Film: Cinderalla II (sequel)

Though a sequel usually is never as good as the original film, Cinderella (the sequel) exhibits the high caliber of morals which every parent aims to instill in their children- females especially.  This film also portrays the reality of "happily ever after" and that it is only "happily ever after" after hard work and maintenance.  This film includes the "ugly" step sisters, one of whom, Cinderella finds the good in despite her cruelty, and Cinderella truly seeks to serve her by helping her find happiness.  Cinderella sees that her step sister is interested in a young man, who is a baker, but poor- something her step Mother would never allow for her high class daughter.  Cinderella takes her step sister under her wing and teaches her to smile more, care less about appearances and that the temporal wealth of the one she loves is of little concern if she could but find love and happiness (and therefore grow as a person).  The movie portrays that a person can change, such as did the "ugly" step sister and she was beautiful for her kinder demeanor even if she had not always been that way.  Overall the moral Disney portrays is that a woman is beautiful and rewarded for her kindness, for being true to herself and by having charity for others.  Though Cinderella is in a new world completely outside of what she is used to, she makes the best of it.  The main example of this is when she was getting "princess lessons" and was told that royalty does not associate with commoners, she finally digs deep inside of who she is and realizes that her Prince married her for who she was, not what she was supposed to be to fit some image.  She steps outside and lets who she is shine and is loving and charitable to all, and is rewarded by positive reactions from her husband and father-in-law.

Cinderella 2 is unlike most Disney princess movies in this respect- that we get to see what "happily ever after" truly is, that it is not living in mere bliss at all moments- but struggling at times and almost never without some sort of affliction to work through and grow- certainly this movie depicts an important gospel principles pertaining to marriage and love and charity.

Even for moms that are anti-Disney-princess movies for little girls (and even boys), I would recommend reconsidering this film in particular- and even so for young boys, to instill in them to look for a woman (at the appropriate time) who cares for the important things of life- like serving others and showing kindness and exhibiting more inner beauty even if she possesses outer beauty, such as Cinderella.