I Watched Amazon's Girlboss 'Cinderella' So You Don't Have To
The newest in a long line of Cinderella adaptations, Amazon’s Cinderella (2021) prizes girlbossification above the very story it tries to adapt.

In a world where the municipality offers people the possibility to get to know their fate, ROSA shows up at the fate office to get a clarification about her future. Rosa is in her early 30s and enjoys her free and chaotic lifestyle while looking down a bit on those who have “properly” grown up. Rosa is mostly concerned with whether her finances will finally get under control, but when she learns that she will never find the love of her life, it suddenly triggers new thoughts. Will Rosa succeed in breaking her fate? And is that even what she wants?
The newest in a long line of Cinderella adaptations, Amazon’s Cinderella (2021) prizes girlbossification above the very story it tries to adapt.
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“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.