They tried to do a rendition of classic and didn't come out too well. The ballet is pretty. Caron, as usual, is strikingly beautiful. However those are the highest points. They make the Ella (Cinderella) character seem like she has developmental or mental issues.. She doesn't seem to understand normal day to day interactions or behaviors, throws tantrums and they made her talk in a deeper slow cadence. Somewhat disappointed. This Ella character just wasn't up to snuff especially for Caron. Also, Wilding seems too old to be the prince. I guess my expectations were just too high. If I was 10 I may have liked it but as an adult it's not my favorite.

when i was a little girl,i saw this movie. It took me years to find it again. i even didn't know the name of the movie. But now, i found it . First，I called her the Cinderella of short hair (Bingle Cinderella) ,and wrote some questions in the internet, but there was no one know the name of the movie . when i almost give up to seek it，i am told that you can find the movie in IMDb .：）the glass slipper is romantic comedy and told us a story about a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances which suddenly change to remarkable fortune. I can't find the DVD of this movie. I just want to watch it again. Isthere somebody can help me ?

This is an interesting retelling of the story of Cinderella--interesting because the story is quite different from the French or German or Disney versions. For instance, Cinderella is NOT a very nice person in this film. As a result of being made fun of for her frumpy appearance, she is a rather short-tempered person--making her more complex and interesting compared to the perfect version in the Disney film. Her sisters, too, are NOT ugly--just vain and self-centered. It's also nice because unlike the traditional story, this one is much more romantic--and this is probably the best aspect of the movie. Seeing Leslie Caron in love scenes with the Price (though she thought the character played by Michael Wilding was just a cook) was delightful. The only serious problem with the film were some of the dance sequences. The dream sequence with the ballet just went on way too long and I am sure it tended to alienate many in the audience---I know it did that for me. In many ways, this sequence was so long and overdone it reminded me of the big dance scene from "An American in Paris"--which you either love or you hate (guess which applies to me!). As for the acting, Caron is her usual wonderful self and she made the film a delight. I also adored Estelle Winwood--she made for a very funny and more human sort of fairy godmother--wonderful and very, very different.This is a hard one to rate. While I loved the film (it really melted my heart), it should have been tightened up by either eliminating or trimming all the fantasy dance sequences, as they tended to make the plot grind to a halt.

Leslie Caron deservedly became an international star at a young age for very similar performances in other movies yet the Glass Slipper did not provide a vehicle which matched her talents. Its failings become obvious early on - its at times ponderous wordiness, the excision of the magical elements and their replacement by prosaic matter-of-factness, the underplaying of her mistreatment at the hands of her step mother and sisters - all together entirely blunt the dramatic edge of this perennially popular fairy-tale. The choreography is uninspired yet accompanied by a musical score whose constantly emphatic highs and lows are not at all justified by the visuals. Michael Wilding (the Prince) has little to do during a number of the dance numbers other than to stand smiling at (Cinder)Ella. The Fairie God Mother is replaced by an unattractive kleptomaniac bag-lady who sleeps rough and, not to put too fine a point on it, consequently one is inclined to wonder about her personal hygiene. Odd directorial gaffes occur like the dreamt giant cake which grows to the size and appearance of a large snowman then abruptly jump cuts to its final version - a 30 foot tall finely featured wedding-cake. The Glass Slipper makes one appreciate the consummate crowd-pleasing professionalism of the early Disney productions.British actor Barry Jones is surprisingly sprightly, comic and effective in his role - in utter contrast to many of his other screen roles which tended towards the extremely doom-laden. The great Elsa Lanchester does her best as do most of the others of a sterling cast but fight a losing battle against director and writer. So curious that it had been this pairing who had been responsible just two years earlier for Leslie Caron's magical and charming film: Lili.