Happily N'Ever After

Name: Happily N'Ever After
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: January 5, 2007
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 28
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar

2007

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Lionsgate | Release Date: January 5, 2007

Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar

Summary: In this animated comedy an alliance of evil-doers attempts to take over Fairly Tale Land, let the bad guys win and turn the ending of all the stories to "Happily N’Ever After." (Lionsgate)

Director: Paul Bolger and Yvette Kaplan

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 87 min

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Variety - Peter Debruge

Colorful, crowd-pleasing toon. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Maitland McDonagh

In all, it's a peculiar mishmash, simultaneously bland and suggestive. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington

Happily was begun as an old-fashioned 2-D "flat" cartoon and then switched by producer John Williams (of "Shrek") and director Paul J. Bolger to 3-D during production. The style finally is an uncomfortable amalgam of both. Read full review

Chicago Reader - Jonathan Rosenbaum

The rationale behind this unattractive animated comedy, a U.S.-German coproduction, seems to be that since it can't create a fairy-tale world of its own, it might as well riffle through many of the more familiar ones, with particular emphasis on Cinderella's, pretending to deconstruct them with postmodernist glosses, adolescent wisecracks, and a few high-tech anachronisms. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

N'ever was an apostrophe so misplaced, n'ever was the prospect of good cheer so perversely defeated.

New York Post - Lou Lumenick

An ugly, unfunny, headache-inducing fairy-tale spoof. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Marc Savlov

If you really want the kids to see a colorfully cryptic meta fairy tale, be subversive and go rent 'em some Alejandro Jodorowsky. No child deserves Happily N'Ever After. Read full review

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Bullet97

Aug 16, 2010

I'm probably the only person in the world who likes this movie. I know everyone else hates this, and I admit I can see why they hate it. But I liked it. Good cast, decent animation, and neat twist. It does rip-off Shrek, though.

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PnArdyPnArdy

May 13, 2007

Not so impressing, but cute 3d animation. Funny storyline, alternative fairy tale style. Loved it.

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Creepers200

Jan 8, 2017

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Zilcell

Mar 17, 2012

By no means is it a masterpiece. Not nearly as good as Shrek, but it entertained me.

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KrabsAbs

Nov 23, 2016

This film did not entertain me at all!! The film that entertained me more was Arthur and The Invisibles with Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg, Mia Farrow and David Bowie. Arthur and The Invisbles, Shrek and Hoodwinked are far more superior than this clustery scrap metal. IThis film did not entertain me at all!! The film that entertained me more was Arthur and The Invisibles with Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg, Mia Farrow and David Bowie. Arthur and The Invisbles, Shrek and Hoodwinked are far more superior than this clustery scrap metal. I give this movie 41.7%.… Expand

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DaveM.

Jan 5, 2007

A childish piece of garbage that contains impressive animation a cheap laughs. Nothing phenemomenal. Sure to be a flop. Nice idea, but overall a stinker. LionsGate should not make animated Movies. Leave that two the five central studio animation leaders- 20th Century Fox (Ice Age, Happy A childish piece of garbage that contains impressive animation a cheap laughs. Nothing phenemomenal. Sure to be a flop. Nice idea, but overall a stinker. LionsGate should not make animated Movies. Leave that two the five central studio animation leaders- 20th Century Fox (Ice Age, Happy Feet), Dreamworks (Shrek, Shrek 2), Disney (The Incredibles, Finding Nemo), Paramount (Spongebob SquarePants Movie) and Pixar (Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Cars)...LionsGate cannot match up to those 5 and they prove it in this rubbish film. For now we must wait for Shrek 3.… Expand

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guy!

Aug 12, 2007

Poor acting, bad animation, utterly stupid, 'nuff said.

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