The rest of the supporting cast are uniformly great. Angelica Huston really adds the evil to the "evil stepmother". His eyes are opened to the world he lives in by this passionate girl. Dougray Scott is a fine handsome Prince, a thinker as well as a fighter. You cheer when she renders justice to her oppressors. You ache for her as her world seems to fall apart when Prince Henry learns the truth.
You laugh when she first hits the Prince with an apple (pretty good shot, too!). She handles the comedy as ably as the romance. She delivers on the promise she demonstrated as a youngster and brings those Barrymore genes to life. The accent is a bit distracting, but she is consistent with it, unlike certain Robin Hood's I could name. Drew Barrymore delivers her best performance ever. King Arthur wouldn't have worn plate armor, either. Sure, there are errors in history and anachronisms but, it's a fairy tale. It brings the romance of the story fully to life and touches the heart. It was beautiful, funny, thoughtful, smart, and wonderful. Imagine my surprise when I watched it on video. A filmmaker decided to do another rendition of Cinderella and what a beautiful rendition it is! Cinderella was always my favorite fairy tale, but this movie, at first, looked like yet another poor updating. Maurice: I thought I was looking at your mother!ĭanielle: Meet me at the bridge.ĭanielle: Prepare the horses, we will leave at once. Henry: Really! Well then by all means, enlighten us.ĭanielle: If you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners corrupted from infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded, sire, but that you first make thieves and then punish them? It's my job to take these criminals and thieves to the coast.ĭanielle: A servant is not a thief, your Highness, and those who are cannot help themselves. Henry: You dare raise your voice to a lady, sir?Ĭargomaster: Your Highness! F-forgive me, Sire. He's now the property of Cartier.ĭanielle: He is not property at *all*, you ill-mannered tub of guts! Do you honestly think it right to chain people like chattel? I demand you release him at once! Now drive on!ĭanielle: I demand you release him at once, or I shall take this matter to the King!Ĭargomaster: The King's the one who sold him. He is my servant, and I am here to pay the debt against him.Ĭargomaster: You're too late, he's bought and paid for.ĭanielle: I can pay you twenty gold francs.Ĭargomaster: Madame, you can have me for twenty gold francs. Danielle: I wish to address the issue of this gentleman.