Not quite a full-blown classic, but still one of Disney's better efforts...

Rating: Null/10 (24 June 2004)

Personally, CINDERELLA seems a tad redundant... there's simply a few too many Disney features that concern a female title character who is "saved" at the end by some sort of Prince. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) had already come before CINDERELLA (1950), and SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) seemed like a "greatest hits" version of both movies. And in the grand scheme of all things Disney, CINDERELLA, overall, is probably not one of the greatest features Walt oversaw (props should rightfully go to other efforts such as FANTASIA, SNOW WHITE, PINOCCHIO, BAMBI and DUMBO). But before I get too stuffy about all this...
CINDERELLA is still funny, charming and loaded with fun songs and absolutely superb animation. If I only have one minor quibble, it's that the business between the mice and Lucifer the cat seem to take up a little too much time of the film. If you have children, or are simply a fan of old movies or animation in general, no collection is complete without this. It may not be perfect, but it comes closer than most animated films of today and is still a minor classic at the very least.