Cinderella II: Dreams Come True was released on February 26, 2002, and received generally negative reviews from critics, though it was successful with its budget.
Plot
In the royal palace, Cinderella's mice friends Jaq and Gus head to a chamber where the Fairy Godmother is reading the story of Cinderella to the other mice. Much to their disappointment, Jaq and Gus arrive just as she has finished the story. With her help, the mice set off to make a new book to narrate what happens after the Happily Ever After, by stringing three segments of stories together into one narrative.
Aim to Please: Cinderella and the Prince return from their honeymoon, and Cinderella reunites with her mice friends and her dog Bruno. She is later put in charge of the palace banquets and parties while the King and the Prince are away. However, Cinderella is dissatisfied with the emphasis on tradition and decides to organize the upcoming party her own way. Although he initially seems to be shocked at Cinderella's changes, the King ends up satisfied with the party.
Tall Tail: Jaq thinks he is too small to help Cinderella in the palace as he used to do, so Fairy Godmother turns Jaq into a human so he can help out, but this does not stop Pom-Pom, the King’s royal cat, from chasing him around to eat him. After an incident with an elephant at a fair, Jaq learns to be happy with himself.
An Uncommon Romance: Anastasia, one of Cinderella's stepsisters, falls in love with a baker, of whom her mother Lady Tremaine and sister Drizella disapprove. Cinderella, unbeknownst to anyone else, arrives and secretly watches as Lady Tremaine berates Anastasia, thus leading her to help Anastasia in getting ready for the ball together, which ends successfully. Meanwhile, Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer falls in love with Pom-Pom. Jaq, Gus, and the rest of the mice agree to help him woo her, but on the condition that he stops chasing them. Lucifer manages to win Pom-Pom's heart, but he breaks his promise to hunt the mice with her. In the ensuing chase, the mice push a bucket of water on Pom Pom, and she dumps Lucifer out of spite as Jaq calls the deal off.
The mice finish their book, and they gather in front of the fire with Cinderella, who begins to read their story.
Russi Taylor as the Fairy Godmother, Drizella Tremaine, Mary Mouse, Beatrice, Countless Le Grande and Daphne. Fairy Godmother was voiced by Verna Felton in the original film. Drizella was voiced by Rhoda Williams in the first film
Frank Welker as Lucifer/Pom-Pom/Bruno. Lucifer was voiced by June Foray in the original film. Bruno was also voiced by MacDonald in the first film.
Soundtrack
The songs for the film were performed by Brooke Allison, and while a true soundtrack was never released, all the songs were included on the compilation album Disney's Princess Favorites, which was released shortly before the film. One song, Put It Together (Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo), was also included on the compilation album Superstar Hits, which was released shortly after the film.
Reception
Box office
The film surpassed the $120 million mark in home media.
The segment An Uncommon Romance, however, drew particular praise for developing Anastasia's character.
Release
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True was released on February 26, 2002, on DVD and VHS.[4] It was then re-released on December 18, 2007, as a special-edition DVD, going back in the Disney Vault on January 31, 2008. On November 20, 2012, the film was released with the other Cinderella sequel Cinderella III: A Twist in Time as a two-movie collection on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray. Both sequels along with the 'Diamond Edition' release of the original film returned to the Disney Vault on January 31, 2017.
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