1950 · animation · family · fantasy
Cinderella (1950)
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske1h 14m1950
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Our read: Cinderella (1950) (1950) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded animation · family · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
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