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Happily N'Ever After

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Happily N'Ever After (2007)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:1

Rotten:15

Average Rating:3.2/10

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.

Rated: U [See Full Rating] for some mild action and rude humor.

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:03-08-2007

Synopsis: Set in Fairy Tale Land, this comedy features the heroes and villains of stories from Rumplestiltskin to Sleeping Beauty. The job of the wizard (George Carlin) is to ensure everyone has happy... Set in Fairy Tale Land, this comedy features the heroes and villains of stories from Rumplestiltskin to Sleeping Beauty. The job of the wizard (George Carlin) is to ensure everyone has happy endings. But when he leaves on vacation, he entrusts his tasks to his inept assistants, and Cinderella's evil stepmother (Sigourney Weaver) begins to wreak havoc on the endings of fairy tales. Though she's interested in menace in general, she particularly wants her stepdaughter, Ella (Sarah Michelle Gellar), to suffer. She vows to keep her from Prince Charming (Patrick Warburton), much to the delight of his servant, Rick (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), who is in love with Ella himself. HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER takes aim at the stories everyone knows by heart. Here Prince Charming needs a guidebook to behave like royalty, with Warburton fashioning a delightfully doltish contrast to traditional romantic heroes. Character actor Jon Polito plays a big bad wolf who could have been an extra on GOODFELLAS. As the wicked stepmother, Weaver turns decades of experience playing strong women into portraying this archetypal baddie. With its celebrity voices, HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER is an amusing reversal of Disney's fairy-tale films of the past. [More]

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin, Andy Dick, Michael McShane, Patrick Warburton, Wallace Shawn, Jon Polito

Director: Paul J. Bolger

Director: Paul J. Bolger
Screenwriter: Rob Moreland
Producer: John H. Williams
Composer: Paul Buckley
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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11/21/07
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Happily N'Ever After is not a bad movie; it's just a soulless and lifeless one.

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06/30/07
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05/07/07
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...you've already seen one twist too many on the classic tale.

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05/03/07
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January 19, 2007: Weaver Joining Cameron's "Avatar"?
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