Bibliograph

Cinderella, directed by Kenneth Branagh

Type

Label

Cinderella, directed by Kenneth Branagh

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

OFRB rating: G

Main title

Cinderella

Medium

videorecording Blu-ray

Responsibility statement

directed by Kenneth Branagh

Review

"This is a straight, no-chaser fairy story, a picture to be downed with pleasure. It worries little about sending the wrong message and instead trusts us to decode its politics, sexual and otherwise, on our own."--Village Voice"Anyone nostalgic for childhood dreams of transformation will find something to enjoy in an uplifting movie that invests warm sentiment in universal themes of loss and resilience, experience and maturity."--Hollywood Reporter"What crowns the movie, flourishing the fullness of its purpose, is color."--New Yorker

Runtime

112

Summary

Young Ella's merchant father remarries after the death of her mother. Ella welcomes her new stepmother and her daughters into the family home. But, when Ella's father unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Despite the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella is determined to honor her mother's dying words and to 'have courage and be kind.'

Target audience

juvenile

Technique

live action

Contributor