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Happily N'Ever After
(2007, Rated PG, Family and kids, Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sigourney Weaver)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6. -
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Common Sense says
Shrek wannabe isn't offensive ... or fun.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 6 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Happily N'Ever After
Parents need to know that although kids may want to see this animated fairy tale "reimagining," it's not really worth their time. The movie revises the Cinderella story in order to let the "bad guys" win ... for a minute. This results in some minor violence, much dastardly laughter, and temporary changes to familiar fairy tale plots (Rumplestiltskin steals the baby, Sleeping Beauty doesn't wake up, etc.). Many genre clichés are played out here: The wicked stepmother is mean, her daughters are obnoxious, the prince is dimwitted, and wolves, trolls, and the giant are ugly and lumbering. There's a little bit of potty humor, and a couple of none-too-menacing scenes in the dark woods. The cartoony violence primarily consists of falls and inconsequential explosions (no one dies).
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the film's premise -- that all fairy tales follow a basic plot and might need to be invigorated. How would you change the plots of these familiar stories? Is there another way to change the ending without focusing on "good" and "evil" characters? How does Rick's point of view affect the movie? What might happen if Ella didn't decide to like him in the end? What do you think happens to Ella's stepsisters? What other movies have covered similar territory? What makes this one better/worse than those?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title off for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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good movie
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
the same story gets old after awhile...
this movie is the same Cinderella story we all know and it gets tiresome after awhile. although this rendision was a lot more funny. Pretty good, kids will like it and the characters but parents won't beable to tell this a part from a lot of other children movies. 5+
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Stars out Funny but just falls from there. Good for ages 9 and up.
There is nothing very bad in this movie. The villains take over and try to capture Cinderella. When Cinderella is dancing with the dumb prince, she turns back into peasant girl. When talking about it later to a male friend, she says "We were dancing and my clothes disappeared." He responds by saying, "That's more than I need to know." There are several crude references to flagulence, and several butts: "kiss thy royal butt good-bye." Nothing too bad, just not very good quality.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
loved it
i loved this movie it gave fary tales a twist to the ending and all the bad people in fary tales want at the end for them to win instead of the good guy and i thought it was new and it would be good for like aroung 5-14 but i thought it was really funny.
- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
It sucks
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
This Sucks!!!
This is such a bad movie!!!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
different
I would think that many kids under the age of 6 would injoy this movie it had a few parts that were boring but there were also alot of funny parts. Good Movie.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Very Good Movie...
This movie is very good.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I laughed
tis is a movie that all kids would most likey enjoy if they are young
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Okay
I thought it was a cute comedy, nothing liek shrek, but it was fun for the kids, so I thought it was good.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
I fell asleep watching this!
My 2 year old liked it because it was a cartoon, but neither i nor my husband liked it. I fell asleep while watching this movie because it was so boring.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
This was AWFUL
This movie BLEW. I had really wanted to see it because the previews looked cutsie and my girlfriend seemed to be excited about the voice talent list. This was pretty much an uninspired peice of garbage. It was a waste of 22 bucks [we live in new york city]and over an hour of our lives. You can pretty much tell it stinks after the first minute or so. The music was uninspired [like the plot], and the animation is pretty haphazard. I don't know much time it took to produce this movie, but it obviously was not enough. I would wait for that "friend" to get it for you on bootleg. It's not even worth waiting for the DVD, the 5 bucks you'd spend to rent is way too much. We were so dissapointed. Please don't brung ANYONE that you care about to this film. It's TERRIBLE.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
i laughed
i didnt see it
- I rate this title off for age 5 and give it
Boring and unfunny
Not unfunny in that the jokes were crude or anything. There was nothing offensive, but it just wasn't funny.
- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
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