Review: Enchanted (on DVD)

Enchanted
written by Bill Kelly, directed by Kevin Lima [DVD j Enchanted] 

This 2007 film is an absolutely charming cross between a traditional Disney-style animated fairy tale movie and a contemporary Harlequin-style Hallmark romance movie. Amy Adams (in one of her earlier roles before she became a perennial Oscar contender) stars as Giselle, a beautiful young maiden in the animated kingdom of Andalasia, who is banished by that kingdom’s Evil Queen to the live-action gritty, grungy streets of Manhattan. Completely innocent to the harsher realities of our world, Giselle, in her glittery ballgown, is rescued by a bitter divorce lawyer (played by Patrick Dempsey) and stays with him and his young daughter. Meanwhile, the animated Prince that Giselle was engaged to wed comes through to our world to try to rescue his betrothed, and the Evil Queen’s minion also tries to keep an eye on Giselle in the live-action world.

Written by Bill Kelly, directed by Kevin Lima, and with music by the incomparable Alan Menken, this is NOT your typical Disney princess film. But by the end, it still gives you all the positive “feels” that any fairy tale princess story does. Great performances, especially by Adams and Dempsey, and James Marsen as Prince Edward, this film also features Julie Andrews as its “narrator”. This one is a lot of fun and has some really catchy music, including “Ever Ever After” performed by Carrie Underwood.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Enchanted, or Enchanted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.]

[ Internet Movie Database entry for this film ] | [ official Enchanted web site ]

Recommended by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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