Once Upon A Mattress (DVD, 2005)

Despite noble efforts by Tracey Ullman & Carol Burnett, this is a Disneyfied, homogenized, watered down, and snail-paced "pablum" version of what was once a fast-paced, rib splittingly funny show. They won't re-release either the 1964 monochrome telecast [the best] or the 1970 color remake [second best] but force this vastly inferior verson upon us. No, this show isn't for kids, it never was. It was meant as the "adult version" of the fairy tale. Try to find someone with a copy of the original if you can... it's an experience not to be missed! This DVD, however, IS an offering you can easily miss.

This is one of the cutest movies. It's not for everyone, but if you like musicals and you want a fun movie on a rainy day, this is the one. I had fun watching my Dad, who is 94 years young, watching this movie. It is a welcome part of my DVD library. Thank You.

If they had Carol Burnett T.V. crew on this show it would have been great. I can see Tim Conway as the prince and Harvey Korman as the king. Tracy was pretty good and the dance scenes were pretty funny. Most of the songs were upbeat and the lyrics crazy. There are a couple of scenes that were not needed which is why only 3 stars, and it didn't do a thing for the movie. Hell-lywood thrives on moral filth and they just had to use it to get some sick laughs. +JMJ+

My teenage children love this movie! Carol Burnett plays her part really well and Tracey Ullman is funny!

I loved this musical from the minute I watched a production of it by my university theatre department. I then discovered that Sarah Jessica Parker had done a broadway revival, listened to the CD recording of that and fell in love even more. I then went and bought the original Carol Burnett version, and still preferred SJP.

I bought this dvd only because of my love for the musical itself. The DVD doesn't really have much that I can rave about or recommend. For me, Carol Burnett does NOT shine as Aggravain and Tracey Ullman's Winifred paled in comparison to SJP (and I really am not an SJP fan in general!). It's a disney production so there's a fair amount of cheese, and I can't say that it's particularly suitable for younger kids. They also skipped some of my favourite pieces from the musical (many moons, yesterday I loved you) and threw in a new bit for Carol Burnett (baby of mine) that I felt didn't mesh well with the feel/style of the other numbers. They also ruined "spanish panic".
I only rated this dvd good because I love the musical so much, and because zooey deschanel's vocals were surprisingly good!