My second favourite from their opening five animated offerings

Rating: 7/10 (23 May 2020)

'Cinderella' is a good Disney film, my second favourite from their opening five animated offerings; behind 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
The first 30 minutes of this are a tad slow, though I can appreciate they are building up the character of Cinderella and portraying how poorly she is treated. Once they get that out the way, the film heads off in an enjoyable manner.
Ilene Woods is solid in the titular role, though it's Eleanor Audley (Lady Tremaine) and Verna Felton (Fairy Godmother) who bring the best voice performances - they suit their respective parts perfectly. Jimmy MacDonald is notable as Jaq and Gus, also.
You could argue that the famous glass slipper is flawed due to the time limit shown, while it would've been cool to get a deeper backstory on why Tremaine is the way she is - in fairness, there is at least some reasoning given.
The maker's idea of what beauty supposedly is hasn't really aged well, but overall it's a charming production from 1950.