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Starring: Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Nicholas Galitzine, Minnie Driver, Pierce Brosnan, Maddie Baillio, Charlotte Spencer, John Mulaney, James Corden, Romesh Ranganathan, Missy Elliott, Tallulah Greive, Luke Latchman

OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆

Story:

Amazon Prime family comedy fantasy musical written and directed by Kay Cannon. A modern version of the classic fairy tale, Cinderella (2021) follows our heroine (Camila Cabello), who is an ambitious young woman whose dreams are bigger than the world will allow. However, with the help of her Fab G (Billy Porter), she is able to persevere and make her dreams come true.

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'Saying “love” and showing love are two very different things.' - Queen Beatrice (Cinderella) Click To Tweet

 

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Fabulous Godmother: Once upon a time, there was an old-fashioned kingdom bound by tradition. Here, everyone had a part to play, and they played it without question. Little did they know, their world was about to change. But until it did, y’all, this village of hardworking citizens moved to the same beat, day after day, generation after generation!


 

Fabulous Godmother: And over here is where our story begins, at the humble home of a practical woman named Vivian, who was alone again, after the death of her second husband. Vivian’s daughters, the obnoxious Malvolia, and the self-absorbed Narissa. She cray. Yeah. They can be a lot.


 

Fabulous Godmother: And down here, in this dingy basement, the stepdaughter, Ella. Or, as her stepsisters call her, Cinderella. Because her skin was often besmirched by cinders, and her stepsisters were not that clever. Right now, she’s dreaming of a world in which she can live her life any way she wants.


 

Cinderella: Good morning, my beady-eyed friends. You hungry?
Romesh: Oh, yeah.
John: Nod your head, mates. All she hears is squeaks.


 

Stepmother Vivian: Cinderella, now that you’re an orphan, it’s important for you to remember that it’s only my love for your father, rest his soul, that stands between you and a life on the street.
Cinderella: Yes, of course. And that’s why I’m so thankful for…
Stepmother Vivian: You could be so pretty, if you took even a second to comb that hair of yours.


 

Cinderella: I’m curious. Do you really need that cane?
Thomas Cecil: No, but chicks dig it.


 

Cinderella: [referring to Thomas] Makes my skin crawl.
Narissa: Mine too.
Malvolia: I’m into it.


 

Stepmother Vivian: Fortune has smiled upon this house. My daughters have a suitor.
Malvolia: You mean this daughter has a suitor. The others have heartache and jealousy.


 

Princess Laura: This is called a world map. Now, take a look at this blob here, and here. If we marry, our blobs would join up, and we would control the world all the way to this huge sea monster.
Prince Robert: You know, I really just don’t have the time in my schedule to be controlling these far-off lands. I am just too busy.
Princess Laura: Doing what? You spent three whole days drinking and foxhunting.
Prince Robert: That was a lot of hard work. Now, you try tracking a fox when drunk. It’s impossible.

 

'Nothing in life ever stays the same, good or bad.' - Fabulous Godmother (Cinderella) Click To Tweet

 

Princess Laura: [to Robert] I promise, milord, you can keep gallivanting here with your merry bros, and I’ll have other interests. We never have to be together, except for royal events, war planning, and when we have to engage in the disgusting practice of making a son.


 

Princess Laura: [referring to Robert] He’s not working with much upstairs, and I’d be surprised if it was different elsewhere. She knows what I’m talking about.


 

Narissa: [as Malvolia is pinching her cheeks] Are they rosy yet? The pain is quite terrific.
Stepmother Vivian: Ladies, are we ready? What in God’s name are you doing?
Malvolia: Bringing color to her cheeks.


 

Narissa: Do you think I look pretty?
Cinderella: I think you look so pretty. But honestly, who cares what I think? Who cares what anyone thinks? What matters is how you feel when you look in the mirror.
Malvolia: That’s deep.

 

'Let's not ruin this incredibly magical moment with reason.' - Fabulous Godmother (Cinderella) Click To Tweet

 

King Rowan: You turned down the daughter of Lord Reginald.
Queen Beatrice: I guess she wasn’t the one.
King Rowan: She was! I would’ve had control of all the territories, right up to the domain of the sea monster.
Queen Beatrice: Well, perhaps you should marry the sea monster, Robert.
Prince Robert: I would have to have grandmother’s ring resized.


 

King Rowan: [referring to his throne] I have every right to make it taller. I’m king.
Queen Beatrice: Yes. And I am ridiculous. If you need me, I shall be in my chambers. Brushing my hair. Until it all falls out.


 

King Rowan: You’re bringing shame on this family, Robert. Have you seen this?
Prince Robert: “The Roundabout Players present The King’s Idiot Son.” Ooh, do you think we can still get tickets?


 

Prince Robert: You can’t leave actors alone in a basement without attention. They’ll die!


 

King Rowan: Kings marry for power, not for love.
Prince Robert: Oh, well, it’s perfect then that Mother came with three castles, and a hundred horses, or I suppose I never would’ve been born!

 

'Who cares what anyone thinks? What matters is how you feel when you look in the mirror.' - Cinderella Click To Tweet

 

King Rowan: Continue to defy me, and just out of spite, I’ll give it all, the crown, the palace, everything, to your sister.


 

Princess Gwen: I would be embarrassed, if I wasn’t so bored with my life. But since I’m here, I would love to stay and help sort out this whole crown issue.


 

Prince Robert: Father, you know how badly I want to be king.
King Rowan: I do. Now, to make sure your nuptials are done properly, and on my schedule, we shall hold a ball.


 

Prince Robert: Dancing at these things is mannered. And formal. We’ll look like fools!
King Rowan: Of course we do. But women love it. Good God, Robert, if a rich man ever lost a woman, it was to a man who could dance.

 

'I don't want a life stuck waving from a royal box, any more than a life confined to a basement.' - Cinderella Click To Tweet

 

Prince Robert: This is insane! I can’t just pick some bride at a ball. And then what? We’re supposed to grow old together? Into our forties? I mean, what are we even going to talk about?
King Rowan: You will go to the ball. You will find someone. That’s an order.


 

King Rowan: [as Ella is sat on the statue] Get off my dad!
Cinderella: Oh, good. Everyone’s staring at me, just as I’d hoped.


 

Prince Robert: I’ll play your silly game, but only if every girl in the kingdom is invited to the ball, regardless of wealth, or stature.
King Rowan: Marrying a commoner is not at all what I meant.
Prince Robert: Father, please. Deep down, you need me to be king. What a black mark it’ll be on your name if I don’t continue the line. So, what option do you really have?


 

Princess Gwen: You’re literally not even going to let me have a seat at the table?
King Rowan: I don’t make up the rules. I’m just the king.


 

Count Wilbur: You know, I can’t believe that you’re willing to sully the dignity of the royal family for some commoner.
Prince Robert: Wilbur, you sound old.

 

'Everyone knows mice are girls and rats are boys.' - Cinderella Click To Tweet

 

Prince Robert: [referring to Ella] She’s beautiful. She’s witty. She’s fearless. I mean, holy hell, did you see the way she talked to my father?
Count Wilbur: So mouthy.
Prince Robert: And glorious. I must know her. So, yes, I’m going to walk the streets until I find her, reveal my true self, and then personally invite her to the ball. Unless, of course, it turns out that she’s got a couple bats in the old belfry, in which case, I will realize that my feelings were incorrect, and slowly back away.

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Cinderella: [to the caterpillar] You know, it’s a good thing Stepmother never comes down here. She does not approve of pets. Or charity. Or kindness of any sort, really. And she’d definitely stop you from doing whatever it is you’re doing right now, which is beautiful. And only a little bit gross.
John: A little bit? It’s revolting.
Romesh: She needs to throw that out.
James: I don’t mind it.


 

Cinderella: Wish me luck. Because life outside this basement starts right now.


 

Stepmother Vivian: Girls, it shouldn’t be so hard.
Narissa: But it is.
Malvolia: Work is always hard.


 

Stepmother Vivian: In this life, you must marry rich. Get yourself a man who can pay for everything, and then you will never so much as have to hang your wet undergarments again.


 

Cinderella: Ladies and gentlemen! For a mere five pieces of silver, who would like to purchase this one of a kind, completely non-stolen dress?
Shop Owner: Here’s a laugh. This girl fancies herself a businessman.


 

Prince Robert: It’s a beautiful dress.
Cinderella: Right? I should be allowed to sell it.
Prince Robert: Sure, but women can’t own shops.
Cinderella: Uh-huh. And that’s unfair.
Prince Robert: Is it?
Cinderella: Yes! Us ladies give birth. We run households. Surely we can run a business. Can’t be that hard.


 

Prince Robert: I’ll take it.
Cinderella: Take what?
Prince Robert: The dress. I’ll buy it.
Cinderella: Is this pity? Are you doing this because you feel sorry for me? Because that’s really nice, but…
Prince Robert: No. I’m just trying to do my part to correct a flawed system.


 

Prince Robert: Don’t judge a book by its cover, milady.


 

Cinderella: Prince Robert needs a ball to find his bride. What is wrong with him?
Prince Robert: Maybe nothing’s wrong with him. I heard he just wants to allow anyone the chance to fall in love with him.
Cinderella: How conceited is that? Rumors must be true.
Prince Robert: What, pray tell, are the rumors?
Cinderella: You know, that he serves no real function other than to wreck things. That the real brains of the family is Princess Gwen. Duh. Oh, and that he’s a mama’s boy who I heard, from time to time, still gets spanked on the tush-tush.


 

Prince Robert: So does this mean you’re not coming to the ball?
Cinderella: No way. I mean, the whole thing is weird and antiquated. Not my thing.


 

Prince Robert: You know, we live in a very old-fashioned kingdom, but the ball, I mean, there will be guests there from all over the world, open minded people with cash to spare. Now, I know them. I can introduce you if you’d like.
Cinderella: Why would you do that? I mean, you just met me.
Prince Robert: Let’s just say I know what it feels like to not quite fit into the crate you were born into. And I believe in you.
Cinderella: Then, yes. I’ll go.


 

Cinderella: I once shared an apple with a goat named King Rowan.
Prince Robert: Well, I’m sure the prince will definitely pick you.
Cinderella: I doubt it. I’m dirty. I smell like a basement. My best friends are mice. It’s a whole thing.


 

Cinderella: [referring to Robert] He’s kind of cute.


 

Stepmother Vivian: I’m sorry, I should have said something earlier. But, Cinderella, you don’t need to go to the ball.
Cinderella: What do you mean? Of course I do.
Stepmother Vivian: No, it’s for girls who are unbetrothed, and as of this morning, you are spoken for.
Cinderella: That’s impossible. I speak for me.


 

Stepmother Vivian: Women who are promised away do not go to balls. Take off that dress, and go back to your basement.
Cinderella: No. But, please, Stepmother, I have to go. My future depends on it.


 

Fabulous Godmother: Now, this is how you make an entrance! Allow me to introduce myself. I am your Fabulous Godmother.
Cinderella: But why?
Fabulous Godmother: Baby, you saved me. And so, now I’m here to save you, by sending you to that ball.
Cinderella: Well, I’m not allowed at the ball. And, quite frankly, I think you’re a figment of my imagination.
Fabulous Godmother: Okay, let’s not ruin this incredibly magical moment with reason.


 

Fabulous Godmother: Do you want to go to that ball, and meet a bunch of rich people who will change your life?
Cinderella: Yes, I was just crying and singing about it like two minutes ago.


 

Fabulous Godmother: You can’t wear that to the ball.
Cinderella: I know.
[Fab G changes her outfit to a business suit]
Cinderella: Oh. Well, look at that. This is different. I’ve never seen anything like this.
Fabulous Godmother: Okay, okay. Dang. You said you wanted to be a businesswoman.


 

Cinderella: No, no, no. That design is pure fantasy. I don’t even know if it’s possible.
Fabulous Godmother: Hush! It’s magic time.


 

Cinderella: [referring to her dress] This is gorgeous!
Fabulous Godmother: Yes, future queen! Yes!
Cinderella: What’s that, Prince? You’d like to dance? Ah-ah-ah. Get in line, Your Highness.


 

Cinderella: They’re beautiful. They’re glass? Any way you can make them more comfortable?
Fabulous Godmother: No.
Cinderella: But you’re magic.
Fabulous Godmother: Women’s shoes are as they are. Even magic has its limits.


 

Cinderella: [as Fab G turns the three mice into footmen] You’re boys? I always assumed you were girls.
John: And why would you assume that?
Cinderella: Because everyone knows mice are girls and rats are boys.
James: Well, how do you think rats have more rats?
Fabulous Godmother: Moving away from that.


 

Fabulous Godmother: As long as you’re in that gown, no one will be able to recognize you.
Cinderella: Actually, that’s not good. I’m meeting a stranger there who’s offered to help me.
Fabulous Godmother: My, my. You are high-maintenance. Fine. He alone will be the exception. But when the magic wears off…
Cinderella: Wait a second. That’s possible?
Fabulous Godmother: Nothing in life ever stays the same, good or bad. Just remember, When the clock strikes midnight, run.


 

Princess Gwen: Would this be a good time for me to bring up my comprehensive plan to reduce poverty in the urban row housing?
Queen Beatrice: No, darling. Read the room.
King Rowan: Never.


 

Stepmother Vivian: [not recognizing Ella at the ball] My, what lovely shoes.
Cinderella: Yes. They’re glass. I could walk in them easily after like four steps.


 

Romesh: Look at us. We’re standing outside the palace. We’re literally breathing the same air as the royal family. Whatever happens after tonight, I’m a changed mouse.
James: Guys! I just relieved myself, and you are not going to believe how it happens.
John: Through your front tail. We know.


 

Cinderella: [at the ball knocks over the band’s drum] Oh, my God. That didn’t happen. Didn’t happen. And even if it did happen, I’m magic, so nobody can see me.
Prince Robert: Hi. You look, you look so different.
Cinderella: Me different? You’re the one who looks different! All clean and… That’s a nice jacket.


 

Cinderella: Why would you let me speak so poorly of you to your face?
Prince Robert: I admit it was deceitful. But, I mean, it worked. Here you are.
Cinderella: Yes, and I am leaving. I’ve seen the dresses, I drank the bubble drink, and now I actually have a chance to make my dreams come true. So, I’m going to go. I’m going to go while I’m still ahead.


 

Prince Robert: Maybe would you like to dance?
Cinderella: Right now?


 

Prince Robert: So this is the fountain.
Cinderella: Ooh.
Prince Robert: Do you have a fountain where you live?
Cinderella: I don’t. I just have streaming water sometimes.


 

Cinderella: You’re so full of hidden talents.
Prince Robert: So it sounds like you might disagree with those who say I serve no real purpose other than to wreck things?
Cinderella: Just so you know, I don’t actually think those things about you. Especially now.
Prince Robert: Well, you should.


 

Prince Robert: It’s not that I don’t want to be king. When I was little, I remember watching my father go off to war, and thinking how brave he looked in his armor. And I wanted to be just like him. And then, as I got older, and my life became more about traditions, and customs, and people always watching me, and telling me what to do, and never asking what I want, or how I feel.
Cinderella: I know exactly what you mean.


 

Cinderella: I just had no idea tonight would go like this.
Prince Robert: This is precisely how I hoped tonight would go. You’re the one. I pick you to be my princess. What’s wrong? I assure you it doesn’t matter to me that you’re not of royal birth.
Cinderella: No, that’s not it.
Prince Robert: We’ll get married. Okay? We’ll get married, and you will live the rest of your life as royalty.
Cinderella: Royalty? What about my work?


 

Prince Robert: There’s just no one else in this world I’d rather be with than you.
Cinderella: Robert, stop. I don’t want a life stuck waving from a royal box, any more than a life confined to a basement. I have dreams that I have to chase. So if it’s a choice, I choose me.
Prince Robert: I understand. Really, I do.


 

Cinderella: [as they’re about to kiss] What time is it?
Prince Robert: It’s midnight.
Cinderella: I have to go.
Prince Robert: Wait!


 

John: You just cleaned phantom whiskers.
James: No, I did not.
John: You did too!


 

Cinderella: I’ll never forget this.
Prince Robert: Neither will I.


 

John: The magic’s wearing off.
James: What are we going to do?
Romesh: What did the butterfly say?
John: He called us disgusting, that jerk.
Romesh: About the magic! What was said about the magic?
James: I don’t know! I was singing!
Romesh: Why didn’t you pay attention?
James: Because I was singing!


 

King Rowan: You are single-handedly destroying my legacy.
Prince Robert: I know you might not understand this, but the woman I chose didn’t choose me.


 

King Rowan: Have you lost your mind?! You are the future king, and as king, it is all about you, and your power! There are no other opinions. None.


 

King Rowan: Your time is up, Robert. You will marry Princess Laura by week’s end. I don’t care if you don’t love each other. So says the king.
Prince Robert: If the crown demands it, milord.


 

James: I would’ve married the prince.
John: You think the prince would’ve picked you?
James: Cuddly, cute, good at waving. I mean, come on.


 

Cinderella: I bet you’re arguing about why I didn’t just say yes to marrying Robert. Especially since I’m maybe in love with him.
John: Love? It was one night!


 

Cinderella: I never felt what I felt last night before. I mean, you guys, he’s so handsome.
James: Oh, yes, he is incredibly handsome.
Romesh: Absolutely.
John: Annoyingly handsome.
James: The cheekbones.
Cinderella: And he likes me for me.
James: Sounds like true love to this mouse.
John: You’re right, my friend.


 

Cinderella: I have to try and make a life for myself, by myself. Because that is what I want. And Queen Tatiana is my chance.
John: Right.
James: Who’s Queen Tatiana?


 

Stepmother Vivian: [to Ella] You may think me cruel. But the real cruelty would be for me to allow you to think that you can be something you can’t.


 

Stepmother Vivian: It was you. Cinderella. I don’t know how you did what you did last night, but the prince chose you. He loves you. Marry him, and all of our problems will be solved.
Cinderella: I can’t. I told him I didn’t want to marry him.
Stepmother Vivian: Tell him you were wrong. Tell him it’s all you want. If not for yourself, then do it for us. For your family.


 

Cinderella: I can help our family, Stepmother. I can provide for us.
Stepmother Vivian: Don’t be so stupid. Who taught you to think that way? Please, Cinderella, don’t throw away this opportunity. Go back to him.
Cinderella: It’s too late. He’s marrying someone else. It’s over.


 

Queen Beatrice: Have you ever wondered why Robert makes the process to marry so difficult?
King Rowan: Because he’s a spoiled child who refuses to grow up. Simple.
Queen Beatrice: I believe it’s because of the example set before him by us. A marriage without love, without respect.
King Rowan: Bea, please, you know I love you.
Queen Beatrice: Saying “love” and showing love are two very different things, Rowan.


 

King Rowan: We were young. Things change.
Queen Beatrice: No. You changed. The crown changed you. You’re so worried to look a fool. So obsessed with your reputation, with your legacy.
King Rowan: Well, it’s only my life’s work. It causes me a great deal of stress.
Queen Beatrice: Do you think you’re the only person who feels stress? God, try being your bloody wife. It is utterly exhausting to sit next to you, and just smile, as if I were nothing more than a prop, my voice completely silenced. I mean, what I wouldn’t give to say, “You’re wrong,” in front of the entire kingdom!


 

Queen Beatrice: Do you know, there’s never a guarantee with a couple in our position. But we had love, Rowan. We had it. And now, Robert’s wiser than both of us.


 

King Rowan: Robert, I was wrong. I, King Rowan. Am I doing the king voice?
Prince Robert: A little bit. You can’t help yourself.
King Rowan: Go find the owner of this glass slipper. And if she’ll take you back, then marry her. Or don’t. It’s your life, son.
Prince Robert: Why the sudden change of heart?
King Rowan: Well, definitely wasn’t your mum. Go on, leave now. Be bold.


 

Count Wilbur: We’re not going to find her. We should just go home.
Prince Robert: I can’t. I have to let her know that it’s possible between us.


 

Hench: Would that we all have what Robert has. I mean, what is life if you’re not with the person you love? Right? Otherwise, we might as well just close our eyes, and take the old mud nap, because nothing else matters.
Count Wilbur: So we find her then.


 

Prince Robert: I have something that I want to say. You inspired me.
Cinderella: Me?
Prince Robert: It never occurred to me that I could choose the course of my own life. See, I always felt that it was written for me. But watching you, I realized that anything is possible.


 

Prince Robert: I realize now that I can have a life that is all mine.
Cinderella: Great. This is going to be a lengthy discussion.
Prince Robert: What I’m trying to say is that I choose me.


 

Prince Robert: I don’t have to be king. It is not what I want anymore. You are. So, what I’m saying is choosing me is choosing us. That is, as long as you feel the same way. Your silence is…
Cinderella: [as kisses him] That was the most romantic moment of my life.
Prince Robert: Same.
Cinderella: I mean, you rode up on a horse.
Prince Robert: I did.
Cinderella: It was really cool.
Prince Robert: You look so beautiful.
Cinderella: You look so handsome.


 

Queen Beatrice: What fresh hell is this?
King Rowan: Beatrice! It is I, your knight in shining armor.
Queen Beatrice: You can’t be serious.
King Rowan: Darling, suspend what you know to be true. Just go with it.
Queen Beatrice: Oh, no. He’s going to sing.


 

Queen Beatrice: So, do I have a wedding to prepare? I mean, no pressure, but there’s an absurd amount of pastries left over from that ball.
Prince Robert: No, no. We’re not in a rush to get married. Instead, we’re going to travel the world together.


 

King Rowan: Gwen, my darling girl. I hereby place you first in line to inherit the crown, hmm? Don’t stab me in my sleep.
Princess Gwen: I shall be king?
Queen Beatrice: Uh, queen.
Princess Gwen: I’ll take it.


 

Princess Gwen: It is my honor to guide this kingdom forward into a new era. And to pay my deepest respects to my brother, Prince Robert, and his new… What are we calling you?
Cinderella: I mean, we don’t have to put a label on it. Just in love? I don’t know.
Prince Robert: In love?
Cinderella: Yeah.
Prince Robert: In love.
Princess Gwen: And his new love, Ella!


 

King Rowan: [to the crowd] Alright, that’s enough mirth. Celebration’s over. Everyone, go home. Back to work. Come on. Let’s go.
Queen Beatrice: No! You’re wrong!
[the crowd cheers]


 

Fabulous Godmother: And so, we’ve reached the end of this fairy tale. Our girl lived
happily ever after, and everybody knew her name. Ella. The girl’s name is Ella, y’all. Get it right.

 


 

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