Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) (V)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

John Kafka

Writers:

Jill E. Blotevogel (screenplay) (segment "Aim To Please")
Tom Rogers (screenplay) (segments "Aim To Please", "Tall Tail", "An Uncommon Romance" and interstital sequences)

Release Date:

26 February 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

The Magic Didn't End At Midnight!

Plot:

Jacques and Gus tell the story of how Cinderella becomes a princess but loses touch with herself.

Plot Keywords:

Cinderella | Princess | Fairy Godmother | Mouse | Stepsister

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Hale	...	Cinderella (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Anastasia (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Jaq / Baker / Sir Hugh (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Gus (voice)
Holland Taylor	...	Prudence (voice)
Susanne Blakeslee	...	Lady Madonna Tremaine (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Pom Pom / Lucifer (voice)
Christopher Daniel Barnes	...	Prince Charming (voice)
Andre Stojka	...	The King (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carmen Carter	...	Singer
Gina La Piana	...	Bibidi bobbidy boo
Russi Taylor	...	Fairy Godmother / Mary Mouse / Beatrice / Daphne / Drizella (voice)
Susan Yezzi	...	Additional Voices

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The film is split into three stories, with interstitial content before and after each story. The three stories are "Aim To Please" (focusing on Cinderella hosting her first palace ball), "Tall Tail" (in which the mouse Jaq wishes to be human to help Cinderella), and "An Uncommon Romance" (in which Cinderella's stepsister Anastasia, with Cinderella's help, aims to wins the heart of the town baker, much to the dismay of the Wicked Stepmother.)

Quotes:

[last lines]
Cinderella: Oh, look! We're all in here, and these our stories.
[reads aloud from book]
Cinderella: "Once upon a time, there was a big castle, and in this castle lived a prince and a princess...”

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Saturday Night Live: Kirsten Dunst/Eminem (#27.19)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo

A disappointing follow-up to CINDERELLA

CINDERELLA 2: DREAMS COME TRUE is yet another one of Disney's direct-to-video sequels to movies great animated classics. While some of these such as LADY AND THE TRAMP 2: SCAMP'S ADVENTURE have been surprisingly good, this is not one of them. You would think that since the original CINDERELLA was such a huge hit that Disney would have released this theatrically, but then again, once you watch this, you'll understand why they didn't. There isn't a story to this lame sequel-there's three. The first story focuses on Cinderella learning about being a princess, the second one has Jaq [one of the mice from the original] being turned into a human, and the third [and most enjoyable] story has Cinderella's evil stepsister Anastasia falling in love with the local banker. These are only mildly entertaining stories that when added up only equal 73 minutes. It would have been a much better idea if the movie just was one story in stead of three. If you ask me, I think it is about time for Disney to quit making sequels for a while.