From rotting pumpkins to the bibbidi-bobbidi-best, which version of “Cinderella” is better than all the rest?
But what about literalCinderellastories?
Let’s take a carriage ride through some ofCinderella’s best movie adaptations, ranked from worst to best.
Brandy in ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella’; Cinderella (voice: Ilene Woods) in ‘Cinderella’; Lily James in ‘Cinderella’.Credit:Walt Disney Television/Courtesy Everett; Disney; Jonathan Olley/Walt Disney Studios
Yes, that is a real quote!
From a real movie!
That is supposed to be funny!
Jerry Lewis in ‘Cinderfella’.Everett Collection
If there were a lower ranking than 12th place,Cinderfellawould take it.
So do we hate it because it’s terrible?
Or is it terrible because we hate it next to the others?
Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Cabello in ‘Cinderella’.Christopher Raphael/Amazon
Frankly, it doesn’t matter.
In short: It doesn’t totally hold up.
But hey, the ballet sequences are pretty good!
Lesley Ann Warren in ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella’.Everett Collection
That doesn’t make the version in which she stars the best of those three, however.
When compared toother classic tales from the House of Mouse,Cinderellafalls a bit short.
That’s no fol-de-rol or fiddle-de-dee!
Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray in ‘A Cinderella Story’.Everett Collection
Add a wickedCate Blanchettand magicalHelena Bonham Carter, and Branagh has a new fairy tale classic on his hands.
Leslie Caron (center) in ‘The Glass Slipper’.Everett Collection
Gemma Craven in ‘The Slipper and the Rose’.Everett Collection
Julie Andrews in ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella’.Everett Collection
Owen Moore and Mary Pickford in ‘Cinderella’.IMDB
Cinderella (voice: Ilene Woods) in ‘Cinderella’.Disney
Brandy Norwood in ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella’.Everett Collection
Lily James in ‘Cinderella’.Everett Collection
Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott in ‘Ever After’.Everett Collection
