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Cinderella

2015 1h 45m
Romance Fantasy Family Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
6.8/10
7,513 reviews
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Cinderella

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

"Midnight is just the beginning."

Top Billed Cast

Lily James
Lily James
Cinderella
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
Richard Madden
Richard Madden
Prince
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård
Grand Duke
Holliday Grainger
Holliday Grainger
Anastasia Tremaine
Sophie McShera
Sophie McShera
Drizella Tremaine
Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi
King
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
Fairy Godmother

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

R Reno Verified TMDB Critic
2015-07-30

> Probably the best live-shot Cinderella I've seen.

Disney has done it again. Everybody knows Cinderella story and what this film gave was as it is with the help of modern CGI works. When I heard about the Disney's live-shot version is getting ready, I had a serious doubt, but not anymore. Nowadays, the filmmakers know how to pull it off a big budget movie with ease. Especially from Hollywood, if one market fails, it will raise in another as the recent example was 'Age of Extinction'. I am glad this movie met a great success despite it was not a surprise material as a story, but was as the ...

K Kamurai Verified TMDB Critic
2020-09-09

Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

I'm honestly concerned that this isn't a movie that anyone is going to watch again and again, but it's a solid watch, and a definite improvement over the 1950 animated classic, though I can't say this touches "Ever After" for me.

The original story was somewhat lacking, but had fantastic animation for the time, along with voice acting and writing parallel with the movies of its time. I'm somewhat sad to say that is a fair difference in quality compared to modern standards.

Disney very much kept this dumbed down for younger audiences, ...

R r96sk Verified TMDB Critic
2020-11-14

An improvement on Disney's past attempt from 1950.

I do like the animated version from the studio, but this 2015 release of <em>'Cinderella'</em> makes for a more enjoyable experience in my eyes. Lily James and Richard Madden are smart choices to play Cinderella and Prince, while Cate Blanchett is impressive as the Stepmother. Helena Bonham Carter (Fairy Godmother), Stellan Skarsgård (Grand Duke) and Nonso Anozie (Captain) are also noteworthy.

The premise has a few changes, the ending plays out slightly differently compared to the '50 production - to positive effect. It also makes the n...

D dbgallup Verified TMDB Critic
2021-09-26

The best reviewer of Cinderella (2015) might be a child, for its message of kindness and courage wrapped in the Disney classic and illuminated through the eyes and smiles of Lily James (Ella), Richard Madden ("Mr. Kit"), Haley Atwell (Ella's mother) et al. calls out the beauty and virtue of child-like simplicity. I think the great accomplishment of Lily James is her non-verbal communication of this central theme to "have courage and be kind" in the midst of the vicissitudes of life, just as Cate Blanchett's non-verbal communication of jaded bitterness masterfully supplies the melancholy contr...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2022-03-28

Lily James takes the title role in this colourful telling of the original rags to riches story. Upon the death of her father, she finds herself little better than a skivvy for her acerbic stepmother Cate Blanchett and her ghastly daughters "Drisella" (Sophie McShera) and "Anastasia" (Holiday Grainger). Meantime, the handsome prince (Richard Madden) who appears to have had his breeches sprayed onto his body, is unhappy. His father (Sir Derek Jacobi) needs him to take a wife - but whom? Well, the fairy tale sets out the rest of the story and Sir Kenneth Branagh sticks faithfully enough to it. He...