Review: Cinderella,  Cinderella oh where art thou Cinderella,  Oops wrong line, maybe even the wrong Cinderella.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
Cinderella, as portrayed doesn't really come across as truly  evil. Cindy, as her close personal friends call her, well only behind closed doors and out of ear shot, is simply misunderstood. Cinderella is very beautiful and is surrounded by stepsisters, that are at best  just average. Certainly as a step, child or sister, there are tensions, stresses, misunderstandings and behaviors that can  be viewed from a different perspective. But evil, truly evil, Evil with a big E? I think not but that's just me and she is very, very pretty,  I'm sure you'll understand and you will know if you take a moment,  read the facts, just remember she is very, very lovely.Dare I say this is a cute, well written story, I will and yes it is. The characters as presented  are, even though well known,  subtly different while still believably written. The events do parallel the original and thus feel believable within the original  fairy tale's framework.  I just didn't think she came across particularly  evil.  She's  portrayed more like a narcissistic, possibly petulant and unpleasant  in a very 70's, 80's, 90's ...  beautiful cheerleader ( Yes that old clichéd characterization)  " IN " girl, spoiled and entitled and the center of all things, way. So while a cute story,  I did expect a darker more evil portrayal of Cinderella.  But given  that Cinderella is very, very beautiful ( I saw her once at Disneyland and it is true)  open and warm. All of that, along with Cinderella's,  approachable Disney  fairy tale princess personality,  may have limited or altered Jamie Campbell's unflattering  portrayal.  Then again Cinderella is very, very beautiful, how could she be evil?