Happily N'Ever After

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Happily N'Ever After

PG

2007

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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Fairy Tale Land becomes a realm of happy endings gone wrong when Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver), joins forces with legendary villains to tip the balance between good and evil. With events spinning wildly out of control, Cinderella (Sarah Michelle Gellar), or Ella for short, must lead a resistance movement to defeat Frieda and restore order to the kingdom.

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Critics Consensus

Happily N'Ever After has none of the moxy, edge, or postmodern wit of the other fairy-tales-gone-haywire CG movie it so blatantly rips off.

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Ann Kelly

BBC.com

Clunkingly obvious.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 3, 2007

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

Shrek this ain't. A lacklustre effort hampered by limp dialogue and lazy plotting.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 3, 2007

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David Fear

Time Out

The computerised animation is cut-rate; the script keeps piling on clunker jokes that even toddlers will find lame; and Prinze proves he isn't any better an actor in two dimensions than he is in three.

Rated: 1/6

Aug 1, 2007

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Megan Basham

WORLD

Happily N'Ever After only proves that the idea of modernizing the Brothers Grimm for the sake of laughs may have finally jumped the shark.

Oct 16, 2018

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Mike Barnard

Future Movies UK

Rated: 3/10

Aug 24, 2010

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Mel Valentin

eFilmCritic.com

Rated: 3/5

Aug 23, 2010

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Draven H

It wasn't that bad, it's a okay & good film, it's ture that the film was a Shrek ripoff, but it was fine & okay cause this was a alternate universe to Shrek. Still good movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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Elijah P

I absolutely love it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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angela g

happily never after is really great don't listen to the reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/24

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Ethan D

No wonder it has a 6% in the TomatoMeter.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/24

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John T. H

animation is lame characters are lame eh.... yeah lame

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/13/24

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Alexis R

When I saw this only had 6% on here, I was appalled. If you like/love Shrek, give this movie a chance please. I've loved this movie since I was a kid. It's seriously worth a watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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Happily N'Ever After: Official Clip - Annoying Little Optimist

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Happily N'Ever After: Official Clip - Ella Fights Frieda

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Synopsis

Fairy Tale Land becomes a realm of happy endings gone wrong when Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver), joins forces with legendary villains to tip the balance between good and evil. With events spinning wildly out of control, Cinderella (Sarah Michelle Gellar), or Ella for short, must lead a resistance movement to defeat Frieda and restore order to the kingdom.

Director: Paul J. Bolger
Producer: John H. Williams, Ralph Kamp, Avrill Stark, Brian Medavoy
Screenwriter: Robert Moreland
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Vanguard Films, BAF Berlin Animation Films, Lionsgate Films, Vanguard Films Production, Odyssey Entertainment, BFC Berliner Film Companie
Rating: PG (Some Mild Action|Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 5, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 14, 2012
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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