Staring – Lily James, Care Blanchett, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgard, Holiday Grainger, Derek Jacobi, Helena Bonham Carter
This is a live action version of the original Disney but without the songs.
Ellis mother dies but she never forgets her mothers advise to have courage and be kind. Father remarries Lady Tremaine who has 2 daughters Drisella and Anastasia. When her father dies unexpectedly Ella’s mother and stepsisters and decide to treat her as a servant.
One day when she is walking in the forest she find a man who is the Prince but she doesn’t realise it. He is under pressure to find a wife and his father the King hosts a ball for all eligible women to come to so that he can find a wife.
Ella’s stepmother and step sisters refuse to let her go but her fairy godmother arrives and helps her go to the ball. Ella dances snd falls in love with the prince but the magic runs out snd she has to leave by midnight just leaving her shoe. The Prince searches the Kingdom to try to find the woman who fell in love with he eventually finds her and they get married.
7/10