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List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $14.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Live • Full Screen • NTSC In Theaters : 02 November, 1997 DVD Release : 04 February, 2003 |
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella description More is not necessarily better. A glitzy Hollywood cast and a big budget did not improve the wonderful 1957 teleplay (or its equally charming 1964 remake) upon which this version is based. This is partly because Brandy, cast in the title role, cannot act. Not helping matters are Whoopi Goldberg as the prince's mother and Jason Alexander as his valet. Their shtick wears thin very quickly. However, Paolo Montalban is charismatic as the prince, and Whitney Houston plays a fairy godmother with pizzazz. The production cost millions, and is certainly lavish, but the whole affair feels forced and overdone, reminding one of a prom queen wearing too much makeup. It does deserve credit for a multi-ethnic cast, the addition of two new songs and a hip attitude. However, the 1964 version (the original was not taped) is much sweeter and more romantic. Originally released as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. --Rochelle O'Gorman |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Very Poor Adaptation |
| Kind of critical to a musical are singers who can act (ideally) or actors who can sing (also great). There is so much of neither in this project. The songs don't translate well to the gravelly, pop-scarred vocal chords of the majority of the cast, most egregiously Brandy, Whoopie and Whitney. A few standouts, though: The prince, B. Peters, Cox, Garber -- most of whom are Broadway musical vets.
Such a shame. |
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