In the modern world the need for and believe in Fairy Godmothers have disappeared and now the school for Fairy Godmothers is to be shut down and they will all be retrained as Tooth fairies. Everyone except the youngest Godmother in training, Eleanor, accepts their new fate. Eleanor has never Godmothered anyone and is not ready to give up her dream. She desperately searches the achieves and finds a single missed letter requesting a Godmothers help. Without any hesitation Eleanor travels through the portal to the human world to help this child find happy ever after and show that the world is still in need of Godmothers.
Godmothered is modern non-fairy tale fairy tale created for Disney+. We follow the Fairy Godmother instead of the female protagonist/"princess" and it shows us some of the problems with a fairy tale set in modern times. For example it is very keen on questioning the way we see the "princess" and what is needed in order to create the "happily ever after". It does not say that the classic formula for a fairy tale is wrong it just want to remind us that there are other ways to make a fairy tale. And that sometimes it takes more for the "happily ever after" than giving the female protagonist a new dress and send her off to meet a prince. I unfortunately feel like the writers or producers or creators are also taking a step back from this and trying not to be too serious about it. The movie is a comedy for the entire family but it is filled with many silly moments and this makes it feel like they are trying to distract us from really thinking about what it is they are saying. It is like someone wants to say something important but does not dare so they tell it as a stupid joke and hopes somebody else will step up to the plate. The story is good but it could have been exceptional if it had been made in a more serious tone and there had been put more pathos into the storytelling.
The story is sweet and easy to watch and even though the idea behind it is important I will only give it three out of five stars. I do not think it was given the emotional depth or seriousness it needs. The story was not allowed to live up to its full potential.
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