Cinderella
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 13, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 47 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
17
Negative:
1
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60
EmpireOlly RichardsMar 23, 2015
A retrograde fantasy with the depth of a dressing-up box, but it’s spirited, genuinely funny and played to the hilt by an excellent cast. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMar 13, 2015
An enchantment, plain and simple. And while it won't make many forget Disney's iconic animated version, it certainly joins it as one of the more enjoyable re-tellings of this classic tale. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 12, 2015
Branagh, working from a script by Chris Weitz, gives the film emotional heft. James’ performance — never saccharine, often staunchly independent — makes the story’s more regressive elements float away. Read full review
60
CineVuePatrick GambleFeb 16, 2015
Despite Blanchett's resplendent performance and the comforting assurances that are inherent with any excursion into the reliably innocuous Disney universe it's tough to overlook the fact that there's something depressingly antiquated about Branagh's dazzling fairytale and its regressive sexual politics. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 16, 2015
Very little is out of place in Branagh’s do-over, but that’s almost a problem: there’s a feeling, throughout, of going perfectly through the motions. The film is all smoothly-operated crane shots, excellent hair, gleaming teeth. Originality is the glass slipper it never even tries on. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeFeb 16, 2015
It’s all very sweet and harmless, though you can’t help wishing that Cinders got her happy ending for more than being kind to her digital mice and weathering a lot of crap with a never-ending smile on her face. Read full review
60
The GuardianGuy LodgeFeb 16, 2015
Branagh and Weitz stick lovingly to the legend throughout; and while it might have been nice to see the new-model Cinderella follow Frozen’s progressive, quasi-feminist lead, the film’s naff, preserved-in-amber romanticism is its very charm. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMar 12, 2015
This Cinderella is achingly old-fashioned, with scant humor, a regressive heroine and godmother effects that aren't special. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 11, 2015
Clothed in a colorful mishmash of historical fashions and scored to sweeping strings, the movie is like an antique cut-crystal vase: gorgeous, fragile, empty. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 13, 2015
The curious thing about this new Cinderella is that every old and familiar element is done beautifully. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 12, 2015
Mr. Branagh’s ascension into big-budget studio directing largely remains a mystery, and there’s little in Cinderella beyond its faces and gowns that captures the eye or the imagination. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartMar 12, 2015
This Cinderella is all dressed up with nowhere very interesting to go. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianMarc MohanMar 12, 2015
In the quest to purge this Cinderella of anything sly or post-modern, though, the filmmakers have eliminated any wit or distinction, making this a pre-modern disappointment. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 12, 2015
For all its gossamer, gauze, filigree and refinement, Cinderella drags when it should skip as lightly as its title character when she’s late getting home from the ball. Read full review
50
The DissolveGenevieve KoskiMar 11, 2015
Most of Cinderella’s costuming and production design takes a “glitter first, taste second” approach that embodies the film’s cotton-candy style of filmmaking: a heady sugar-rush in the moment, but empty and a little nauseating over the long haul. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChris CabinMar 11, 2015
The filmmakers cut the film to emphasize the story's familiar plot points, rather than highlight any instances of personal visual artistry. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 10, 2015
The pre-teen girls this is intended for have a right to expect more laughs, broader villainy and more fun. This time out, the glass slipper doesn’t fit. Read full review
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