This movie was so bad that my wife, who loves the sappiest Christmas movies, fast-forwarded thru most of this one. Where to begin?
1. The aside from the lead character and her friend, the acting is way overdone.
2. Autotuned musical numbers. Nuff said.
3. Laughable villains. The "steps" come off as idiotic and predictable, not cruel and conniving, and definitely not funny. This is not Angelica Huston's or Care Blanchett's "Stepmother", and the stepsisters are utterly forgettable. Even Jane Lynch's portrayal was better.
4. The common sense and logical errors are comically bad. Using a snow globe to prove your identity? Joy wears a dress tailored to fit Kat, who is at least 6" shorter than her? And who gets a "only two of these exist" gold bracelet on an expedition to the North Pole? But the best is...
5. The "prince" can't tell who "Cinderella" is because she wears elf ears, a hat, and a pink wig. Seriously, this is a thing in this movie. He can't recognize his Starbucks barista in an elf getup that wouldn't fool Mr. Magoo and apparently neither can his friends because they don't make the connection until she loses her hat and wig. No mask, no fake nose, no disguising makeup- everyone can see her face plain as day. I hope for their sake that face blindness isn't contagious in their universe.
Overall, I rate this movie as a Twinkie: prepackaged, overprocessed, full of saccharine fluff, and memorable only for how bad it was.
Overall, I rate this movie as a Twinkie: prepackaged, overprocessed, full of saccharine fluff, and memorable only for how bad it was.