Ever After is a romantic period drama inspired by the classic fairy tale "Cinderella".
The movie stars Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Jeanne Moreau, Patrick Godfrey, and Melanie Lynskey.
Ever After was distributed by 20th Century Fox in July 1998 and earned almost $100 million on a $26 million budget.
It was generally positively reviewed and a Broadway musical based on the movie entered development in 2012.
A workshop featuring some of the music from the musical was held at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota in October 2023.
Rating: Rated PG-13 for momentary strong language.
Length: 2 hours 1 minute.
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
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Time
Description
Sentence Before
0:00:00-0:00:10
Mild elevated view during animated 20th Century Fox logo.
None
0:00:23-0:00:41
An ascending view looking straight down is seen.
None [20th Century Fox logo appears on screen]
0:04:55-0:05:11
A mild elevated view is seen briefly multiple times.
Paulette: "Child, your father arrives any moment!"
0:06:00-0:06:07
A mild elevated view is seen briefly.
Auguste: "I’ve brought you an entire household, Maurice. But I seem to be missing a daughter."
0:10:09-0:10:15
A mild descending view is seen.
Danielle: "Wait! It’s tradition. He always waved at the gate ... Papa!"
0:10:53-0:11:26
A corpse is seen and interacted with.
Auguste: "I-I love you. I love you."
0:11:15-0:11:26
An ascending view looking straight down is seen.
Rodmilla: "Auguste. You cannot leave me here. You cannot leave me here!"
0:11:55-0:11:57
Domestic abuse is threatened briefly.
Queen: "A sapling cannot grow in the shadow of a mighty oak, Francis. He needs sunlight."
0:13:02-0:13:27
A view looking straight down is seen.
None [Danielle wakes up in barn]
0:20:56-0:21:05
People are seen falling from a cliff, from a distance.
Prince: "Got ya. Give me that."
0:21:40-0:21:43
A brief elevated view is seen briefly.
Rodmilla: "Perhaps you are right. I shall just have to look elsewhere."
0:26:00-0:26:29
A mild elevated view is seen twice briefly.
Prince: "Ladies, forgive me, but you seem to have blossomed overnight."
0:26:35-0:26:48
An elevated view looking down is seen.
Prince: "Let us hope so. Good day, ladies."
0:27:35-0:27:47
A mild elevated view is seen twice briefly.
None [Danielle arrives at the castle]
0:32:22-0:33:20
Mild elevated views are seen briefly.
Prince: "He usually does. I shall be right in."
0:34:20-0:34:22
Torture methods are mentioned briefly.
King: "You will marry Gabriella by the next full moon or I will strike at you in any way I can."
0:36:39-0:36:49
A mild descending view is seen.
Rodmilla: "Fine. Go...catch a chicken."
0:39:01-0:39:58
Bees are seen, heard, and interacted with.
Rodmilla: "When my daughter is Queen, perhaps we might come to a new arrangement."
0:42:35-0:42:41
A mild elevated view is seen briefly.
Marguerite: "Oh...she doesn’t want you to go."
0:43:48-0:43:52
A mild elevated view is seen briefly in the background.
Prince: "What’s this project?" Leonardo: "Would you care to see if they work?"
0:48:32-0:48:34
A mild elevated views are seen is seen briefly.
Rodmilla: "We should find out who she is and bury her." ...
1:01:00-1:01:04
A view looking straight down is seen.
Danielle: "I would rather hear his voice again than any sound in the world."
1:01:15-1:01:51
Two mild elevated views are seen briefly.
Danielle: "Is something wrong?"
1:03:18-1:03:31
A mild descending view is seen briefly.
Danielle: "Honestly, Your Highness. Where is your sense of adventure?" Prince: "Well, I guess if you put it that way..."
1:04:30-1:04:47
An elevated view looking straight down is seen.
Danielle: "Ah! There it is! It is back that way." Prince: "And I still can’t believe..."
1:04:56-1:06:04
Mild fighting occurs.
Danielle: "Now turn around so I can climb back down."
1:05:12-1:05:35
An elevated view looking straight down is seen again.
Prince: "Stay aloft, madame! There are games afoot."
1:07:07-1:07:11
Mild elevated views are seen briefly.
None
1:09:38-1:09:47
A mild descending view is seen.
Prince: "It is your mouth that has me hypnotized." ...
1:11:35-1:11:40
A moth is seen briefly.
Rodmilla: "Are you ill?" Danielle: "No. Uh. Yes." Rodmilla: "Where were you?" Danielle: "I got lost."
1:11:53-1:11:56
"Leech" is said once.
Danielle: "You have two hands. Make it yourself."
1:12:56-1:12:58
A punch is thrown briefly.
Danielle: "These are my mother’s!" Marguerite: "Yes, and she’s dead."
1:13:43-1:13:46
A form of torture is mentioned briefly.
Rodmilla: "Consider carefully, Danielle. Your father’s book or your mother’s shoes."
1:14:23-1:15:17
The effects of torture are seen briefly.
Rodmilla: "Consider carefully, Danielle. Your father’s book or your mother’s shoes." ...
1:14:23-1:15:17
Bloody wounds are seen and interacted with.
Rodmilla: "Consider carefully, Danielle. Your father’s book or your mother’s shoes." ...
1:17:06-1:17:09
"Bee" is said once.
Queen: "Good heavens, child. Are you all right?"
1:21:10-1:21:23
A mild elevated view is seen.
Danielle: "I must go." Prince: "Nicole!"
1:22:29-1:22:35
A mild elevated view is seen briefly.
Rodmilla: "Perhaps we can arrange that. Get in there!"
1:24:56-1:25:11
A view looking straight down is seen multiple times.
None [Gustave sneaks into the castle]
1:25:31-1:25:51
Elevated views are seen.
Jacqueline: "Why don’t I just pull the carriage while I’m at it." Rodmilla: "If it will get us there any faster."
1:30:07-1:30:10
An elevated view is seen briefly.
None [Laurent makes horse noises]
1:30:32-1:30:40
An ascending and descending views are seen briefly.
King: "...but also to tell you of a long-awaited decision."
1:31:15-1:31:18
An elevated view is seen again.
King: "...to announce the engagement of our son, Prince Henry, to..." ...
1:34:19-1:34:47
Elevated views are seen.
Prince: "And you are just like them."
1:37:00-1:37:15
An ascending view is seen.
None [Danielle sits in the rain]
1:40:17-1:40:29
An ascending view is seen.
Rodmilla: "Although I do think I’m getting the better end of the deal."
1:41:00-1:43:27
An ascending and elevated views occur.
None [Leonardo is seen painting a portrait]
1:43:54-1:44:06
A mild elevated views is seen briefly.
King: "And I thought I had problems."
1:45:39-1:46:14
A minor bloody wound is inflicted.
Le Pieu: "I do love your spirit."
1:49:14-1:49:22
A mild elevated view is seen briefly.
None
1:50:25-1:50:50
Mild elevated views are seen.
Rodmilla: "In style we shall be."
1:52:37-1:52:35
Mild elevated views are seen briefly.
Rodmilla: "There seem to be quite a few people out of town."
1:56:15-1:56:59
An ascending view looking straight down is seen.
Grande Dame: "And while Cinderella and her Prince did live happily ever after..."
