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The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

07/03/2025 (DK)Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama1h 49m
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If the shoe dosen't fit...

Overview

In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Lea Myren

      Lea Myren

      Elvira

    2. Ane Dahl Torp

      Ane Dahl Torp

      Rebekka

    3. Thea Sofie Loch Næss

      Thea Sofie Loch Næss

      Agnes

    4. Flo Fagerli

      Flo Fagerli

      Alma

    5. Isac Calmroth

      Isac Calmroth

      Prince Julian

    6. Malte Gårdinger

      Malte Gårdinger

      Isak

    7. Ralph Carlsson

      Ralph Carlsson

      Otto

    8. Cecilia Forss

      Cecilia Forss

      Sophie von Kronenberg

    9. Katarzyna Herman

      Katarzyna Herman

      Madam Vanja

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 3, 2025

    Now I don’t suppose you’d have kicked “Prince Julian” (Isac Calmroth) out of bed for eating herring, but right from the start this apple of everyone’s eye looks distinctly dull! I’m not sure that the besotted “Elvira” (Lea Myren) realised that when she embarked on quite a tortuous make-over to turn her chubby and buck-toothed body into something that might turn the head of this royal highness, but needs must when the debt collectors are circling. This is probably the most grotesque take on the “Cinderella” story you are ever like to see, as it pretty graphically shows the life of this young gi...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageNorwegian

    Budget$4,250,000.00

    Revenue$884,602.00

    Keywords

    • satire
    • based on fairy tale
    • disturbed
    • beauty standards
    • desperate
    • stepmother stepdaughter relationship
    • independent film
    • body horror
    • psychological horror
    • horror
    • cinderella story
    • baffled
    • bold
    • exuberant
    • forceful
    • tragic