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Enchanted (2007)

November. 20,2007
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7.1
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PG
| Fantasy Comedy Romance Family

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?

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Unlimitedia
2007/11/20

Sick Product of a Sick System

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Bluebell Alcock
2007/11/21

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

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Bob
2007/11/22

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Dana
2007/11/23

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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dierregi
2007/11/24

The movie's heroine, is Gisella, a Cinderella-like girl who lives in an enchanted land filled with talking animals and princes ready to save a damsel in distress. Just before her wedding to her prince, Giselle is pushed to a place "without happy endings" by the evil stepmother. Enter an amazingly good Amy Adams as Giselle, ready to face filthy New York with optimism. Other characters follow her from the animated world to the "real' one and they are all equally amusing.Thanks to James Marsden acting chops, Prince Edward is strangely endearing, with his vacuous smile and silly bravery. Pip the chipmunk is adorable and the baddies of the story are suitable despicable. While Dempsey is suitable as the alternative love interest, Adams is really the heart and should of the movie. The way she moves her hands is impeccably artificial and strangely natural (for an animated character). Everything is perfect in her performance, right down to her arriving to the Kings and Queens ball in modern clothes.This is definitely a feel-good, heartwarming movie with a clever plot brilliantly executed.

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Elle
2007/11/25

Enchanted: A Fairytale Brought to Life With its ten year anniversary just around the corner, Enchanted continues to spark the imagination of children and parents alike. This movie is able to create a bridge between fantasy and reality, connecting them in a way that reconfigures previous fairy tales. Not only is this film a classic for the whole family, it's also a wonderland full of fruit for the imagination.Amy Adams, who portrays Giselle, does a phenomenal job of portraying an animated character brought to life. She comes from an animated fairytale world where she is living a fantasy, and she carries that mindset through her transition to New York City. Her emotions lead you on this journey of experiencing life for what seems to be the first time. She is able to separate her character into two different identities and then ties them together in the end. Patrick Dempsey, who portrays Robert Phillip, is the charming knight in shiny armor that comes to rescue Gisele from the streets of New York in the beginning of the movie. He is able to captivate the reality of a hero, beyond the glorified fairytale version. Together Adams and Dempsey create a platform in which they continue to build up and the whole time they are drawing in the audience with their chemistry and emotional connection.The music is what bring the movie to life. It's playful and entertaining while telling an important story. The songs mostly speak of love and the person you're meant to be with for the rest of your life, very fitting for a fairytale. The meaning of the lyrics progress from fairytale to reality as the movie continues. Starting with dreaming of a true loves kiss all the way to loving someone you can't have. It's a powerful progression which enhances how the audience feels, how I felt. Adams does an excellent job singing and performing with great vocals and exceptional dance moves. The performance of "That's how you know" is a joyful one which brings all the people of New York together to sing about love and telling the girl of your dreams how you feel. It's exciting and by the end of the song you'll be trying to sing along.Another element which progresses throughout the movie is Giselle's costume designs. They begin as poufy, cliché fairytale ball gowns and slowly slim down into an end product of a tightly fitted, mermaid style gown. These dresses directly tie into the different stages of Giselle's journey to reality and greatly highlights that. They were bright and elegant and made Giselle the center of attention at all times.Enchanted is a must-see movie with a charming spin on a classic fairytale, making it into something people can relate to. This is not only impressive but captivating. The emotional and joyous acting of Adams and Dempsey, the reconfigured classic fairytale plot, stunning outfits and the perfect music all come together to evoke the idea that fairy tales really do come true. It leaves the audience with hope that they could one day walk alongside a princess on the streets of New York.

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dhainline1
2007/11/26

Amy Adams is great as Giselle a princess sent from her fairy tale land to New York by Prince Edward's (James Marsden) evil stepmother (Susan Sarandon). Edward, Giselle, Nathaniel (Timothy Spall) and the evil queen start out as cartoons but turn into flesh-and- blood characters when they all end up in New York. Joining them is Pip, a cartoon chipmunk who talks clearly in the fairy tale land but squeaks in New York. The singing and dancing Amy Adams and others do is catchy and the dancers are awesome! I laughed at Clara the little old lady on the bus Edward nearly stabs and she says dramatically to Giselle, "He tried to kill me!". Susan Sarandon is a scream as Edward's stepmother who wants Giselle out of the picture. The queen is mean to poor Nathaniel who is just trying to help her out and she greets him with, "Hello, worthless.". I highly recommend "Enchanted" and Giselle proves to be a wonderful stepmom to Robert's (Patrick Dempsey) 6-year-old daughter, Morgan (Rachel Covey)!

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mark.waltz
2007/11/27

I'll give this bloated ball of sugar one high five, making me laugh and gag at the same time. The animated opening had me checking the film's running time as a cloyingly sweet princess to be sings of "Happily Ever After" while the grating handsome prince prepares for his wedding day while a wicked queen plots to send her where there are no happily ever afters. That of course leads her to coming out of a manhole right in the middle of Times Square, causing me to become distracted by Broadway theater marquees (circa 2007), one ironically displaying "Wicked" which originally starred Idina Menzel who appears here in a non-singing role as the neurotic fiancée of the hero who happens to rescue princess Amy Adams after bumping into her during her struggle to figure out where the heck she is and what she is going to do.Call me cynical, jaded, or even bitter, but I far more enjoyed the reactions of the New Yorkers as they responded to the strange characters all of a sudden wandering the streets. Of course, as New Yorkers are used to strange characters are roaming the streets but one thing we do not do unless it is on a Broadway stage or in a film like this, break out into song in the middle of the street. There is a slight gay sensibility to this that strives for camp, not always a good idea to do purposely. Some moments seem straight out of the West Village Halloween parade. The songs themselves are rather mediocre, each sounding like the previous one and none of them really memorable. I am certainly praying that this is not in the lineup of Broadway musicals, because I certainly would like to see something fresh on stage not rehashed fairy tale stuff that has been done on stage over and over again. This also perpetuates the stereotype that women are princesses and must find their handsome prince in order to be happy, while the realism of the world is much stronger and creates much disappointment to the young girls who get used to this and find out that real life is not always happily ever after. In looking for handsome prince to sweep then way too, the girls obsessed with fairy tale like this find out the realism of the situation of what man and women are like in real life.But there are some wonderful surprises, and I give the creators credit for trying something unique. I would have liked to have seen more of Susan Sarandon as the evil queen, joining in the ranks of Glenn Close, Sigourney Weaver and Anjelica Huston who have gone from serious dramatic roles to the deliciously campy. Sarandon get a glorious entrance and that I wouldn't mind seeing on stage, just not in a stage musical version of this.

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