Ever After (1998)
“Ever After” is a smartly written romance that never fails to make me smile (or cry a bit too). It is supposed to be the true story of the servant girl that was the inspiration for the fairy tale “Cinderella.” Danielle De Barbarac (Drew Barrymore) lives with her widowed father in France, around the 1540s. He frequently travels for business leaving young Danielle to fend for herself with help from their trusted servants. After one trip, he returns home with the Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent (played perfectly by Angelica Huston) and her two daughters Jacqueline and Marguerite. He tells Danielle … Continue reading