Forgive me, Your Highness, but there is nothing "natural" about it. I take it you do not converse with many peasants. Honestly, the plight of the everyday rustic bores me. For anyone can quote Thomas More is well worth the effort. Well, then, pray tell me your cousin's name so that I might call upon her to learn who you are. I could have sworn I knew every courtier in the province.Īre you coy on purpose or do you honestly refuse to tell me your name? Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who loved her father very much. Now then, what was that phrase you use? Oh, yes. Perhaps you will allow me to set the record straight. Well, I guess we'll never know.įorgive me, Your Majesty, might I inquire about the painting? She's really quite, um. magic pumpkins would be closer to the truth. Well, there are those who swear that Perrault's telling with its Fairy Godmother and um. I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant, actually.īut I must say, I was terribly disturbed when I read your version of the Little Cinder Girl. A contemporary take on an old, virtually forgotten Hollywood convention-the costume adventure with middling artistic ambition but real audience appeal-Ever After is a surprisingly delightful film. Directed by Andy Tennant (who directed Barrymore in TV's The Amy Fisher Story), Ever After has that rare ability to win the heart and mind of a viewer simply by being committed to its own innocence, particularly where Barrymore's luminous performance is concerned. Meanwhile, her sisters are evaluated as possible mates for a French prince (Dougray Scott), but he's far more intrigued with Danielle's intelligence and beauty-not to mention her way with a sword and fist. One of three daughters of a man (Jeroen Krabbé) who dies and leaves her fate in the hands of a conniving stepmother (Anjelica Huston), Danielle is cast into the lowly role of a servant. Drew Barrymore plays Cinderella's alleged inspiration, Danielle, in this romantic drama that purports to tell the "facts" behind the Grimm brothers' story. Take away the Fairy Godmother, and what have you got left from the Cinderella fable? The story of a girl for whom a bad stroke of luck is no match for her internal strength and purity of heart.
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