinderella

Family · Fantasy · Animation · 1950

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!

Movie details

Cinderella

“The greatest love story ever told.”

1950 Family · Fantasy · Animation 1h 14m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Clyde Geronimi · Wilfred Jackson · Hamilton Luske

Written by

Bill Peet · Ted Sears · Homer Brightman · Ken Anderson

Ilene Woods

Ilene Woods

Cinderella (voice)

Eleanor Audley

Eleanor Audley

Lady Tremaine (voice)

Verna Felton

Verna Felton

Fairy Godmother (voice)

Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

(credit only) (voice)

Rhoda Williams

Rhoda Williams

Drizella (voice)

James MacDonald

James MacDonald

Gus / Jaq (voice)

Helene Stanley

Helene Stanley

(credit only)

Court is in session

Put Cinderella on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.