Christina Reviews *Cinderella*

          Cinderella is a horrible movie.  It teaches young girls to resent their bonus mother just because that bonus mother expects them to do a little work around the house.  It teaches young girls to hate their bonus sisters because their bonus sisters are not as pretty as they are.  It teaches a young girl that, even if she wears rags and is no big prize herself, she will easily win the heart of a gorgeous young prince because all a handsome prince really cares about is the fact that you are a really good person on the inside, not what you look like on the outside.  And yet, is it not true that the prince falls in love with Cinderella after ample interference from a benevolent fairy?  It’s not like she accomplished this major feat on her own.  Just wait until the prince wakes up next to her at 7:00 in the morning and she’s got red eyes and a bedhead.  Will he like her so much then?  Or will he say, “Somewhere out there, in that big, wide world, there must be another young woman who takes a Size 7 shoe.  Maybe I was a little hasty in my judgment.”

          And what was with all the screen time and character development given to the prince’s father’s servant boy?  Last I heard, it was the prince that Cinderella was going to marry, so why is all this attention being given to a pointless minor character instead of to the future potential husband?

          Disney, you disappoint me greatly.

          But since when has anyone judged a classic tale, or a Disney movie, based on the message it imparts?  Four stars.