History YMMV / EverAfter

* DawsonCasting: Drew Barrymore was 23 when she played the 18-year-old Danielle.
** Dougray Scott (who was 33) as well. Given that Prince Henry was meant to be only a few years older than Danielle (perhaps anywhere between 20-25) it's a rather bizarre casting choice.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[spoiler: Henry's interrupted wedding to Princess Gabriela, who can't do anything by sob and plead in her mother tongue]] is half this, half CrossesTheLineTwice. It's even better when [[spoiler: Henry calls off the wedding and lets Gabriela go to the guy she loves (one of the courtiers)... and then the Spanish Royal couple ''start bitching at each other... and in Spanish too''.]]
** This really snarky piece of dialogue between the King, Rodmilla and Jacqueline [[spoiler: when Rodmilla and Marguerite are called upon the Royal Couple's presence and unmasked as Danielle's abusers]].
-->'''The King''': Good Lord! Do they always behave like this?
-->'''Jacqueline:''' Worse!... Your Majesty.
-->'''Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent:''' Jacqueline, ''darling'', I should hate to think ''you'' had anything to do with this.
-->'''Jacqueline:''' [''[[SarcasmMode sarcastically]]''] Of course not, Mother. [[IronicEcho I'm only here for the food.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: After Danielle punches Marguerite for insulting her dead mother, Marguerite steals Danielle's copy of "Utopia", the last thing her father gave her before he died. She gives Danielle a SadisticChoice: the book gets burned, or Marguerite gets the shoes that belonged to her dead mother, the only memento Danielle has of her. After some thought, she silently hands the shoes over to her. That alone would be pretty rotten, but Marguerite crosses the MoralEventHorizon when she intentionally burns the book anyway just out of spite at Danielle's punching her. Then the step-mother crosses it when she holds a tearful Danielle and forces her to watch the book burn after she tried to save it. After that scene, there was no way either of these characters could gain any sympathy in the eyes of the audience. But Danielle is still whipped afterwards.

** This really snarky piece of dialogue between the King, Rodmilla and Jacqueline [[spoiler: when Rodmilla and Marguerite are called upon the Royal Couple's presence and unmasked as Danielle's abusers]]

** Rodmilla truly crosses it near the end. Right after Danielle has been rejected and publicly humiliated, the horrible woman comes over and taunts Danielle mercilessly, and when a tearful Danielle begs Rodmilla to tell her if there was ever any love, even for a moment. Rodmilla's response? [[spoiler: How could anyone love a pebble in their shoe?]] And the bitch CrossesTheLineTwice ''right afterwards'' by happily [[selling Danielle into slavery! Immediately after saying such a cruel thing to her]]!

-->'''The King''': "Good Lord! Do they always behave like this?"
-->'''Jacqueline:''' "Worse, Your Majesty!"
-->'''Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent:''' "Jacqueline, ''darling'', I should hate to think ''you'' had anything to do with this."
-->'''Jacqueline:''' [''[[SarcasmMode sarcastically]]''] "Of course not, Mother. [[IronicEcho I'm only here for the food.]]"

* MoralEventHorizon: After Danielle punches Marguerite for insulting her dead mother, Marguerite steals Danielle's copy of "Utopia" the last thing her father gave her before he died. She gives Danielle a choice, the book gets burned, or Marguerite gets the shoes that belonged to her dead mother, the only memento Danielle has of her. After some thought, she silently hands the shoes over to her. That alone would be pretty rotten, but Marguerite crosses the MoralEventHorizon when she intentionally burns the book anyway just out of spite at Danielle's punching her. Then the step-mother crosses it when she holds a tearful Danielle and forces her to watch the book burn after she tried to save it. After that scene, there was no way either of these characters could gain any sympathy in the eyes of the audience Danielle is still whipped afterwards.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Da Vinci's "walking on water" scene isn't exactly convincing -- it's obvious he's walking on something solid that's just below the water.
* TearJerker:
** Danielle's [[spoiler:father's death scene]].
** Maurice's reunion with his wife early in the movie
** Danielle's book gets burned. The look of absolute anguish on Danielle's face as she has to choose between the shoes (her one gift from her mother, and the only way she can remember her) or her copy of ''Utopia'' (her one gift from her father, and the only way she can remember him), and then how broken she looks as she gives up the shoes; only to see Marguerite [[KickTheDog throw the book into the fire anyway]]. Barrymore/Danielle gives a heartbreaking scream as she reaches for the book, and then just as the audience feels a HopeSpot, the Baronness restrains Danielle and forces her to watch it burn.
** The incident at the Masque
--->[[spoiler:"DO NOT address me so informal, Madame!"]]
*** This scene hits it's lowest note when he belittles her even more.
---->[[spoiler:"And you...are just like THEM [the scheming courtiers]."]]

* MoralEventHorizon: After Danielle punches Marguerite for insulting her dead mother, Marguerite steals Danielle's copy of "Utopia" the last thing her father gave her before he died. She gives Danielle a choice, the book gets burned, or Marguerite gets the shoes that belonged to her dead mother, the only memento Danielle has of her. After some thought, she silently hands the shoes over to her. That alone would be pretty rotten, but Marguerite crosses the MoralEventHorizon when she intentionally burns the book anyway just out of spite at Danielle's punching her. Then the step-mother crosses it when she holds a tearful Danielle and forces her to watch the book burn after she tried to save it. After that scene, there was no way either of these characters could gain any sympathy in the eyes of the audience.
** Don't forget the fact that Danielle is still whipped afterwards.

** This troper always had a hard time getting through Danielle's [[spoiler:father's death scene]].
** Maurice's reunion with his wife early in the movie always gets this Troper, for some reason.
** This troper can't even ''watch'' the scene where Danielle's book gets burned.
*** Agreed. The look of absolute anguish on Danielle's face as she has to choose between the shoes (her one gift from her mother, and the only way she can remember her) or her copy of ''Utopia'' (her one gift from her father, and the only way she can remember him), and then how broken she looks as she gives up the shoes; only to see Marguerite [[KickTheDog throw the book into the fire anyway]]. Barrymore/Danielle gives a heartbreaking scream as she reaches for the book, and then just as the audience feels a HopeSpot, the Baronness restrains Danielle and forces her to watch it burn.
** The incident at the Masque has always reduced this troper to InelegantBlubbering.

---->[[spoiler:"And you...are just like THEM [the scheming courtiers]."]]
** On a more "positive" *TearJeker note, this troper absolutely loves the scene where Henry proposes, and usually cries through it.

-->'''The King''': "Good Lord! Do they always behave like this?

* CrowningMomentofFunny: [[spoiler: Henry's interrupted wedding to Princess Gabriela, who can't do anything by sob and plead in her mother tongue]] is half this, half CrossesTheLineTwice. It's even better when [[spoiler: Henry calls off the wedding and lets Gabriela go to the guy she loves (one of the courtiers)... and then the Spanish Royal couple ''start bitching at each other... and in Spanish too''.]]

-->'''Jacqueline:''' "Worse, Your Mejesty!"

*** Agreed. The look of absolute anguish on Danielle's face as she has to chose between the shoes (her one gift from her mother, and the only way she can remember her) or her copy of ''Utopia'' (her one gift from her father, and the only way she can remember him), and then how broken she looks as she gives up the shoes; only to see Marguerite [[KickTheDog throw the book into the fire anyway]]. Barrymore/Danielle gives a heartbreaking scream as she reaches for the book, and then just as the audience feels a HopeSpot, the Baronness restrains Danielle and forces her to watch it burn.

* CrowningMomentofFunny: [[spoiler: Henry's interrupted wedding to Princess Gabirela, who can't do anything by sob and plead in her mother tongue]] is half this, half CrossesTheLineTwice. It's even better when [[spoiler: Henry calls off the wedding and lets Gabriela go to the guy she loves (one of the courtiers)... and then the Spanish Royal couple ''start bitching at each other... and in Spanish too''.]]

* CrowningMomentofFunny: [[spoiler: Henry's interrupted wedding to a Spanish princess who can't do anything by sob and plead in her mother tongue]] is half this, half CrossesTheLineTwice.

---->[[spoiler:"And you...are just like THEM (commoners)."]]
---->[[spoiler:This troper thought THEM referred to the scheming courtiers. Agreed it's definitely a low blow!.]]

-->[[spoiler:"DO NOT address me so informal, Madame!"]]

-->[[spoiler:"And you...are just like THEM (commoners)."]]
-->[[spoiler:This troper thought THEM referred to the scheming courtiers. Agreed it's definitely a low blow!.]]

*** Agreed. The look of absolute anguish on Danielle's face as she has to chose between the shoes (her one gift from her mother, and the only way she can remember her) or her copy of ''Utopia'' (her one gift from her father, and the only way she can remember him), and then how broken she looks as she gives up the shoes; only to see Marguerite throw the book into the fire. Barrymore/Danielle gives a heartbreaking scream as she reaches for the book, and then just as the audience feels a HopeSpot, the Baronness restrains Danielle and forces her to watch it burn.