Cinderella

Cinderella

   

• Cinderella
 
• Lily James, Cate Blanchett
 
• Directed by Kenneth Branagh

This live-action retelling of the classic fairy tale is fit for a princess

It's gorgeous. You should know that before you reject another Disney take on Ella of the cinders. And it's not a musical. Can't you just hear a chorus of boys sigh with relief? Cinderella is the first of the new Mouse House attempts to turn its animated classics into live-action crowd-pleasers (next up is Beauty and the Beast, with Emma Watson as Belle). Count Cinderella as a dazzling dream of a movie from director Kenneth Branagh, who can leap from the Bard (Henry V) to the boffo (Thor) with no apparent sweat.