Cinderella (Video 1994)A beautiful girl attends a royal ball where she meets the love of her life and must then fight for it. |
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Cinderella (Video 1994)A beautiful girl attends a royal ball where she meets the love of her life and must then fight for it. |
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Tony Ail | ... |
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Nathan Aswell | ... |
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Chera Bailey | ... |
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Kathleen Barr | ... |
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| Garry Chalk | ... |
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Lillian Carlson | ... |
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| Ian James Corlett | ... |
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Michael Donovan | ... |
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Kent Gallie | ... |
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| Philip Maurice Hayes | ... |
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Roger Kelly | ... |
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Ellen Kennedy | ... |
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Terry Klassen | ... |
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Joanne Lee | ... |
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| Andrea Libman | ... |
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In a faraway kingdom a noble rich man lives a happy life with his faithful wife and his beautiful daughter. Unfortunately, his wife soon falls gravely ill and dies a short time after, leaving his daughter motherless. The man marries again, choosing for a wife a woman with two daughter, who like their mother, had wicked and cruel hearts. When the man leaves on a business trip, the stepmother and stepsisters take away his daughter's fine clothes, bedroom and treat her as a servant in her own house. She's forced to sleep on a straw mat by the fireplace surrounded by ashes and cinders; for this they call her "Cinderella". Not far away at the palace, the prince had come of age and was facing difficulty finding a suitable wife. The king plans a great ball to take place at the palace, inviting all the single young ladies from the kingdom where his son we'll be able to choose a wife. With the help of her fairy godmother, Cinderella attends the ball looking beautiful and there she dances with ... Written by Frederick Irizarry
I have always loved the story of Cinderella, and this Jetlag version makes sure that that doesn't change. While not my absolute favourite version, it is still a very good one. It is closer to the story than Disney's overall, with Cinderella's mother dying of an illness and the business with the lentils in the ashes, but still as enchanting, which in my mind is more important. The animation is not perfect, lacking the colour and fluency of a Jetlag animation like Heidi or Little Red Riding Hood, but at least the character designs are less forced than Alice in Wonderland. The script has a lot of nice humour with the stepsisters while never feeling over-simplified, the story is sweet and moves along swiftly and I did like the characters' personalities, Cinderella is so warm-hearted and the stepsisters in their appearance contrasts and humour are such fun to watch. The voice acting is solid, but the best part is the music. The score is appropriately whimsical, while the three songs are enough to warm the heart. Dream on Cinderella is a catchy and hopeful theme song, It's a Chance of a Lifetime is a delight and When Love Has Gone Away is very tender with lovely singing from the Prince especially. All in all, a very enchanting version. 9/10 Bethany Cox