tomaso-05968 One of the best Disney classics of fairy tales I've ever seen like Peter Pan and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Although not my favorite Disney heroine, Cinderella is one of the greatest. Kingdom Hearts knew what they were doing when they made her one of The 7 Princesses of Light. And I absolutely LOVE the mice. I can't get the work song out of my head. Jimmy MacDonald was FANTASTIC as Jaq and Gus. And the scene with the king and the Grand Duke has be in stitches of laughter every time.All in all, I give the first of this trilogy a 10/10.

Jesper Brun Cinderella is a classic Disney fairytale and has both the great villain who psychologically abuses our main character and the cute animal sidekicks to support our main character as seen in earlier classics. Lady Tremaine is one of my all time favorite villains in Disney's animated movies. Her calm and collected persona even when being a monster towards Cinderella makes her intimidating and believable. I often see her as an inspiration to my absolute favorite Disney villain, Claude Frollo from "Hunchback..." (1996). They share a couple of traits. Eleanor Audley makes a brilliant develish voice for her. What did you expect from the voice of Maleficent? As fantastic as the Disney magic is, it also has its drawbacks. Cinderella herself is a passive female main character. I admit that she is an innocent, kind-hearted, hardworking maid, and that is a great contrast to the spoiled stepsisters and Lady Tremaine's abusive nature, but it stops their. She is supported by her little animal sidekicks and her fairy godmother and never does take matters into her own hands. It is justifiable as a product of the time and by the fact that it is a fairytale where everything magically comes true. The one thing I find lacking is the development of the prince. He barely says anything and that annoys me a bit. His father and his right hand man speak way too much and that could easily have been more balanced. Enough of my complaints. I think Cinderella is a great fairytale and I really like it. Go see it if you haven't already.

Hermione Granger This is a great movie, with such a wonderful, magical, classic touch to it. There are some flaws, however, and one of them is how much is focused on the mice, mainly Jaq and Gus.Though Jaq and Gus are extremely cute and likable, the story drags when you watch their parts, including how they fight and try to escape the cat, Lucifer, or how Gus is hungry and tries to get a large stack of corn. Cinderella even bothers to make clothing for the mice. Really? At least that was fixed in the live-action.However, the part where Cinderella goes to the ball is magical and memorable. Really, every part with Cinderella is perfect. She is an alto, a low singer, but she still has a wonderful voice and beautiful duet, "So This is Love." Prince Charming does not have many lines, but he is a great singer as well, and the man that voiced him, William Phipps, did a great job at putting urgency and distress into his voice. Though Cinderella may seem weak to most of us, especially with how she can't break down her attic's door, yet fat mice can squeeze under it, she is truly a strong and brave character. She is pretty much a slave to her stepmother and does what her stepmother wants her to, even when she doesn't want to. She is obedient and hopeful, still holding on to her dreams even when in hard times. Speaking of characters, though Lady Tremaine may seem like one of the smallest villains, she may actually be one of the most dangerous, with how real she is and how it is possible someone like her can exist.With how the movie drags when the mice are around, yet with the well-built characters, I give this 7/10 stars. It is truly magical.

jacobs-greenwood A Walt Disney classic that – while not as groundbreaking or charming as the company's first full-featured animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – can still enchant and entertain, especially young (and still young at heart) girls. The movie features an Academy Award nominated Score (and Sound) including "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", which also received an Oscar nomination, "So This Is Love", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", and the title song, which in part is sung by Marni Nixon. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske, the story was adapted by Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Ted Sears, Winston Hibler, Homer Brightman, Harry Reeves, Kenneth Anderson, and Joe Rinaldi from the original classic by Charles Perrault. The film was originally distributed by RKO Pictures.After the early death of her loving father, Cinderella (voiced by Ilene Woods) is made to work as a maid and cook for her stepmother Lady Tremaine (Eleanor Audley) and two stepsisters Drizella (Rhoda Williams) and Anastasia (Lucille Bliss), all three of whom are jealous of her charm and beauty. Having been happily raised by her widowed father, who married widow Tremaine out of concern that his daughter needed a mother, Cinderella continues to keep an optimistic outlook and perform her daily duties cheerfully despite her circumstances, befriending the estate's animals: mice Jaq and Gus, dog Bruno (all voiced by James Macdonald), horse Major and various bluebirds (Marion Darlington). The Tremaine's aptly named cat Lucifer (June Foray) terrorizes the mice and causes Cinderella extra work every chance he gets.Meanwhile the King (Luis Van Rooten), who wants grandchildren, decides to welcome home his son Prince Charming (William Phipps; Mike Douglas, singing) with a Royal Ball to which he'll invite all the comely maidens, hoping one will capture his son's heart. After grudgingly giving Cinderella permission to attend, Tremaine and her daughters all but ruin her chances to impress, forcing her to do extra chores then ripping her (animal assembled) dress and beads apart just as it's time to go. This act of cruelty and mean- spiritedness finally causes Cinderella to burst into tears and run into the garden, frustrated that she'll miss the dance and perhaps the only opportunity to escape her situation.At this point, Cinderella is visited by her Fairy Godmother (Verna Felton), who magically transforms various items and animals into the coach, driver, footman and horses she needs to attend the Ball; she is then adorned in a sparkling new dress complete with glass slippers. Her Fairy Godmother then warns her that "on the stroke of midnight" the spell will be broken (and everything will return to as it was). Of course, this is more than Cinderella could ever have hoped for, and she proceeds to the Ball where she and Prince Charming share a dance, "falling in love" just as the clock begins to toll midnight. She dashes from the Ball to her carriage which rushes homeward before turning back into a pumpkin. However, she'd left behind one slipper.The King decrees that the owner of the glass slipper must be found, and orders his Grand Duke to visit every house in the kingdom to find her. Seeing how utterly happy her stepdaughter is behaving, Lady Tremaine correctly surmises the truth and has Cinderella locked her attic bedroom while the Grand Duke is visiting their estate. While the Grand Duke tries in vain to force the slipper on Drizella's and Anastasia's big feet, the animals conspire to help their friend, outsmarting and outmaneuvering Lady Tremaine and Lucifer to give Cinderella a chance to try on the slipper. When Tremaine trips the footman, the slipper shatters on the floor, but Cinderella then produces its mate. After it is revealed that "the shoe fits" her perfectly, Cinderella is whisked away to the castle where she and the Prince live happily ever after.