“Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who loved her father very much... Her name was Danielle de Barbarac and this was her glass slipper.” This some quotes that take us into the movie “Ever After.” In flashback, the story then focuses on eight-year-old Danielle, daughter of a wealthy widower and landowner. After returning home to France with his new wife Rodmilla and her two daughters, one quite nice but the other one really evil, he died.Ten years later, Danielle is made into and treated as a servant. After all that has happened, Danielle still grows up to be a happy and strong-willed young lady. Fortunately for her, she has an encounter with Prince Henry who is fleeing an arranged marriage. One day while collecting apples, Danielle hears the thunder of hooves, and runs to find a strange man attempting to steal her father's horse. Enraged, she calls him a thief, and proceeds to throw an apple and hit him square in the forehead. The man falls to the ground and reveals that he is Prince Henry. Later, she decides to dress in disguise and use her mother's name, Contesse Nicole de Lancret, to save one of her fellow servants. After interrupting telling the man to release her servant and talking with her for awhile, the Prince takes a special interest in Danielle. And one night after much deliberation, The King and Queen of France give their son an ultimatum: either he announces his engagement to a woman of his choosing at the upcoming masquerade ball, or he will marry the Princess of Spain. Thinking of Danielle, Henry agrees. On the evening of the ball, Danielle's stepmother discovers the interludes between Danielle and Henry, and locks her in a room as punishment. Leonardo da Vinci frees her and the manor's servants give her the dress and slippers, which they had hid. Danielle ends up going to the ball, where her stepmother publically humiliates her by exposing her true identity and the Henry rejects her, labeling her a “hypocrite like everyone else around him.” Devastated, she runs away and leaves one slipper behind which is discovered by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo reprimands Henry for abandoning Danielle when she had risked everything for him.
This film is one of my favorites and I was excited to see that many of the critics thought so as well. “In this film version, Cinderella is Danielle De Barbarac, played to perfection by Drew Barrymore,” Jeremy Perkins says in his review. There isn't much to improve upon when dealing with a classic fairy tale, but surprisingly, this charming update of the Cinderella story has a great deal to offer. Ever After has many themes I think but the most important one, which I think you can get out of any fairytale, is just to fallow your heart. Do what is best for you and not anyone else. Be proud of who you are. The film is amazing, funny, entertaining and designed to please. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a love story!!!!
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