Review #373: Cinderella.
Cast
Ilene Woods (Cinderella), Eleanor Audley (Lady Tremaine), Luis Van Rooten (Grand Duke and the King), Jimmy MacDonald (Jaq, Gus, and Bruno), William Phipps (Prince Charming), Lucille Bliss (Anastasia), Rhoda Williams (Drizella), and Verna Felton (Fairy Godmother) Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wilfred Jackson (#178 - Peter Pan)
Review
Disney films seem to do relatively well here (#073 - The Lion King, #156 - Aladdin, #178, #230 - The Great Mouse Detective, #250 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh), and of course they have some charm and memorable moments that seem to keep popping up in people's minds year after year. Is this any different? Yea, pretty much. The approach is not bad, and it has its charms, with the mice (who apparently don't disgust the lead like some others would be, but oh well.) providing some laughs. Cinderella is an allright character, not bad. The only thing I wonder is why Prince Charming has only about, oh two lines. For a character who is matters most for the film's last act, he has less lines then the Stepsisters, which is kind of odd. I know the film is called Cinderella, but there could have been at least a little focus on the Prince and what about his motivations as a character is and not just told by the King. But the film has good animation style and it manages to keep the viewer entertained at a unusually short rate of about 75 minutes. Take it for what its worth.
Overall, I give it 8 out of 10 stars.
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