Enchanted
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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- Cast:
- Amy Adams , Patrick Dempsey , James Marsden , Timothy Spall , Idina Menzel , Rachel Covey , Susan Sarandon
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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
I fell in love with Giselle the moment she appeared on the screen.Who is this woman? Why is she so perfect? I thought about her for weeks. Really.Fast forward to Arrival. Once again, I fell in love with this beautiful girl.... So, I looked at her filmography. And there it is: Enchanted. Amy Adams. Wow. She's real.First thing I did was re-watch Enchanted. And, boom, the magic was still there. And then it happened: I became a huge Amy Adams fan. Her Giselle is truly perfect. Much like Welles in Citizen Kane, Ermy in Full Metal Jacket, Sellers in Being There, It's impossible to imaging anyone else in this role.I'm not going into the story. Others have done that. But, if you haven't watched this film, you must, if only to see Amy Adams at work. She will steal your heart.
Disney's Enchanted (2007) is a very entertaining well thought out movie for all ages. Amy Adams is a perfect pick to play the lead here, she's bubbly, endlessly cheerful, and fits the princess perfectly. Patrick Dempsey is great in his role as well, he plays the widowed successful divorce attorney father raising a young daughter. He is very distant and detached in the beginning of the movie but as the film progresses and as he falls for Amy Adams, he starts to break from that and become more warm and we get to learn a lot more about his character. The character depth in the movie is very well executed and is more satisfying than most run of the mill family oriented films. And then we get to Susan Sarandon as the evil queen, which in my opinion was the best casting decision in the whole movie. She is so effortlessly evil and deliciously wicked. The visual effects are masterful and very cool to see, it's obvious that a large amount of effort was given to special effects, which is a very necessary thing for a film like this. You get an overall good feeling while viewing this movie, and the well written good hearted characters and great actors to play them are largely due to that. The movie incorporates different classic Disney animated films in the monumental ending. Such as leaving behind a glass slipper (Cinderella), a fire breathing dragon (sleeping beauty), and others, which was neat. I suggest this film as good well done entertainment. 8/10.
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)!
I like this movie's style. This movie use both animation and live filming styles. When I watched this movie at first, I was so exciting. This is one of the Disney movies. Especially, it is high quality. I think that Amy Adams who acts Giselle is a great actress. She completely expresses a view of the Disney's world. Of course, other actors and actresses express that, but Giselle is the best. I was impressed when see her hand motion. That is the real Disney's character. I want those who watch the movie to focus of that point. The story is also great. I recommend to watch this movie at least once. It takes us to Disney world.