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(rating: 3.64 stars / 7 reviews)
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Reviews for Enchanted
posted: Jan 04, 2008
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Thank you, Disney . . . *bows on knees* Thank you for getting it right.

Seriously, this is a wonderful film that is more than worth of the Disney brand!

"Enchanted" is a very interesting fairy tale of a film minus the fairies (However, there is lots of glittering stuff - LOL).

< SPOILER WARNING! - minor spoilers for the plot>

Giselle, a beautiful girl of her world, Andalasia (pardon if the spelling is wrong, gah.), who dreams of recieving true love's kiss from her Prince Charming. Prince Charming happens to be Prince Edward, a gallant young man who also longs to find a girl to become his princess . . . and of course, Giselle is the one! However, his mother, Queen Narissa, doesn't want Edward to marry, so she sends Giselle to a world with no happy endings - which happens to be Present Time NYC.

Lost and completely unable to fit into this new world, Giselle searches for a way back to her beloved Edward but is saved by a man named Robert and learns of this world and its fancies. Meanwhile, Edward finds a way to New York to save his bride-to-be, not knowing of the troubles that lie ahead of them all.

I would say more, but I really would be spoiling the film climax . . . which was totally beautiful and amazing.

Disney has amazed me with the transfer of 2D animation (yes, the return of traditional animation! Way to go, Disney!) to computer animation to live-action . . . WOW. I hate to say it, but this is beating "Roger Rabbit" by a long shot.

The music is wonderful, the work by all the actors/actresses - perfectly believable, and the story takes the cake. It's like a Disney Princess Fruit Salad - a story that takes bits and pieces of other classic fairy tales and mixes it up perfectly. Plus, the songs are quite catchy . . . I felt like singing them after the movie was over! LOL

This is a must-see and a definite must-have once on DVD!

My rating: PERFECT! 4 stars

posted: Dec 10, 2007
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I saw this yesterday and, for the most part, I enjoyed it. Giselle made for a convincing 'Disney princess', Edwards was a bold if slightly vapid 'Disney prince' and Robert was the guy that you *actually* wanted to sweep you off your feet at the end of the day.

Some of the songs were very good, while some were kinda forgettable.

Some of the humour was very good, while some was kinda meh.

Overall I came away with the impression that the film was trying too hard. Where the satire rolled off the cuff with Shrek, there were quite a few places in Enchanted where it felt forced. I liked the characters and I thought the strongest moments were those when they came to the forefront... Giselle interacting with Robert's daughter... or the dance at the end where I really did feel like I was watching the sweeping, live-action rendition of those moments at the end of Beauty and the Beast or Sleeping Beauty.

Generally the film was strongest when the wink-wink, nudge-nudge Disney allusions weren't quite so in your face.

posted: Dec 03, 2007
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This was a very cute and fun film. Much better than the previews made it to be. The animation style was very nice and somewhere between classic disney and pre-shrek dreamworks, which I like. The story was very adorable and touching. The acting, both voice and real, was nicely done, particularly he random outbursts into songs. And I didn't expect to see Idina Menzel in there, which made the film jus a little better. I'd recommend taking a child or S.O. along. There were only a few parts that were a little too silly for me.
posted: Nov 30, 2007
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I have just saw Enchanted which was fantastic. I'm also glad that 2D is coming back to Disney, 'cause as I said it, I grew up with the 2D Classics and I'll always love them for years to come...I mean 3D's great and all but it's fascinating as 2D. The animation for the scenes in Andalasia is beautifully done, and the characters (animated) are REAL dead-ringers to the actors in the film - Amy Adams,James Marsden and Susan Sarandon; I love Giselle, and I also love the pink dress in the beginning (you if she had wings she could have been a "Fairy" Princess); and admittedly in a way, Giselle is kind of like me : I believe in "Happily After Ever."

The film was a direct montage to the three Classic Disney Princess movies (Snow White,Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty), and I love the Disney Princesses (Aurora and Ariel are my top favs), and I DO consider Giselle as one of them, and Mrs. Adams has been getting rave reviews; I have also bought the new doll (in the pink outfit of course); so I think she deserves to be added to the list of Disney princesses (though she's in between worlds - animated Andalasia and real-life New York). My favorite song from the soundtrack is "True Love's Kiss." Just to let you know.
posted: Nov 26, 2007
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At first, I thought this film was based on many parodies of fairy tales little bit like Shrek (Which I personally don't like ruining classic tales) films. But when I saw this, somehow very original and this film really touch my heart. Every part of this film has so much reference of our favorite Disney "fairy tale" memories like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella etc... And for the first time, I've even cried when I saw the dancing scene of Giselle and Robert. It really reminded me of Beauty and the Beast's famous dancing scene.

This film has this warm feeling like your childhood is coming back of those wonderful classic Disney films. It even made me laugh for how whimsical it is like the part when princess sings with her woodland creatures, prince and princess singing together, and all time favorite - True love's kiss.

Most Importantly... I am Happy to see the 2D animation (partial 2D animation) bringing back to the big, theater screen from Disney.

posted: Nov 24, 2007
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I enjoyed Enchanted immensely. The cast is great, the animated sequences were great, everything about it is just... great!
I was not thrilled by the trailers I saw of Enchanted when they first came out. It just didn't look that great. Fortunately, Enchanted surpassed all of my expectations and is a funny and heartwarming film for all ages.

Enchanted is a sort of a parody/homage to the classic Disney films. I know that remark screams SHREK but the mean "in your face" jabbing humor of the Shrek movies is non-existent here. The parodies here are affectionate and are not mean spirited like the Shrek movies are.

The cast is really really good. Amy Adams is great as Giselle and she has a great voice. We have James Marsden as the "heroic" Prince Edward, Susan Saradon as the evil Queen Narissa, Timothy Spall as Nathaniel (who plays Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter movies), Patrick Dempsey as our main live action man Robert Phillip, and a cast of wonderful characters both live and animated.

The songs are great too. The duo of Alan Menkin and Stephen Shwartz return and with them come five delightful songs. My favorite is the "Working Song" which is a parody of the classic Snow White "Whistle While You Work" song... with a New York twist!

Enchanted is a great film for the whole family. I give this film a 9/8 out of 10.

posted: Nov 23, 2007
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The film was a pleasant blend of "Cinderella", "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Sound of Music"(just one little part but still), and a whole lot of others I'm sure. Usually I would think that spoofs are only good for some laughs but this film was actually great.

My friend, her little brother and their mom, and of course your's truely went to watch "Enchanted" at our local theater and it was PACKED(!!!). I didn't think that there would be that many people at a Disney fantasy/musical-- at least not anyone my age and older. I had expected a chick flick but it wasn't totally. No, not at all.

Anyway, after struggling to find some good seats, the movie started and immediately I knew that the film would be awesome. The animation was not all that amazing like "Anastasia" but it was still great. The audience seemed really into the movie. Lots of laughs(the good kind not the rideculing kind) at the right time and I think some people actually sang along to some numbers. And in the end everyone in the audience applauded and the most unusual thing(in my opinion) happened: almost everybody in the room stayed through the end credits. Good!

The opening scene, in the animated world Andalasia, was enjoyably funny and I totally love Pip's spunkyness. The prince(in the animated & real worlds)--ahem...okay there's no other way to say this but the way he talks makes him seem like a pompous dimwit...which you soon learn that he is one. Oh, well. The singing was pretty nice; my favorite number was/is probably "That's How You Know" (I think that's the title...Oh well I'll wait for the soundtrack to come out). The "Happy Working Song" number was very interesting and "eww" at the same time but still very good.

I loved how some of the real-life, city scenes were set near by Broadway. What an honor it must have been to co-star with Broadway actress Idina Menzel (as Nancy) in this Disney film (TRIVIA: Menzel played the role of Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West in the Broadway musical "Wicked" and as Maureen in the musical "Rent"; the posters for these two Broadway musicals can be seen in brief in "Enchanted"). Another cool scene was the "Queen's Ball". I'd like to see more of those in real real-life; and very nice costumes...hmm, I wonder where they get them...

The movie orbits around the ideas of "true love" & "happy-ever-afters" constantly(no duh). In Giselle's animated world sure. However I find it insulting when evil Queen Narissa says she sent Giselle to a place where there's no "happy ever after" (New York). Don't pay attention to that; it's possible and you just have to keep your chin up like Giselle (WAY up). So that's the message of the film there.

I think you've had enough of me for now so I'll just end my review with this message

WATCH THIS FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!----I COMMAND YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!