Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True is the first direct-to-video sequel to the 1950 Disney film Cinderella. It was released on February 26, 2002.

Cinderella II:
Dreams Come True
DVD cover art
Directed byJohn Kafka
Darrel Rooney
Produced byMary Thorne
Mary Alice Drumm
Written byJill E. Blotevogel
Tom Rogers
Jule Selbo
StarringJennifer Hale
Corey Burton
Russi Taylor
Christopher Daniel Barnes
Gina La Piana
Music byMichael Tavera
Edited byJulie Ann Lau
Production
company
Walt Disney Television Animation[1]
Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed byWalt Disney Home Entertainment
Release date
  • February 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million

Plot

In the royal palace, Cinderella's mice friends Gus and Jaq head to a chamber where the Fairy Godmother is reading the story of Cinderella to the other mice. Much to their disappointment, Gus and Jaq arrive just as she has finished the story. With her help, the mice set off to make a new book to narrate what happens after the Happily Ever After, by stringing three segments of stories together into one narrative.

In the first segment, Cinderella and Prince Charming return from their Honeymoon and Cinderella reunites with her mice friends and her dog Bruno. She is later put in charge of the palace banquets and parties while the King and Prince Charming are away. However, Cinderella is dissatisfied with the way the traditions are run and decides to organize the upcoming party in her own way. Although he seems to be shocked at seeing commoners, the King ends up satisfied with the party.

In the second segment, Jaq thinks he is too small to help Cinderella in the palace as he did in the first movie. The Fairy Godmother turns him into a human, named "Sir Hugh," so he can help out. However, this does not stop Pom Pom, the palace's cat, from chasing Jaq around. After an incident with an elephant at a fair, he learns to be happy with himself.

In the last segment, Anastasia, one of Cinderella's stepsisters, falls in love with a baker, which her mother Lady Tremaine and older sister Drizella disapprove of. Cinderella, unknown to anyone else, arrives and secretly watches as Lady Tremaine berates Anastasia, thus leading her to help Anastasia in getting ready for the ball together. Later at the ball, Anastasia thanks Cinderella for helping her. Lucifer also has an encounter with Pom Pom, the castle's cat, with whom he falls in love with.

The mice finish their book, and the movie ends as they gather in front of the fire with Cinderella who begins to read their story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The songs for the film were performed by Brooke Allison, and while a true soundtrack was never released, all the songs were included on the compilation album Disney's Princess Favorites, which was released shortly before the film.

Reception

While the movie did surpass the $120 million mark, critical reception was mainly negative. Many critics agreed that it looked like pieced together remains of a rejected television series, akin to Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World and Atlantis: Milo's Return.[2] On Rotten Tomatoes it currently holds an 11% approval rating based on 9 reviews.[3]

Release

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True was released on February 26, 2002 on DVD and VHS.[4] It was then re-released on December 18, 2007 as a special edition DVD, going back in the Disney Vault on January 31, 2008. On November 20, 2012, the film was released with the other Cinderella sequel Cinderella III: A Twist in Time as a 2-Movie collection on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray. Both sequels along with the Diamond Edition release of the original film returned to the Disney Vault on January 31, 2017.

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References
  1. https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b87adae41
  2. LVJeff reviews: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II; Cinderella II: Dreams Come True Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. CINDERELLA II: DREAMS COME TRUE (2002) @ Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved December 23, 2019
  4. "Cinderella II: Dreams Come True DVD Review". Ultimate Disney. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
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