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January 05, 2007
Happily N'Ever After
(out of four)
Opening the first Friday in January, Happily N'Ever After marks a New Year's resolution of sorts, kicking off 2007 with a shift away from talking-animal toons. Yet, this underwhelming entry is a kind of equally overused fairy tale revisionism, this time depicting what might happen to all such tales if Cinderella's wicked stepmother took control. Happily even shares a producer with Shrek (John H. Williams). Still, this colorful, crowd-pleasing toon is likely to deliver, if Lionsgate can take a page from the Weinstein Co.'s Hoodwinked playbook by adding marketing muscle and a wide release to its modest investment.
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