Good movie but grossly overrated

Excellent adaptation.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

i just love Disney musicals. i know this didn't start out "Disneyized", it, of course, started out on stage in the early 60's with Burnett in the Princess Winnifred role. i even saw the televised version with Burnett as a kid ( i loved that too), but now that i've seen this wonderfully "Disneyish" and light-hearted version i find it impossible now to think of 'Mattress' as anything but pure Disney.i first saw this version on the 'Wonderful World of Disney' when it premiered several years ago. i was lucky enough to see a short intro. scene with Carol Burnett, a little girl, and the Disney princesses looking around Disneyland,Ca for Princess Winnifred. it was great.everything about this production is so romantic and sweet it's hard to imagine anyone not warming to it's pleasing congeniality. but there are always a few hard-butts in the crowd. also anyone not understanding why this version stands out or why it should have been made is being a little obtuse and silly. this production stands above simply because it has the involvement and blessing of Carol Burnett herself. the original Winnifred. so those fans that don't understand this,"HELLO".people should stop sharpening their knives so much and stop attacking things that are nice and good for you. it doesn't make you sound like a professional critic by always being too cynical. lighten up please.i find it interesting to note that when this first came out and i was so sure this was a great adaptation, but others were not convinced, i think it's my vindication to point out how big it's two young stars, Matthew Morrison and Zooey Deschanel, have become since then. Deschanel even has her own pop/rock band. i told everybody so.i find it interesting how a little off-Broadway sex comedy could become so perfect for Disney. i think it's because Disney turns it from an adult music comedy into a full out fairy tale. it's about time Disney did the 'Princess and the pea' fairy story and 'Mattress' is the best way for Disney to tell it. it turned out so right for them.i hope someday that Disney has the sense to release a version of 'Mattress' with the Carol Burnett intro at Disneyland, ca that i saw on the 'Wonderful World of Disney'. maybe then would some people get it through their thickness that this is 'Disney' music magic at it's finest.

I love Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, fairy tales, and musical productions. I looked forward to this new production. I was surprised, upset, and disappointed with the storyline about Lady Larken and Sir Harry. Lady Larken and Sir Harry the Immaculate are not married and are expecting a baby. That is the reason given for the urgency for the Prince to marry. Teenage pregnancy is a problem in this country and Disney made it "ok". VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!! Why would Disney stoop to "messing with" a fairy tale? Why the continuing "dumbing down" of fairy tales to fit our current morals (or lack thereof)? Disney used to stand for quality and there used to be a certain "standard". Why has the Disney Company lowered itself to "fit in" with suggestive and sexual story lines. I taught school for over 30 years and my eighth graders were bombarded by sex from all directions....now Disney has joined the others.....WHY??? Disney used to stand for certain standards...what happened????

I remember the TV presentation of Once Upon a Mattress in which Carol Burnett was Princess Winifred, and loved it. I also loved Tracey Ullman when she had her innovative show on Fox years ago. There is a magic about her making her really the only choice for a role Carol Burnett owns.It is really perfection to have Prince Dauntless and Princess Winifred middle aged, or at least beyond their first bloom of youth. The plight of the prince seeking a wife is more poignant thinking of him waiting for 10 or 20 years for his mom to approve of a wife for him. Only thing is, Carol Burnett looks too young to have such an old son! It was so nice to have a reprise of the show. Somehow I remember the original as having more songs, at least more something. I wish they would make the original available either on TV or on DVD.

As a fan of the musical, I was terribly disappointed at the Disneyfied TV version. First off, it appeared to me that it was simply a vehicle for Carol Burnett. Her costumes far outshone all others, her acting was way over the top, her singing (which was never good to begin with) was worse than usual, and to add insult to injury, they deleted better songs and added a new one for La Burnett.Tracey Ullman was far too old for Winnifred, Dennis O'Hare was far too fey for Dauntless, the girl who played Larkin was so boring that I can't even remember her name. Each time she and Matthew Morrison came on screen, I fast forwarded.As someone who would like to see more musicals shown on television, I thought this was a poor example. Boring, Boring, Boring.They should have shown this to Winnifred ... it would have knocked her right out!