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Article: Fairy tale and feminist ideals live happily in `Ever After'.(VARIETY)(Review) (movie review)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- July 31, 1998
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Fairy tales and feminism haven't always seen eye to eye. Damsels in distress awaiting a handsome rescuer and demure beauties pining for a Prince Charming don't fit the mold of the take-charge female.
But "Ever After" proves that women can have their romantic visions and their empowerment, too. Drew Barrymore doesn't need help from any men - or fairy godmothers - in this "realistic" recasting of the Cinderella saga.
Writer-director Andy Tennant makes no secret of his political motivations. The father of two daughters, he wanted to make a movie for them that embraced fairy tales' optimism without endorsing their sexism. The message is that dreams can come ...