Enchanted
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The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
What critics thought
A mostly charmed reception greeted this Disney self-parody, with critics converging on Amy Adams as the film's indispensable engine — several called her performance career-making — while praising the musical numbers and the film's deft balance of sincerity and self-awareness. Dissent was real though: a handful of critics found the corporate gloss suffocating and the finale, built around a CGI dragon, a drag even for fans.
“heart-winning musical comedy that skips lightly and sprightly from the lily pads of hope to the manhole covers of actuality”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“though it's a fairly predictable fish-out-of-water tale (actually a princess-out-of-storybook saga), the casting is so perfect that it takes what could have been a ho-hum idea and renders it magical.”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“piquant idea and enough good jokes to overcome its uneven movie-making and uncertain tone”
Michael Sragow·The Baltimore Sun
“assumes a beady-eyed and deeply humourless sentimentality”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Kevin LimaDirector
Amy AdamsGiselle
Patrick DempseyRobert Philip
James MarsdenPrince Edward
Timothy SpallNathaniel
Idina MenzelNancy Tremaine
Rachel CoveyMorgan Philip
Susan SarandonQueen Narissa
Julie AndrewsNarrator (voice)
Jeff BennettPip in Andalasia (voice)Kevin LimaPip in New York (voice)
Teala DunnBunny (voice)
Alan MenkenComposer
Rita HsiaoWriter
Don BurgessCinematographyEnchanted
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
What critics thought
A mostly charmed reception greeted this Disney self-parody, with critics converging on Amy Adams as the film's indispensable engine — several called her performance career-making — while praising the musical numbers and the film's deft balance of sincerity and self-awareness. Dissent was real though: a handful of critics found the corporate gloss suffocating and the finale, built around a CGI dragon, a drag even for fans.
“heart-winning musical comedy that skips lightly and sprightly from the lily pads of hope to the manhole covers of actuality”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“though it's a fairly predictable fish-out-of-water tale (actually a princess-out-of-storybook saga), the casting is so perfect that it takes what could have been a ho-hum idea and renders it magical.”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“piquant idea and enough good jokes to overcome its uneven movie-making and uncertain tone”
Michael Sragow·The Baltimore Sun
“assumes a beady-eyed and deeply humourless sentimentality”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Kevin LimaDirectorAmy AdamsGisellePatrick DempseyRobert PhilipJames MarsdenPrince EdwardTimothy SpallNathanielIdina MenzelNancy TremaineRachel CoveyMorgan PhilipSusan SarandonQueen NarissaJulie AndrewsNarrator (voice)Jeff BennettPip in Andalasia (voice)Kevin LimaPip in New York (voice)Teala DunnBunny (voice)Alan MenkenComposerRita HsiaoWriterDon BurgessCinematographyStream
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