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Ever After
Movie Stats & Links |
Starring: |
Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott,
Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey |
MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
Released By: |
20th Century
Fox
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Web Site: |
www.foxmovies.com/everafter/ |
Kiddie Movie: |
Girls - sure, boys might get bored. |
Date Movie: |
It will show her how sensitive you are. |
Gratuitous Sex: |
Nope. |
Gratuitous
Violence: |
The Prince gets hit in the head with an apple,
and there's a little sword-fight, but nothing that
bad. |
Action: |
Some chase scenes. |
Laughs: |
A couple. |
Memorable
Scene: |
None come to mind. |
Memorable
Quote: |
None come to mind. |
Directed By: |
Andy Tennant
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Produced By: |
Mireille Soria, Tracey Trench |
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Ever After
A Movie Review |
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Sometimes a movie is just, well,
enjoyable. Such is "Ever After."
The story is, well, similar to the fairy tale in that you
have Danielle (Drew Barrymore) playing the stepdaughter of
the wicked stepmother Rodmilla (Anjelica Houston). She has
two stepsisters, the uppity Marguerite (Megan Dodds), and
the nice, "if Danielle leaves I'm going to be stuck doing
the cooking," Jacqueline (Melanie Lynskey). Rodmilla wants
Marguerite to marry Prince Henry (Dougray Scott), but
Danielle and the Prince are falling in love as they sneak
off to places together. So much for the likes of the
original fairy tale, but that's okay.
Let's backpedal a little. The movie opens with an old
lady telling the Brothers Grimm that the story of Cinderella
is real, to a point, and she was there to set them straight.
Switch to the story. Danielle's dad marries Rodmilla, and
Danielle is hoping for a nice mother because hers is dead.
Well, as Danielle's fate would have it, Dad has the big
grabber as he is leaving and Danielle is left to live with
Rodmilla and her new stepsisters. Doing whatever she can to
please Rodmilla, Danielle just wants to be loved, even if
that means doing servant duties for her step-mom. Anyway,
one day in the fields, Prince Henry is running away from
home because his father is arranging his marriage to some
Spanish girl and Danielle bips him in the bean with an
apple. She's embarrassed that she just hit the prince, and
the prince rides off tossing her some gold to keep her mouth
shut. What to do with the money? Well, one of her old
servants is being sent off to America because, well, being
framed by Rodmilla, and Danielle poses as a countess type to
get him out of jail. In the end, to do so, she must plead
his case to the prince, who doesn't recognize her as the
servant girl, and in doing so the prince becomes enamored
with her spunky attitude. And such love blooms.
Keeping a long story short, and not giving much more
away, Danielle poses as a countess some more, the Prince
falls in love, has a ball (they call it a mask), Danielle
"the servant" is exposed, she runs from the ball losing her
glass slipper, and in the end they all live happily ever
after.
Yea, this movie is more of a chick-flick than a
guy-loving action movie, and the younger girls will probably
love it, but hey, I'm a sensitive 90's type of guy and
really liked it. Barrymore played a great, spunky, servant
girl who is always willing to challenge a thought, Huston
was just so wicked I couldn't believe it, although there was
one scene where you almost felt she really had a heart, and
Scott was pretty good as the prince too, not ready to take
over the responsibilities of being king, nor understanding
them. All in all, great performances throughout.
Sometimes kind of hokey, sometimes kind of funny, but
just simply enjoyable. It's the story of a fairy tale, and
comes off as such, but that's just what I was expecting. I
got a little more. It's 4 stars out of 5 for "Ever After."
That's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!! |