Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (Video 2002) 4.7
Jacques and Gus tell the story of how Cinderella becomes a princess but loses touch with herself. Director:John Kafka |
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (Video 2002) 4.7
Jacques and Gus tell the story of how Cinderella becomes a princess but loses touch with herself. Director:John Kafka |
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| Jennifer Hale | ... |
Cinderella
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
Anastasia /
Pretty Woman
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| Rob Paulsen | ... |
Jaq /
Baker /
Sir Hugh /
Grand Duke /
Bert /
Flower Vendor
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| Corey Burton | ... |
Gus /
Mert /
Stable Hand
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| Holland Taylor | ... |
Prudence
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| Susanne Blakeslee | ... |
Lady Madonna Tremaine
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| Frank Welker | ... |
Pom Pom /
Lucifer /
Bruno
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| Christopher Daniel Barnes | ... |
Prince Charming
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Andre Stojka | ... |
The King
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Russi Taylor | ... |
Fairy Godmother /
Mary Mouse /
Beatrice /
Daphne /
Drizella /
Countess Le Grande
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Susan Yezzi | ... |
Additional Voices
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The movie explores Cinderella's "happily ever after" life as a princess in 3 stories, with help from the Fairy Godmother. First, Cinderella's awkward first days at the palace, when she tried so hard to fit in that she forgot to be herself. Second, how Jaq felt so left out that he wished to be a human. Third, how Cinderella taught one of her nasty step-sisters how to smile which leads to her own true love. Written by Britney
When I first saw the huge life-size cardboard standup promoting Cinderella II in my local Hollywood Video, I was positively shocked and dismayed as to how far Disney has fallen in its attempt to strip-mine the memory of its classics in order to make an extra buck. Watching the video itself did nothing to enlighten my preconceived notions. While the animation and voice-acting is top-notch, the story suffers as the film tries to describe Cinderella's "happily ever after" life in the castle. Since any real conflict could possibly hurt that "happy" image, they appoint Cinderella head of the Ministry of Parties and allow her to demonstrate her unbounded optimism through several heavily contrived situations that mostly involve jokes about clumsy, amorous fat women (fat-acceptance advocates, watch out!) and mice being mindlessly chased by palace cats (who in real life would probably have servants to chase mice for them!) The mice are the real stars of this film, recreating their feature film roles pretty well and tying the loose, disjointed narratives together. Yet, one gets the feeling that the mice are the only characters in this film and the others are just there to give the mice something to do. For a movie that purports to teach us how to be ourselves and feel good about ourselves, one would be shocked at the gross lack of characterization in the film. Even compared to other Disney movies, the characters never go beyond their surface stereotypes and develop any hidden motives. Why does Jaq so singlemindedly want to pursue Cinderella? Why does the Fairy Godmother linger around the castle like a freeloading roommate? Why does Anastasia fall in love with the incredibly uninteresting baker? Yet one shouldn't picket the movie too seriously, after all, it's clear from the packaging and DVD extras ("A composer is a person who writes the music to a movie") that this film was intended solely for the kiddie crowd. With that in mind, it's blissfully entertaining. It's a great film if you are under 6 or so, but if you were raised on more captivating Disney fare such as the great musical features and the Disney Afternoon of the early 90's, it's rather disappointing.