Cinderella (V)
| release date | April 10 2007 |
| studio | Tartan Video |
| director | Bong Man-dae |
| writer | Bong Man-dae |
| starring | Ah-yung Ahn, Gyu-ryun Ahn, So-min Jeon, Se-Kyeong Shin, Ji-Won To |
| release date | April 10 2007 |
| studio | Tartan Video |
| director | Bong Man-dae |
| writer | Bong Man-dae |
| starring | Ah-yung Ahn, Gyu-ryun Ahn, So-min Jeon, Se-Kyeong Shin, Ji-Won To |
Wow, no one else had a review to this!!?
This film is wonderful with it’s all to real storyline! It’s creepy in the sense that you feel horrible and sorry for the evil that is in itself nothing but a painful sorrow of revenge.
The film is nothing like it’s title. The only thing that connects it to the name “Cinderella” is that a girl is forced to be shut away in a attic… or basement!
I could go on and on but I really don’t want to give away the twist to the film! It’s clever and very original. I’m surprised it isn’t a popular as the other Koren films at this time… Shame. It fits up there with “Tale of Two Sisters” but it is way better!
I highly recommend it!
PLEASE SOME OM=NE HELP ME … I’M NEW IN THIS WEBSITE … WHERE I FIND THE LINKS TO WATCH THIS MOVIE ??!! … THANKS !!
I wouldn’t go expecting anything to do with the original fairytale. I
was expecting a Korean horror twist on it like that fantastic, “Hansel
& Gretel”. I was expecting a vicious stepmother keeping her daughter
captive and so on. Actually Cinderella has very loose references to the
infamous tale. In fact, I would’ve scrapped the title altogether and
called it something referring to vanity, because that’s the theme that
is most emphasised in the film.
Cinderella is 2/3′s of a good film. I found the first 40 minutes or so
incredibly difficult to follow thanks to most of the characters looking
the same and having very little development. The first 40 minutes don’t
work with what occurs for the remainder of the film when it finally
finds it footing. It’s quite tedious and confusing to see these friends
getting killed off by a ghost after having plastic surgery for no
apparent reason. The whole ghost-killer idea doesn’t even really work
that effectively until it’s loosely developed in the finale. Even
characters with no earlier development get killed off and were left
wondering why and if we really care!
However, the overall feel of the film changed at the first flashback
where a pretty huge twist is revealed. It’s highly engaging and then
allows us to focus on the characters who really care about, the mother
and her daughter. In its final moments the film almost becomes
dream-like with the past merging with the present, but it remains
utterly absorbing, even though it’s incredibly difficult to work out
what the hell is going on! The ending left me feeling completely
bemused and I’d completely lost the plot. However, I did find it
incredibly emotional and heart felt, allowing us to feel a great deal
of sympathy for the characters, especially the mother.
Aside for a few creepy moments, I wouldn’t call Cinderella a full-blown
horror film. It’s more of a dream-like dark drama, thanks to the ghost
idea being under-used and under-developed. The frustrating thing about
the film is that it’s full of fantastic twists and ideas, but explores
them in ways which are needlessly confusing! The plot is also messy and
is in need of character development, or character reduction.
However, Cinderella is worth a watch. It’s an engaging and emotional
experience and has a heart, which is greatly lacking in modern American
horror films. It also has a wonderful score and surprising twists to
ensure that you’re never bored. It’s just a shame that the writing
department was as ill conceived as it was. But, perhaps you’re a highly
intelligent person and can differentiate fantasy from reality and past
from present. I for one can not!