Ever After (1998): A Cinderella Story About Dignity and Class
Beth and Michelle settle beneath the quilt with Ever After, the warm and fiercely feminist Cinderella retelling where Leonardo da Vinci fills in for the fairy godmother and Drew Barrymore’s Danielle refuses to wait helplessly for a prince. Beneath its romance, breathtaking locations, jeweled slippers, and Angelica Huston’s magnificent cruelty is a story about autonomy, class, education, and the families people choose.
Danielle’s strength is not simply that she talks back or carries Henry away from danger. She refuses to let abuse alter how she treats others. The servants remain her family…
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