継母であるトレメイン夫人とその娘たちにいじめられ、メイドとしての日々を過ごす薄幸の少女シンデレラ。継母や義姉たちが舞踏会の仕度をする一方、シンデレラは今日も家事をおしつけられていた。それでもいつか幸せが来ると信じる彼女に、仲良しの優しいネズミがドレスを用意するが、そんな衣装も義姉たちにやぶられてしまう。悲しみにくれるシンデレラの前に、魔法使いのフェアリー・ゴッドマザーがやってくるが……。
製作費: $2,900,000 (4億円)
興行収入: $263,600,000 (395億円)
推定収支: $260,700,000 (391億円)
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監督: ハミルトン・ラスク / Clyde Geronimi
脚本: Charles Perrault / Homer Brightman / Ted Sears
音楽: Oliver Wallace / Paul J. Smith
制作: ウォルト・ディズニー
制作会社: Walt Disney Productions
A classy and stylish adaptation of the ancient riches-rags-riches tale of "Cinderella"; a young girl who finds herself little more than a skivvy in her own home. When her evil stepmother receives an invitation to the Palace for a ball in honour of the Prince; she and her two selfish and spoilt daughters pull out all the stops. They leave our heroine alone at home where she encounters an old hag. Next thing, after a gloriously colourful spree of magic spell-weaving, she is dressed in ultimate finery and heading for the palace in a glittering carriage drawn by the finest horses in the land. The rest of the story is the stuff of true fairy tale legend. The animations are, once again, magnificently detailed and the score featuring "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" is great fun too. There are, for my money, too many talking beasties - particularly the mice. The squeaky voices, slapstick comedy (especially "Gus") and accompanying wind instruments grate after a while; the characterisation of Cinderella is so heavily endowed with saccharin as to be syrupy. That said, the story is well told in an an engaging fashion with some good human characters (particularly the King) and some stunning creative imagery.
Great for the kids. It's a classic. I'm not into cartoon movies. I prefer acting with real people.
