Yes, it's beautiful, and yes, it's classic. But it's also got rather a bland pair of lead characters. That said, it's still enjoyable family entertainment, and shall remain forever so.
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11/03/09
Cinderella (1950)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:24
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: The rich colors, sweet songs, adorable mice and endearing (if suffering) heroine make Cinderella a nostalgically lovely charmer.
Runtime: 76 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: This version of Cinderella is the original Walt Disney animated feature based on Charles Perrault's 17th-century fable about a poor stepdaughter transformed into a vision of beauty and sent to the... [More]
Starring: Ilene Woods, William Phipps, Eleanor Audley, Lucille Bliss
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Reviews for Cinderella
Top CriticAs usual, everything is slightly glossy, soppy and hearty, yet not a string is left untwanged.
11/02/06
Top CriticThe wicked Stepmother and the Ugly Sisters are very well characterized.
08/19/03
Top CriticGreat animation, but not quite as great as the pre-war standard; deeply problematic gender issues in a reed-thin story; some brilliant characters, a lot of fairly dull ones.
11/09/09
Cinderella is beguiling proof that Walt Disney still knows his way around fairyland.
11/03/09
Top CriticThe musical numbers woven into the fantasy are generally solid, with at least two or three likely hit tunes standing out in the half-dozen songs.
10/27/08
Top CriticExcellent animation, marvelous color, and lovely music make Cinderella a delight all the way around.
09/03/08
This 1950 effort shows Disney at the tail end of his best period, when his backgrounds were still luminous with depth and detail and his incidental characters still had range and bite.
09/03/08
Considering the army of craftsmen who work on a Disney cartoon film, it is hard to give individual credits, for the memorable qualities.
05/06/08
Top Critic...there's no denying the overall effectiveness of this familiar tale.
02/04/06
Of all the Cinderella stories on film, this one has the most villainous stepmother (voiced by Eleanor Audley) and the most charming mice.
12/02/05
Disney films have lasted for years by those good-natured moments and the superlative animation...
10/20/05
Represents, alas, the early stages of Disney-itis… follows the fairy-tale template [but] doesn't do much to elevate the material the way [Disney's] earlier features did.
10/15/05
The 1950 classic arrives on DVD for the first time with its charm enhanced and plenty of extras to delight fans of the fairytale.
10/05/05
A trim hour and change worth of Gerber life lessons.
10/04/05
the mice are the reason to see this movie
10/04/05
The Disney film that comes closest to pure cinema
10/04/05
a true cinematic fairytale
09/25/05
The story has great charm, wit, humor, and zip, everything to entertain kids and adults alike.
09/21/05
No review available.
07/03/05
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