TY  - GEN
AU  - Bolger,Paul J.
AU  - Carlin, George. 
AU  - John Di Maggio
AU  - Andy Dick
AU  - Sarah Michelle Gellar
AU  - Lisa Kaplan
AU  - Jill Talley
AU  - Tom Kenny
AU  - Tress MacNeille
AU  - Michael McShane
AU  - Rob Paulsen
AU  - Jon Polito
AU  - Freddie Prinze Jr
AU  - Phil Proctor
AU  - Wallace Shawn
AU  - Kath Soucie
TI  - Happily N'ever After 
AV  - DVD 005168 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - USA
KW  - Animation
KW  - Comedy
KW  - Family
N1  - With the success of Shrek, more irreverent animated fairy tales (like Hoodwinked) were inevitable. Unfortunately, the original blockbuster set the bar so high--for characterization, humor, and heart--that other such 'toons are sure to seem redundant. Neither as clever nor as intricately rendered as the tale of the great green ogre, Happily N'Ever After is no exception. That said, small children may find it easier to follow, i.e. no Matrix references. As with the live-action Ella Enchanted, the CGI-animated story revolves around a downtrodden lass named Ella (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Her full name, naturally, is Cinderella. The man of her dreams is pea-brained Prince Humperdink (Patrick Warburton). Little does she know that royal dishwasher Rick (Freddie Prinze Jr., Gellar's real-life husband) has his eye on her. When the Wizard (George Carlin) goes off on a golfing vacation, he leaves bumbling assistants Munk (Wallace Shawn) and Mambo (Andy Dick) in charge. In no time at all, they get into a scuffle, and Ella's evil stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver), swoops in to take control of Fairy Tale Land. Her first order of business: Let the bad guys win. Consequently, Sleeping Beauty continues to doze, the Seven Dwarves wind up in jail, etc. Ella joins forces with Rick to set things right. Along the way, she realizes that the lowly lad has more princely qualities than the actual prince, and Frieda's reign turns out to be shorter than intended. It's not a bad idea, but the movie drags and the tunes are unmemorable. --Kathleen C. Fenne
UR  - http://imdb.com/title/tt0308353
ER  -