Enchanted

ENCHANTED (PG)

D: Kevin Lima

Buena Vista/Disney (Barry Josephson & Barry Sonnenfeld)

USA 🇺🇸 2007

107 mins

Comedy/Fantasy/Musical

W: Bill Kelly

DP: Don Burgess

Ed: Stephen A. Rotter & Gregory Perler

Mus: Alan Menken

PD: Stuart Wurtzel

Cos: Mona May

Amy Adams (Princess Giselle), Patrick Dempsey (Robert), James Marsden (Prince Edward), Timothy Spall (Nathaniel), Idina Menzel (Nancy Tremaine)

Enchanted, like 2001's Shrek, pokes fun at the fairytale romance in a self-referential spoof style. The film begins with animation, but switches to live action when a princess is pushed down a well by a witch and is transformed into Amy Adams, who roams New York City still believing she's in her fairytale kingdom, searching for her Prince Charming.

Visually, the film is incredibly well done, especially in one of the more whimsical scenes where birds and creatures help Amy Adams tidy up a house.

Some of the songs are a little cloying and the end is a little saccharine, but Adams is delightfully enchanting in the lead and the story has the best intentions for a family-friendly movie.

6/10