Cinderella
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): September 3, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
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5
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15
Negative:
10
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38
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshSep 3, 2021
With all the songs, gowns and corny jokes, kids under 10 will likely love it, and frankly, that’s who this is for, not the millennials or Gen Z kids who grew up with Brandy or Hillary Duff. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineWes GreeneAug 30, 2021
With an overload of winking, Kay Cannon’s Cinderella displays a contemptuous attitude toward fairy tales in general. Read full review
33
The PlaylistLauren J. CoatesSep 5, 2021
Though the comedic talents of its supporting cast (mainly Acaster, Ranganathan, and Brown), and the veteran performers (Brosnan, Driver, and Menzel) do their best to anchor the haphazard, bloated mess of a film, Cinderella is an uninspired fairytale that feels less like an empowering, new twist on a classic and more of a lazy, virtue-signaling attempt at cashing in on Cabello’s fame and legion of fans. Read full review
32
PolygonKristy PuchkoSep 3, 2021
It’s frankly galling that a princess movie is this utterly lacking in grandeur. All Cannon has delivered is a cringe-worthy eyesore that’s deadly dull and intellectually shallow. Read full review
30
Film ThreatBobby LePireSep 11, 2021
Cinderella fails spectacularly on just about every level. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jackson McHenrySep 1, 2021
A musical, theoretically, could reveal something under the surface, whatever thoughts her character isn’t able to articulate in dialogue. But there’s nothing under the surface here, just a girl trying to sell you a dress. Read full review
25
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiSep 2, 2021
Writer-director Kay Cannon has shattered Cinderella’s glass slipper. And we, the audience, are forced to walk across the shards barefoot. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleLily JaniakSep 1, 2021
Here, where even the stepmother has a backstory, Cannon seems intent not just on trying to blot out the original’s sexism but also its mystery. In trying to be safe and copacetic with modern sensibilities, this Cinderella neuters itself. Read full review
15
The AtlanticDavid SimsSep 17, 2021
Everything in Cinderella, admirable as its message may be, is soulless—and that robs it of any joy. Read full review
12
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 2, 2021
I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. There. That just about sums it up. Read full review
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