Fairy tale movie strives for fairy tale finish

From: Redlands Daily Facts | Date: January 11, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Fairy tales dictate that good always triumphs over evil. Fairy tale characters are always blessed to live "happily ever after."

So what happens when the scales are tilted, and the cursed bad guys are in control? Rumpelstiltskin absconds with a baby, the prince fails to fall for Cinderella, Rapunzel's hair is no longer really reliable, and ' things simply go awry in Fairy Tale Land.

Cinderella adopts the nickname "Ella" in Lions Gate Films' "Happily N'Ever After," in which the grand wizard who constantly monitors the balance between good and evil goes on vacation, leaving Fairy Tale Land's ...

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