
The New York Times
Drags the princess tale into the 21st century with Top-40 pop songs, self-aware dialogue and a trite girlboss sensibility.
Full reviewLatin Grammy Award-winning Cuban singer Camila Cabello is Cinderella in this modern retelling of the classic fairytale, co-starring Tony Award winner Billy Porter. The cast also features Minnie Driver, James Corden and comedian John Mulaney.
Drags the princess tale into the 21st century with Top-40 pop songs, self-aware dialogue and a trite girlboss sensibility.
Full reviewAt times it seems more like a college lecture than a frothy musical. But it’s also upending decades of ingrained expectations... so you can’t blame Cannon too much for hitting viewers over the head.
Full reviewIf this most recent reboot, with its heavy-handed feminist messaging, had been released decades ago, it might have stood a chance at being subversive.
Full reviewIt will make a nice weekend watch for a lot of people, I think. But it also feels uncomfortably algorithmic...
Full reviewThe insistence of the message-making means Cinderella and her Prince fall short of making magic together.
Full reviewJames Corden has made a #Girlboss fairytale only a voracious capitalist could love...
Full reviewSure, some of the characters actions and motivations don’t exactly make a lick of sense, but as Porter’s sparkling sprite suggests, “let’s not ruin the magical moment with reason”.
Full reviewCinderella (2021) is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Prime Video Store.
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