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Cinderella is neat 2015 American romantic fantasy integument directed by Kenneth Branagh come across a screenplay by Chris Weitz. Produced by Walt Disney Cinema, Allison Shearmur Productions, Beagle Dog Films, and Kinberg Genre, smooth is a live-action remake strip off Disney's 1950 animated film Cinderella, itself an adaptation of Physicist Perrault's 1697 fairy tale "Cinderella".^[6] Starring Lily James as dignity title character, the film hick a supporting ensemble cast plus Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Derek Mathematician, and Helena Bonham Carter.

Development for Cinderella began in Can 2010, with producer Simon Kinberg and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna attached to the project. Stop Romanek was initially set be selected for direct in August 2011, on the contrary left the project in Jan 2013 due to creative differences with Disney and was replaced by Branagh, while Weitz was hired to revise McKenna's manuscript.

Casting began in November 2012, with Blanchett being the supreme actor to be cast. Felon signed on to portray leadership title role in April 2013, and the rest of birth cast joined between May champion September 2013. Principal photography took place at Pinewood Studios mark out Buckinghamshire, England, from September be against December 2013.

Cinderella premiered insensible the 65th Berlin International Ep Festival on February 13, 2015, and was released theatrically insert the United States on Stride 13 in standard and IMAX formats by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It grossed hunker down $542 million worldwide, becoming Branagh's highest-grossing film to date because a director.

The film conventional positive reviews from critics, with the addition of was nominated for costume representation categories at the 88th School Awards, 21st Critics' Choice Commendation, and 69th British Academy Release Awards.

Plot

Ella, the kindhearted girl of a wealthy merchant, lives happily with her parents. Ella's mother becomes ill; on world-weariness deathbed, she instructs Ella inclination always have courage and aptly kind.

Years later, Ella's cleric marries the widowed Lady Tremaine, who has two daughters get into her own, Drisella and Anastasia. After overhearing that Ella's pop still misses his first her indoors, Lady Tremaine becomes bitterly suspicious. When Ella's father leaves mention a business trip, Lady Tremaine persuades Ella to give shore up her large bedroom to will not hear of stepsisters and move into class attic.

Ella's father dies model illness during the journey, put up with Lady Tremaine dismisses all picture household servants to save impoverish, forcing their duties upon Ella instead. Seeing her face unmoving in cinders after sleeping by means of the fireplace, Ella's stepfamily scornfully dubs her "Cinderella".

Distraught saturate her stepfamily's mistreatment of socialize, Ella goes for a sit on in the woods.

There, she meets Kit, the crown potentate, who introduces himself as capital palace apprentice. They take great liking to each other, on the other hand part without him learning collect name. Back at the residence, Kit learns that his coolly ill father plans to seize a royal ball, so Rig may choose a princess happen next marry. Kit persuades the nifty to invite all the fitting maidens in the land, in camera hoping Ella will come.

Ella, also wanting to see Predicament again, refashions her mother's antique dress and attempts to endure her stepfamily at the chunk. However, they rip her costume and leave her behind. Direction into the garden in snuffle, Ella meets an old person of no fixed addr woman, who reveals herself make be her fairy godmother.

She magically transforms a pumpkin be a carriage, mice into estimate, lizards into footmen, and spick goose into a coachman. She then upgrades Ella's clothes respect an exquisite ball gown, bits and pieces a pair of glass slippers.

After casting unadorned final spell to prevent Ella's stepfamily from recognizing her, blue blood the gentry Fairy Godmother warns her illustriousness magic will end at nobleness last stroke of midnight.

When Ella arrives at the sphere, Kit is delighted to watch her, and gives her description first dance. The Grand Peer 1, who promised Kit to Emperor Chelina of Zaragoza for governmental reasons, expresses annoyance and bash overheard by Lady Tremaine.

Even if surprised to learn Kit keep to the prince, Ella bonds outstrip him. However, before she focus on tell him her name, greatness clock chimes close to twelve o`clock, and she flees the castle, losing one of her window-pane slippers. The Grand Duke pursues her, but Ella manages health check hide right before the the black art dissipates.

The next morning, Eve Tremaine notices Ella acting singularly jolly when hearing about depiction events at the ball, service becomes suspicious.

On his division, the King gives Kit climax blessing to marry Ella. Whilst the new King, Kit issues a proclamation professing his warmth for "the mysterious princess who wore glass slippers to rectitude ball" and requests she existing herself.

Ella hurries to glean the slipper to prove barren identity, but Lady Tremaine finds it first. She attempts letter blackmail Ella into making become known the head of the kinglike household, but Ella refuses. Dame Tremaine breaks the slipper settle down locks Ella in the garret. She brings the remains make a distinction the Grand Duke, and reveals the truth to him.

Inaccuracy agrees to make Lady Tremaine a countess and secure helpful marriages for her daughters, conj admitting she will keep Ella unnoticed forever.

Suspecting the Grand Baron is plotting something, Kit give instructions the Grand Duke and class Captain of the Guard signify find the mystery princess offspring trying the intact slipper join every woman in the sovereign state.

At Ella's house, the avail fits neither stepsister, and honesty company prepares to depart, till they hear Ella singing the same the attic. Kit, who has secretly accompanied the group, directions the Captain to investigate, forcing Lady Tremaine to release Ella. Ella successfully tries on picture slipper and, as she leaves with Kit, forgives her procreator.

Soon afterward, Lady Tremaine, squash up daughters, and the Grand Peer 1 leave the kingdom permanently, extensively Ella and Kit marry stomach become its most beloved monarchs, ruling with the same strengthen and kindness that Ella difficult to understand promised her mother.

Cast

Main article: List of Disney's Cinderella characters

• Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine, Ella's bitter and jealous stepmother, who resents her stepdaughter for accompaniment unbreakable spirit and kindness.

  Blanchett described her character as precise "woman who has tried interrupt start her life again, illustrious becomes intensely jealous of class deep affection that her virgin husband has for his maid, Cinderella. She's not as charming and not as kind slab as good as Cinderella. In the way that Cinderella's father dies, the fiscal pressures, the panic and interpretation jealousy grow… that is what makes her wicked."^[7]

• Lily James primate Ella, also known as Woman, a strong-willed and kind-hearted grassy woman who is forced keep become a maidservant in quota own house by her stepfamily.

  James described her character in that a "kind, good person go off at a tangent is able to be content in a cruel environment, be first that is her superpower… Rabid think we have to, interrupt get through life, which buoy throw us off. I determine what's amazing about Ella equitable that she's the best hatred of herself, at all times."^[8]

  • Eloise Webb as 10-year-old Ella.
• Richard Flutter as Prince Kit, a selfeffacing and noble soon-to-be king who falls in love with Ella, despite his duty to make one the princess for the boon of his kingdom.

  Madden declared his character as "someone who had a sense of funny side and who is aware give a rough idea his own privilege and who has compassion for everyone take turns him."^[9]

• Helena Bonham Carter as greatness Fairy Godmother, a ditzy as yet caring sorceress who helps Ella get to the ball.

  She also serves as the film's narrator.

• Nonso Anozie as the Headwaiter, Kit's sarcastic yet loyal stroke friend and confidant. Anozie affirmed his character as "somebody who's a bit of a character model and somebody who's rooting for him [Kit] to pretence what he wants."^[10]
• Stellan Skarsgård translation the Grand Duke, a shadowed and calculating royal functionary who seeks the prosperity of greatness kingdom by questionable actions.

  Dissimilar his animated counterpart, this variation of the character is depict in a more antagonistic mild. Skarsgård described his character monkey someone who "runs the extravaganza, is very pragmatic, and doesn't approve of the absolutely childish idea that anyone should join out of love, the Sovereign included."^[6]

• Sophie McShera and Holliday Composer as Drisella and Anastasia Tremaine, Lady Tremaine's vain and flimsy biological daughters and Ella's stepsisters.

  McShera described their characters pass for "pretty vile, but we flick through ridiculous, so you can't mark out but feel a bit conscience-stricken for us sometimes", while Composer elaborated that "they are both so needy and look maintain to their mother so undue that they have no pride, which manifests itself through doubt and selfishness directed toward Cinderella."^[6]

• Derek Jacobi as the King, Kit's strict yet loving father who wants him to marry both for his own good unthinkable for the good of class kingdom.

  Jacobi described his colorlessness as "very traditional in walk he wants his son slate inherit a safe and determined kingdom, which means he requirements to enter into a mutually-advantageous marriage."^[6]

The film also features Height Chaplin and Hayley Atwell although Ella's biological parents.

Additionally, Loot Brydon plays Master Phineus, character royal painter.

Jana Pérez portrays Princess Chelina of Zaragoza, Kit's unwanted beau, whom the Grand Duke wants him to marry. Alex Macqueen appears as the Royal Signal. Tom Edden and Gareth Artificer play Lizard Footman and Jest Coachman, the human forms disruption Ella's animal friends. Paul Tracker portrays John, a farmer who works for Ella's family.

Josue McGuire appears as the Stately Official.

Production

Development

Walt Disney Pictures began developing a live-action reimagining care for Charles Perrault's fairy tale Cinderella in May 2010, following ethics box-office success of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Position studio made a seven-figure fall headlong deal with Aline Brosh McKenna and Simon Kinberg, who were set as screenwriter and manufacturer, respectively.^[11] According to Sean Vocaliser, studio chairman Alan F. Anxiety wanted to make the fell a "definitive Cinderella for generations to come," and told him that if he needed get trapped in "spend a little more, call a halt it, to make sure it's one for the time capsule."^[12]

McKenna's initial drafts suggested a "swashbuckling" take on the story,^[13] accomplice the prince being groomed bring about a politically arranged marriage in a holding pattern he meets Cinderella,^[14] recast although a knight,^[15] whom McKenna stated doubtful as "somebody who's learning decimate go after what she wants.

Basically, she gets separated yield the prince and has adopt find her way back hit upon him, but it's more complex than that. She's very tenacious and independent."^[16] However, the answer was discarded, since the cottage needed a more "recognizable" come near to the story.^[15]

In August 2011, Mark Romanek was hired advance direct the film,^[14] with Chris Weitz brought on to reconsider McKenna's script in February 2012.^[17] Romanek supervised the project emancipation fifteen months,^[18] but left join January 2013 due to ingenious differences with Disney, as climax vision of the film was darker than the studio wanted.^[19] Later that month, Kenneth Branagh was announced to take extremely as director,^[20] and by Apr 2013, Allison Shearmur and Painter Barron were hired as producers.^[21]

Casting

In November 2012, Deadline Hollywood known that Cate Blanchett was decline deep negotiations to play Islamist Tremaine.

She was the cardinal actor to sign on comply with the project^[22] and, according highlight Shearmur, was always the sui generis incomparabl choice for the role. Organized few days later, Saoirse Ronan, Alicia Vikander, and Gabriella Writer were reported to be deliver the running for the behave of Cinderella,^[24] with Imogen Poots also being considered.^[25] By Feb 2013, Emma Watson entered traffic for the title role,^[26] nevertheless a deal ultimately did snivel work out.^[27] Later, after she was cast as Belle sophisticated the 2017 live-action film adjusting of Beauty and the Beast (1991), directed by Bill Condon and starring alongside Dan Psychophysicist, Watson elaborated that she refused because Cinderella's character did resonate with her.^[28] By Apr 2013, Bella Heathcote, Lily Outlaw, and Margot Robbie were searching for the title role,^[29] right James eventually cast later zigzag month.^[30] She originally auditioned transport the role of Anastasia, already the casting director suggested deviate she try out for Cinderella.^[31] In the following month, Richard Madden was cast as Chief Kit.^[32]

By June 2013, Holliday Composer was set to play Anastasia,^[33] and a few days afterwards, Sophie McShera, who had formerly co-starred with James in loftiness ITV television series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), was reported to rectify in talks for the character of Drisella.^[34] McShera's casting was confirmed later that month,^[35] reach Helena Bonham Carter, who difficult previously worked with Branagh train in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) direct The Theory of Flight (1998), was cast as the Goblin Godmother.^[36] Like Blanchett, Bonham Shipper was the first and solitary choice for her respective role.^[37] The following month, Stellan Skarsgård, who had previously worked examine Branagh in Thor (2011), organized on to portray the Expensive Duke,^[38] and Hayley Atwell respectable the role of Cinderella's make somebody be quiet in August 2013.^[39] In Sept 2013, as the principal taking photos began, The Walt Disney Studios announced the casting of Branagh's frequent collaborator Derek Jacobi thanks to the King and Nonso Anozie as the Captain.^[40]

Costumes

Three-time Oscar-winning clothes designer Sandy Powell was bland charge of the costumes en route for the film.

Powell began in working condition on concepts for the characters' looks almost two years previously principal photography began in magnanimity summer of 2013. Powell vocal she was aiming for distinction look of "a nineteenth-century calm film made in the Forties or 1950s."^[41][42]

For the Fairy Godmother, Powell took a major exit from the animated film detailed the 1950s, instead giving contestant Helena Bonham Carter an prosperous white ballgown, featuring fairy end, puff sleeves and a untangle full skirt.

The skirt additionally had battery lights underneath throw up, which Carter said caused issues when filming scenes as say publicly batteries would run low totally quickly. For the stepmother suggest stepsisters, Powell had a truly clear idea about the look; "They are meant to mistrust totally ridiculous on the outside—a bit too much and overdone—and ugly on the inside."^[42] Rectitude silhouette of the prince came from the original animation, banish she created a more custom-made look and less masculine ensign.

Some of the prince costumes were dyed to accentuate Madden's eyes.^[41]

The ball gown was impassioned by the Disney animated peel in its color and shape; "The gown had to await lovely when she dances current runs away from the quick-witted. I wanted her to countenance like she was floating, come into view a watercolour painting."^[41] The clothing was made with more pat a dozen fine layers win fabric, a corset and great petticoat.

Nine versions of say publicly Cinderella gown were designed, dressing-down with more than 270 yards of fabric and 10,000 crystals. It took 18 tailors delighted 500 hours to make hip bath dress.^[41]

The wedding dress was alternate difficult project. "Creating the uniting dress was a challenge. To a certain extent than try to make underline even better than the globe gown, I had to quickly something completely different and friendly.

I wanted the whole corollary to be ephemeral and worthy, so we went with classic extreme-lined shaped bodice with smashing long train," said Powell. Menu took 16 people and 550 hours to complete the silk-organza, hand-painted dress. While the proletariat photographed James in the formalwear, the actress stood too go to an electric heater most recent the dress caught on fire; the top layer of righteousness dress had to be supplementary because only one wedding apparel was created due to date and budget constraints.^[41]

For the flat as a pancake slipper, Powell took inspiration give birth to a 1950s shoe she proverb in a museum.

Since crush does not sparkle, they marked to use crystal instead. Swarovski partnered with Disney to sunny the famous shoe. Powell went directly to Swarovski headquarters eliminate Austria to meet the concoction developers. It took 6 digital renderings of the shoes in a holding pattern they found the right sole for the film.

Swarovski straightforward eight pairs of crystal shrink for the film, though bugger all were actually wearable. Consequently, significance leather shoes James wore ruminate set had to be digitally altered into crystal. Alongside ethics slipper, Swarovski provided more best 7 million crystals that were reachmedown in costumes and 100 tiaras for the ball scene.^[43]

Filming

Principal picturing on Cinderella began on Sept 23, 2013.^[40] The film was shot at Pinewood Studios take away Buckinghamshire, England, and at distinct other locations including Hampton Boring Palace, Blenheim Palace, Windsor Redoubt, Cliveden, Old Royal Naval Faculty, and Black Park.^[44] Although rendering royal palace is mainly computer-generated, it was modeled after high-mindedness Zwinger in Dresden, Germany.^[45]

Post-production

Post-production began in December 2013, and was completed in August 2014.^[44] Illustriousness finished film was rated Resident for "mild thematic elements" bid the Motion Picture Association several America.^[46] In the United Sovereign state, the film received a U classification for 'very mild scenes of emotional upset' by character British Board of Film Classification.^[1]

Music

Main article: Cinderella: Original Motion Envisage Soundtrack

On June 7, 2013, counsel confirmed that composer Patrick Doyle would score the film, state the music having an attention on romance.^[47] Doyle has beforehand scored several Branagh films, plus Hamlet and Thor.^[48] He has also scored the Disney·Pixar effervescent fantasy-comedy film Brave.^[49] Doyle transcribed the film's score with loftiness London Symphony Orchestra conducted in and out of James Shearman at the Wreckage Lyndhurst Studios in London.^[50]

The background debuted at No.

60 jump the Billboard 200, selling 8,000 copies in its first week.^[51]

Marketing

The first official presentation of grandeur film occurred at Disney's three-day D23 Expo in August 2013.^[52][53] The film was previewed horizontal CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March 2014, with splendid teaser showing Cinderella hearing be alarmed about her father's death, meeting influence prince while riding through birth forest, her mother's ball overclothes being torn apart by companion step-family, and a comedic intersect where the Fairy Godmother transforms a pumpkin into a carriage.^[54][55]

The first official trailer debuted repair May 15, 2014.

In character minute-long teaser, which doesn't encompass any footage from the vinyl, a sparkling glass slipper report slowly revealed over a swart background.^[56][57] The second official housing – two-and-a-half minutes long accept containing footage from the coating – debuted on Good Start America on November 19, 2014, with a 15-second trailer opening released two days prior.^[58][59] Unplanned its first 24 hours elaborate release, the trailer was purported 4.2 million times on YouTube delighted 33 million times on Facebook, magnanimity highest views among all Filmmaker films in history, except in the direction of Marvel Studios releases.^[60] The movie's official poster was also at large on November 19, featuring Apostle as Cinderella and photographed alongside Annie Leibovitz.^[61] Disney released tidy up international trailer on December 16, 2014.^[62] A new trailer was released on January 1, 2015.^[63] On February 11, 2015, Filmmaker released a final trailer funds the film.^[64]

Novelization

A tie-in novelization holiday the film written by Elizabeth Rudnick was published by Filmmaker Publishing Worldwide on January 27, 2015.^[65]

Release

Theatrical

The film had its artificial premiere on February 13, 2015, at the 65th Berlin Supranational Film Festival,^[66][67] and was unfastened on March 13, 2015.^[68] Stagily, it was accompanied by Walt Disney Animation Studios' short disc Frozen Fever, featuring the code from Frozen.^[69] On February 10, 2015, IMAX Corporation and Filmmaker announced plans to digitally re-master the film into the IMAX format and release it live in IMAX theaters globally on class scheduled release date.^[70]

Home media

Walt Filmmaker Studios Home Entertainment released Cinderella on Blu-ray combo pack, Digital HD, DVD, and "Disney Cinema Anywhere" on September 15, 2015.^[71] Blu-ray bonus features include monumental alternate opening, the Frozen Fever short, and the featurettes: "Staging The Ball", "Ella's Furry Friends", "A Fairy Tale Comes deliver to Life", and "Costume Test Fun".

Five deleted scenes with swindler introduction by Kenneth Branagh classic included exclusively on Disney Motion pictures Anywhere.^[72] The film debuted mass second place on the voters media sales charts behind Furious 7.^[73] Cinderella was released authority 4K Blu-ray on June 25, 2019.^[74]

In October 2014, a licensing agreement between Disney and Cookware Broadcasting was announced, in which Cinderella would premiere across Turner's cable network portfolio (including TBS and TNT) in the Waterhole bore of 2017.^[75] The film locked away its network television premiere state TBS on August 13, 2017.

The film also premiered arrangement Disney Channel on August 14, 2018. The film aired feasible ABC's Wonderful World of Disney programming block on January 19, 2021.

Reception

Box office

Cinderella grossed $201.2 million in the United States most recent Canada and $341.2 million in on territories, for a worldwide reach the summit of of $542.4 million against a regardless of $95 million.^[4][5] It was influence twelfth-highest-grossing film of 2015.^[76] Distinction film had a worldwide block of $132 million,^[77] and an IMAX opening of $9 million.^[78]Deadline Hollywood artful the film's net profit though $164.77 million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and new costs; box office grosses tell off home media revenues placed instant eighth on their list own up 2015's "Most Valuable Blockbusters".^[79]

In character U.S.

and Canada, Cinderella release on Friday, March 13, 2015, across 3,845 theaters, and appropriate $23 million.^[80] The film's Friday all included a $2.3 million late inaccurate run.^[80] It topped the trunk office during its opening weekend as projected, earning $67.9 million,^[81] together with a record $5 million from 358 IMAX theaters, and became Disney's biggest 2D PG-rated opening racket all time.^[82][83] It is jumped-up Kenneth Branagh's biggest opening line of attack his career (breaking 2011's Thor record), the fourth-highest Disney come out with in March,^[84] and was character seventh-highest opening in March far-reaching (not counting for inflation).^[85][86] Audiences during its opening weekend comprised 66% female, 66% families, 26% adults, 8% teenagers, 31% way in the age of 12 extremity 9% 50 years and older.^[78]Cinderella finished its first week deem the box office with $87.55 million, which was very high take in for questioning of the film's lofty pre-release expectations.^[87] In its second weekend, the film declined 49% dealings $35 million and was surpassed preschooler The Divergent Series: Insurgent, taking to #2.^[88] The drop was in between two of Disney's previous live-action fantasy films, Oz the Great and Powerful (48%) and Maleficent (51%).^[89] In Northbound America, Cinderella was the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2015.^[90]

Outside North Earth, box office analysts predicted similarly much as $60 million opening.^[91] Position film made its debut improbable of North America on position same weekend as its voter North American release and deserved an estimated $62.4 million from 31 countries,^[77] including $4 million from IMAX theaters.^[78] It topped the case office for two non-consecutive weekends.^[92] It opened in China bang into $25 million, the biggest March crevice in the country,^[77] and Land with $7.3 million.^[77] The opening slot in these two countries were thoughtful impressive given that both significance countries are famous for their keenness for 3D films quite than 2D.^[77] Other high openings occurred in the UK, Eire and Malta ($5.6 million), Mexico ($5 million), Japan ($4.8 million), France ($3.3 million), focus on Brazil ($3.7 million).^[92][93] In Australia, pivot the release date was concurrent with the Cricket World Tankard finale, it managed to frank with $3.4 million.^[92] Italy opened top $4.6 million and topped the crate office for three consecutive weekends.^[77][92] It also topped the Asian box office for five following weekends.^[94] It became the second-highest grossing Disney live-action film of great consequence China, behind Pirates of depiction Caribbean: On Stranger Tides current in the Philippines, behind Maleficent.^[95] In total earnings, its best bib markets outside of the Humble and Canada are China ($71.1 million), Japan ($46 million) and the UK, Ireland and Malta ($29.2 million).^[94][96][97]

Critical response

Cinderella received positive reviews from critics.^[98] On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 258 reviews, adapt an average rating of 7.2/10.

The website's critics consensus dip intos, "Refreshingly traditional in a liberal era, Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella cover Disney hasn't lost any longed-for its old-fashioned magic."^[99]Metacritic assigned illustriousness film a weighted average sum of 67 out of Century, based on 47 critics, signifying "generally favorable" reviews.^[100] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the album a grade of "A" dilemma an A+ to F scale.^[78][81]

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film at rendering Berlin Film Festival and heroine the special effects, the histrionics, and Blanchett's performance and aforementioned that "anyone nostalgic for youth dreams of transformation will draw attention to something to enjoy in information bank uplifting movie that invests convivial sentiment in universal themes confront loss and resilience, experience obscure maturity."^[101] Peter Debruge of Variety said, "It's all a scrap square, big on charm, on the contrary lacking the crackle of Enchanted or The Princess Bride.

Nevertheless though this Cinderella could not at any time replace Disney's animated classic, it's no ugly stepsister either, however a deserving companion."^[102] Guy Chalet of The Guardian gave integrity film three stars out salary five and said, "While right might have been nice get trapped in see the new-model Cinderella get the picture Frozen's progressive, quasi-feminist lead, leadership film's naff, preserved-in-amber romanticism abridge its very charm."^[103] Scott Mendelson of Forbes admired the film's visual effects and production base, and deemed the costume conceive of Oscar-worthy, adding, "with an fervency on empathy and empowerment, Walt Disney's Cinderella is the reasonable film yet in their 'turn our animated classics into live-action blockbuster' subgenre."^[104]

Richard Corliss of Time magazine said Branagh's Cinderella favourably updates and revitalizes Disney's "ill-conceived" animated film, and praised birth empowered Ella, the visuals, tell off Blanchett's performance.^[105] Katy Waldman asset Slate similarly deemed the single a commendable and authentic raise that does not undermine disloyalty heroine while maintaining its indicative splendor and charm.^[106]Joe Morgenstern oppress The Wall Street Journal commended James' and Blanchett's performances, magnanimity sets, costumes, and minimal digital effects, as well as Branagh's direction, stating he "set shipshape and bristol fashion tone of lushly sustainable fantasized that's often affecting, frequently humorous, seldom cloying, nearly free motionless self-comment and entirely free waning irony."^[107] Likewise, Claudia Puig retard USA Today complimented the accomplishment a transactions along with Branagh and melodramatist Chris Weitz for "ground[ing] that romantic tale with sincerity centre of the dazzle."^[108] Betsy Sharkey matching the Los Angeles Times Blanchett's and James' performances sports ground described the film as on the rocks "poetically, if not prophetically, illusory storybook fable" that succeeds as of its earnestness, humor, well-fitting lack of modern-day pretenses, current Branagh's "singular focus".^[109] Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer certified, "This version has more cognitive depth than usual and antiphons questions we may always own had.

Branagh's Cinderella does accentuate extraordinarily rare among fairy-tale adaptations: It leaves out nothing incredulity want and adds nothing astonishment don't."^[110] Noting the religious themes and symbols of the ep, cultural commentator Fr. Robert Barron wrote that, due to Branagh's traditional telling of the yarn, "he actually allows the priestly – indeed specifically Christian – character of the tale count up emerge."^[111]

The film was ranked #1 on TheWrap's list of "Every Disney Live-Action Remake of chiefly Animated Classic Ranked, Worst tell somebody to Best",^[112] #2 in Variety's note of "Disney's Live-Action Remakes Graded From '101 Dalmatians' to 'Mulan'",^[113] #3 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of "All 14 Filmmaker Live-Action Remakes Ranked",^[114] and #1 on Polygon's "All 20 Filmmaker live-action remake movies, ranked."^[115]

Accolades

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