ENCHANTED

"I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss..." Set in the land of Andalasia, this Walt Disney movie kicks off as your average Cinderella-type animated princess show for dreamy-eyed six year old girls. Princess Giselle is rescued from a troll by Prince Edward. It is love at first sight, and they prepare for their wedding the next day. But Edward's evil queen mother does not want to give up her throne, so she sends Giselle to an evil land where there is no happily ever after - New York City. She meets a divorce lawyer, Robert, and his daughter who try to help her and are quite flabbergasted by this girl that seems to have jumped right out of a fairy tale book. She sings, dances, continually talks about her Prince Edward, and has animal friends. He tries to teach her about reality, but strangely she is teaching him just as much. Meanwhile, Edward learns of her disappearance and resolves to go to New York and rescue her. The prince causes as much confusion as Giselle, and his mother sends her henchman to make his job difficult, fully equipped with some poison apples for Giselle. But despite the hardships of being from once-upon-a-time-in-a-faraway-land in New York, Edward finally finds Giselle - and starts singing of course. But will they get back before the evil Queen steps in?

I went to see this movie with Mom and it was absolutely HILARIOUS! Giselle is a naive little princess that brings some innocent purity and fairy tale magic into New York. In a conversation with Robert about his former wife, he tells her that he just woke up one day and faced reality. She is astonished and asks, "What made you wake up?" She also meets a couple just after an appointment with the divorce lawyer and comments about their beauty and sparkly eyes. "No wonder you're in love!" Robert quickly whisks her aside and tells her they are being divorced and she starts to cry. Later the couple rethink their priorities and decide to stay together after all. She talks - er, sings - about telling the woman you love that you love her and about bringing her flowers. Giselle is a lovable, positive character that makes you laugh.

On the not so good side, Giselle innocently tells Robert he can open the door just as she is getting out of the shower. Some birds fly in with a towel in the nick of time. After she is wrapped in it, she trips and falls on top of Robert - right as his girlfriend walks in. Giselle helps mend that rift, though not really understanding it. The queen's henchman turns out to be funny and nice, and the queen herself turns into a great dragon (sufficiently fake-looking) and ends up falling to her death.

I would highly recommend this movie to anyone, but guys won't get the nearly the same humor and enjoyment out of it that girls will!

Directed by Kevin Lima, Produced by Barry Josephson, Barry Sonnenfeld, Written by Bill Kelly
Narrated byJulie Andrews Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Susan Sarandon, Rachel Covey Music by Alan Menken Cinematography Don Burgess Editing by Stephen A. Rotter, Gregory Perler Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)November 21, 2007 Running time 107 minutes