Once upon a time, the girl Ella is the princess and pride and joy of her parents. When her mother (Hayley Atwell) gets sick and dies, Ella and her father (Ben Chaplin) grieve for many years. When Ella (Lily James) is a teenager, her father asks her if she would accept that he gets married again and she accepts. Soon her stepmother Lady Tremaine (Cate Blanchett) moves with her daughters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie McShera) and the cat Lucifer to their house. When Ella's father dies during a trip, Tremaine dismisses the servants and Ella is treated as a servant by her stepmother and stepsisters, living in the attic. One day, Ella is riding a horse and stumbles with the Prince (Richard Madden) that is hunting a stag with other men. He immediately falls in love with Ella, and poses of an apprentice called Kit, but he does not know her name. The King decides that the Prince shall marry a princess, and the Prince decides to offer a ball for all the ladies in the kingdom expecting to see the mysterious girl again. Tremaine and her daughters get excited with the news and she forbids Ella to go to the ball. However, Ella's Fairy Godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) helps Ella to go to the ball using magic, but she advises that she must return before midnight when the magic will end. Ella and the Prince stay together and near to midnight, Cinderella leaves the ball but loses one her crystal shoes. The Prince orders his guards to find the maiden which the foot fits in the shoe and after many attempts, they find Ella that lives ever after with the Prince.
"Cinderella" is a fantasy that tells the well-known fairytale with no modifications or surprise. The film has good cast and special effects and is a great family entertainment. Lily James is not beautiful but has a delightful smile. Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera are very funny and the cameo of Helena Bonham Carter is probably the best moment of the movie. My vote is seven.
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