When most people think of the movie, "Cinderella", they think of the
animated Disney version with the little mice and the happy ending where
Cinderella marries the prince and they live happily ever after. While the
movie "Ever After" is based on "Cinderella", it is not animated, but still
has many of the same characteristics as the Disney version. Of course it is
not exactly the same, and since it is not animated there are many
differences. In "Ever After", Drew Barrymore portrays the character
Cinderella, who in the beginning of this movie is called Danielle. In the
very beginning, it shows how Danielle's father died and how she went off to
live with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters. In "Cinderella", both of
the stepsisters are wicked, but in "Ever After", her sister Jacqueline is
not so wicked and usually sides with Danielle. In "Ever After", Jacqueline
is the not so pretty and quiet sister and Marguerite is the loud obnoxious
pretty one. One similarity is that in both movies, Cinderella and Danielle
are servants to their stepmother and stepsisters. They are also not allowed
to eat with them, only serve them. In "Ever After", Danielle's only friends
are the other servants of the house, this is similar to how Cinderella is
friends with the mice that live in her house. In both cases their friends
are always protective and willing to help. In "Cinderella", Cinderella
doesn't meet the prince before the ball, she doesn't even really expect to
be going to the ball. In "Ever After", Danielle meets the prince in a
confrontation where the prince was actually stealing one of their horses.
Danielle starts pegging him with apples, but just as she realizes that he is
the prince, she kneels down before him. She apologizes, but the prince is
lenient and s...