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Sundance 2025 Review: THE UGLY STEPSISTER, Grim, Grotesque, Gory Take on the Brothers Grimm's Folktale

There’s a singularly cringe-inducing moment in Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt’s brilliantly conceived and vividly realized fairy/folk tale, The Ugly Stepsister (orig. Den stygge stesøsteren), where the doomed-to-fail title character, Elvira (Lea Myren), the subserviently obedient daughter of a ruthless, amoral social...