Happily N'ever After (Widescreen Edition)
by Paul Bolger, Yvette Kaplan
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Actor: George Carlin, John Di Maggio, Patrick Warburton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sigourney WeaverDirector: Paul Bolger, Yvette Kaplan
Brand: HAPPILY NEVER AFTER - WIDESCREEN (DVD MOVIE)
Producer: Andre Sikojev
Producer: Barry Ward
Producer: Brian Irving
Producer: Chad Hammes
Writer: Douglas Langdale
Writer: Robert Moreland
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Happily N'ever After (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: Cute and Funny
Summary: 5 Stars
My grandkids enjoyed this updated version of the fairy tale. The characters were exaggerated but funny. I liked how they included so many other fairy tale characters into the story. Really cute movie.DVD Review: Good Cast-Decent Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
A pleasant animated film, Happily N'ever After, is another take on the classic Cinderella story though there are quite few surprises in this version.
The movie is indeed inspired and influenced by the Shrek series and Hoodwinked, nevertheless, it does not match the quality of the aforementioned films.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sigourney Weaver and the rest of the cast do a good job in their respective roles, though the plot, the dialogues, the humor, and the music could have been worked on a lot more.
In short, Happily N'ever After is a film worth watching as it will provide for an evening's entertainment, however, for those with a soft spot for animated films, the Shrek and Ice Age movies, Antz, The Ant Bully, Bee Movie, Cars, Flushed Away, Hoodwinked, Madagascar, Monsters Inc., Over the Hedge, and Ratatouille, are definitely your must-see films. 3.5 Stars
DVD Review: uh, no...just didn't work
Summary: 2 Stars
*Happily N'ever After* tried to model itself after *Shrek*, straying away from the traditional fairy tales. How *Happily* was different was that Cinderella's evil stepmother took control of the tales' ending by letting the bad guys/villians win. However, *Happily* was just...well...boring!
The Wizard, who ensures balance among the tales, is off to a vacation. In his absence, he places the responsibility among his 2 goofy assistants. In the middle of their "playful" bickering, Cinderella's evil stepmother takes advantage of the situation by seizing the wand that controls balance.
In control, the stepmother bands together all the villians to take control of the kingdom and the "good" characters. Only Cinderella and the king's dishwasher escape. Together, they decide how to get the kingdom back. Along the way, they round up help from the 2 goofy assistants and the air-headed Prince Charming.
Overall, the story just didn't work (poor punch lines, little character development, etc.) Within 10 minutes, I was already looking at the time and wondering how much longer I'd have to suffer through this movie.
DVD Review: Happily N'Ever After - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 3 Stars
Version: U.S.A / Lions Gate / Region A, B(?), C(?)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-2 BD-25 / AACS
Running time: 1:27:05
Feature size: 19,46 GB
Disc size: 23,87 GB
Total bit rate: 29.80 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 22.67 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3909 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3909 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
Number of chapters: 16
#Commentary by Director Paul Bolger
#Journey of the Characters in the Enchanted Forest
#From Storyboard to Fairytale: A Comparison
#Creating the Happily Story: Bringing N'Ever After to Life
#Deleted Scenes & Alternate Ending
#Games
DVD Review: It's ok, but a little boring...
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is 'ok', but not as good as it seems it could be...it lacks things, I watched it one time, but that will be the only time....
Description of Happily N'ever After (Widescreen Edition)
Once upon a time will n'ever be the same again. Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and Jack from the Beanstalk are all about to live happily ever after when the balance between good and evil gets thrown out of whack. It's up to Cinderella - aka Ella (Sarah Michelle Gellar) - to save the day by taking on her power-hungry stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver). But this time, Ella will have to do it without her Prince Charming (Patrick Warburton) as she joins forces with an unlikely army of dwarves, faries, and the Wizard's bumbling assistants, Mambo (Andy Dick) and Munk (Wallace Shawn). Your favorite fairy tales are turned upside down in this funny, fast-paced adventure that teaches the lesson that - no matter who you are - you have the power to affect how your story turns out!With the success of Shrek, more irreverent animated fairy tales (like Hoodwinked) were inevitable. Unfortunately, the original blockbuster set the bar so high--for characterization, humor, and heart--that other such 'toons are sure to seem redundant. Neither as clever nor as intricately rendered as the tale of the great green ogre, Happily N'Ever After is no exception. That said, small children may find it easier to follow, i.e. no Matrix references. As with the live-action Ella Enchanted, the CGI-animated story revolves around a downtrodden lass named Ella (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Her full name, naturally, is Cinderella. The man of her dreams is pea-brained Prince Humperdink (Patrick Warburton). Little does she know that royal dishwasher Rick (Freddie Prinze Jr., Gellar's real-life husband) has his eye on her. When the Wizard (George Carlin) goes off on a golfing vacation, he leaves bumbling assistants Munk (Wallace Shawn) and Mambo (Andy Dick) in charge. In no time at all, they get into a scuffle, and Ella's evil stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver), swoops in to take control of Fairy Tale Land. Her first order of business: Let the bad guys win. Consequently, Sleeping Beauty continues to doze, the Seven Dwarves wind up in jail, etc. Ella joins forces with Rick to set things right. Along the way, she realizes that the lowly lad has more princely qualities than the actual prince, and Frieda's reign turns out to be shorter than intended. It's not a bad idea, but the movie drags and the tunes are unmemorable. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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