Three of the Most Underrated Fairy Tale Standalone Films Of All Time
(to me)
1. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Obvious classic, literally a Cinderella retelling but the best one that exists. I am aware that it is already Highly Rated, but NOT highly enough. If you haven't seen it, please sign up for: amazing beautiful costuming, beautiful woman (Drew Barrymore) being amazing and smart, a delightful platonic male bff who is under appreciated even amongst the fans of the film (huge shoutout to Gustave), and also Da Vinci is there. Yes, that Da Vinci. Also the romance is good.
2. August Rush
A long-time favorite of mine that I NEVER see mentioned. Few people I know have heard of it, and that's a tragedy. If you haven't seen it, please sign up for: amazing beautiful soundtrack, found family (in more ways than one), directed by a woman!, baby Freddie Highmore if you like him, an Irish accent that has become my primary stim before and will again, and Robin Williams (RIP king) as a morally gray antagonist. He does a beautiful job and I rarely see him in roles this nuanced and where he's not playing a protagonist or hero of some sort.
3. This Beautiful Fantastic
This one is newer to me! Shoutout my mother-in-law for introducing me to it, it's really lovely and I would like to see it again several more times. If you haven't seen it, please sign up for: female lead with (from my limited knowledge) inoffensive portrayal of OCD / other stuff as well, WHIMSY and really fun costuming that subtly reminds you this is a fairy tale, found family AGAIN, a steampunk-esque inventor, and of course, Andrew Vernon (of Moriarty fame) as a lovely Irish single father and cook who is very charming (also shoutout to this film for having them speak Gaelic some!).










