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Cinderella III - A Twist in Time
Cinderella III - A Twist in Time
Actors: Jennifer Hale, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Russi Taylor, Susanne Blakeslee, Tami Tappan Damiano
Director: Frank Nissen
Genres: Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Animation
G     2007     1hr 14min

What if the slipper didn?t fit? Experience the wonder and the majesty of Cinderella?s classic fairy tale with a spectacular twist in Disney?s all-new motion picture CINDERELLA III: A TWIST IN TIME. When her evil stepmother...  more »
     
     

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Actors: Jennifer Hale, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Russi Taylor, Susanne Blakeslee, Tami Tappan Damiano
Director: Frank Nissen
Creators: Bill Bloom, Danielle Legovich, Colleen Millea Ventimilia, Daniel Berendsen, Eddie Guzelian, Margaret Heidenry, Robert Reece
Genres: Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Animation
Sub-Genres: Animation, Animation, Animation
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen - Animated,Dubbed,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 02/06/2007
Original Release Date: 02/06/2007
Theatrical Release Date: 02/06/2007
Release Year: 2007
Run Time: 1hr 14min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 5
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Member Movie Reviews

Nina D. (blackrainbow79) from CINCINNATI, OH
Reviewed on 12/19/2012...
This movie definitely puts a "Twist" on every aspect of the Cinderella Fairy Tale. My family sure got a good laugh from multiple scenes throughout the movie. I have to say, I just love the moral value that is tossed in as well.
0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Renee M. from SATSUMA, AL
Reviewed on 5/13/2011...
I really enjoyed watching this movie. This suprised even me because sequals really suck sometimes. But this movie was just as good as the first movie. Loved it. My daughter loves it too. Its a good movie for a mother daughter day/night of bonding.
Nancy T. from EAGLE MTN, UT
Reviewed on 11/19/2009...
This is a great movie! The music is wonderful and my kids keep asking to watch it. Grown-ups would love it too.

Movie Reviews

Very surprised
Tom Trails | Arizona | 02/13/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was surprised that my wife bought this DVD for our kids, because Disney direct-to-DVD sequels are usually poorly animated, poorly written flops. I was surprised again when I happened to come into my kids' room while they were watching it, and I found myself getting pulled into the film and watching the rest of it with them. I vaguely remember seeing part of Cinderella II, enough to recall that it was rather poor.

It seems that some reviewers here will hate the film no matter what, because they are Disney purists and feel that no sequel could ever possibly do justice to the original. And then it seems that other reviewers want to love the film so much that they will rate it highly even if they movie is a stinker.

I have neither of these mindsets. I don't have any deep devotion to original Disney features, and I don't really care about the sequels. What I can say is that this movie has very good animation. I had to keep reminding myself that this was a direct-to-DVD production, because it looked so good. As for picky details like what Cinderella's foot looked like, I guess I've got too much of a life to keep replaying the movie over and over to focus on things like that. As alluded to above, the story was good enough to pull me in when I had other things to do. In fact, I agree with some other reviewers that Cindrella and the prince were both more engaging characters in this movie than in the original. The only characters in the original that were really entertaining were the stepmother/stepsisters, the king and duke, and the animals. The star couple were rather boring to watch, but not so in this sequel.

I gave this 5 stars not because it is worthy of any awards, but rather because among other direct-to-DVD releases (especially sequels), it really stands out."
A pleasantly surprising twist
Manny Hernandez | Bay Area, CA | 01/28/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Many of us grew up watching Cinderella, Bambi, Dumbo and other Disney classics. As such, they developed a very special value in our memories, one that is hard to challenge by means of sheer technological updates or attempts to revive a succesful franchise.

In past times, Disney unsuccessfully attempted fairly often to revive the memories that some of its classics evoked, but in the past 2-3 years a number of Disney titles have broken the "spell" of failed sequels that surrounded the studio for many years. "Bambi II", in 2006, and "Cinderella III", in 2007, are the two most recent examples of this trend.

"Cinderella III" breaks out from a point in the legendary fable, that we are all familiar with: empowered with the fairy godmother's magic wand, Cinderella's step-mother rewinds time to make the glass slipper fit the foot of Anastasia, one of her daughters. From that point on, a completely new alternate story is spin off, one leading Cinderella out of her royal life and Anastasia in her spot.

The twist works surprisingly well, resulting in movie with a Cinderella determined to regain her spot back while Anastasia, her sister and their evil mother pull in the other direction. While predictable, the animated flick is very enjoyable and memorable."
Twist in Classic Plot, Moral Makes "Cinderella III" a Pleasa
Anthony G Pizza | FL | 02/04/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"No company anywhere in popular culture extends and stretches its intellectual properties like Walt Disney Pictures. Its beloved characters appear in film after sequel after straight-to-DVD after TV show after stage production, their stories told live and drawn from nearly every conceivable angle. This, plus the studio's diligent protection of its intellectual property, has led to the world seeing its folklore through Disney's lens. (Quick, think of Snow White, or Beauty and the Beast or Aladdin, stories told for hundreds of years. Whose images do you see?)

If Disney doesn't retell its sequeled stories with quite the grandeur and reverence of Walt Disney's supervised originals (think "Fantasia 2000," "Jungle Book II"), it respects them enough to honor the original's spirits while approaching them from modern sensibility. So it is with "Cinderella III: A Twist In Time," a pleasant, occasionally thought-provoking successor to Walt Disney's 1950 original.

This variation of the tale involves a stolen wand getting into the hands of Cinderella's evil stepmother, rewinding Cinderella's story to where her lost glass slipper didn't fit. The Prince, dashing and noble as in Disney movies for 70 years, could thus be misled and manipulated into marrying Cinderella's sister, Anastasia. While no classic Disney princess, Anastasia (voiced by Tress McNellie) provides the film's heart in her sentimental scenes with the king, and her song yearning for the love Cinderella had and their wicked stepmother (voiced by Susan Blakeslee in classic Disney villainess mode) seemed determined to steal for her.

Other favorites return from the original. Helpful mice Gus and Jaq sing the film's highlight song clueing the prince in on what happened to his "Cinderelly." The mischievous, near-Cheshire cat Lucifer nearly steals the show in a funny food fight scene.

The paltry extras are highlighted by a behind-the-scenes look at a Cinderella stage show on Disney's cruise line, and an overlong, simplistic DVD game young children will tire of quickly. "Cinderella III"'s animation isn't at the theatrical classics' level, but still above traditional TV animation. At 74 minutes (near perfect for young children), the film gently and effectively points out the "perfect year" Cinderella sings of in the film's first scenes came not just from a foot fitting a glass slipper, but two hands and hearts reaching for the same thing and finding it together. This modern twist in moral, fitting into a modern twist in a hoary fairy tale, makes "A Twist in Time" a pleasant, recommended surprise.



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