This is a fun film that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys medieval literature or motion pictures and especially those out there who love fantasy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 5, 2023

Drew Barrymoore and Dougray Scott have great chemistry together.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 30, 2019

'Ever After' presents a plucky Cinderella for today's women and beyond.

| Mar 20, 2015

Charmng [thanks to] its game cast who are having an obviously marvelous time sashaying about and saying gaily artificial dialogue.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 11, 2012

Charming take on Cinderella tale has strong heroine.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2010

An affable film that helped affirm Drew Barrymore's place in the Hollywood firmament as something cosier than a one-trick wild child.

| Aug 16, 2010

Drew Barrymore plays the complicated belle of the climactic ball and develops a convincing intellectually based friendship with the prince.

| Aug 16, 2010

Once upon a time there was a feisty young woman who didn't sit around twiddling her pretty thumbs and singing "Someday My Prince Will Come."

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 16, 2010

The script by Susannah Grant, Rick Parks and director Andy Tennant successfully maintains the story's period trappings while introducing a heroine with modern resonance.

| Jul 1, 2008

A delightful movie, full of feisty, three-dimensional characters romping through comedy, romance and otherwise gloriously colorful moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 17, 2007

Given that this is adolescent romance, never straying far from traditional stereotypes, its 'progressive' feel-good aura is mainly down to Barrymore, whose limitations are only exposed in big love scenes.

| Jan 26, 2006

Drew Barrymore is delightful as Danielle, straightforward yet provocative, beautiful even when her face is smeared with the ashes from the fireplace.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 9, 2005

You won't see a fairy godmother flitting from scene to scene. Nor will a pumpkin magically transform into a chariot.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 1, 2004

The real magic is found in Andrew Dunn's stunningly lovely photography, which makes every scene look like a vintage storybook illustration.

| Jul 2, 2003

One of the year's best films.

| Original Score: A | May 22, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2003

The bottom line is: it's cute. And it's relatively inoffensive.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 16, 2003

There are a few nice moments when Barrymore's acting talent shines through, and the same can be said for Huston and Scott. But as a romantic comedy, this film is only slightly above average.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

A high-spirited Renaissance romance starring the thoroughly modern Drew Barrymore.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 12, 2002