Emilie Blichfeldt's The Ugly Stepsister twists Cinderella into a bloody horror story about the pain and despair of trying to meet beauty standards.

"There's only one Cinderella, the rest of us are the ugly stepsister." By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Ugly Stepsister, Blichtfeldt’s debut feature — which premiered at Sundance ...

Cinderella herself is also afforded more agency ... I had to be more open and more curious about her after I found that moment.” “The Ugly Stepsister” has its Sundance debut in the middle ...

We feel the sadness, too. Maybe once upon a time we were supposed to identify with Cinderella, but the truth is that we’re all ugly stepsisters at heart. But what makes this picture so ...

Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt’s grotesque reworking of the Cinderella story creates a world where beauty is pain for some women, but life is pain for all of them.

The Ugly Stepsister” — the Cinderella-inspired horror that emerged from Sundance as one of the festival’s buzziest titles — ...

PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 24 (UPI) --The Ugly Stepsister, which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, embraces the darkness of the original Cinderella fairy tale. The Norwegian film ramps ...

Agnes is the Cinderella character here ... As comparisons go, “The Ugly Stepsister” boasts the same mix of lush visuals and irreverent sensibility that art-house audiences once found in ...

The Ugly Stepsister” works best when it’s not just merely tweaking but thoroughly elaborating on its source material.