Disney has gotten such a reputation for sickly sweet, coma inducing happily ever-afters, that it is a real treat to see them knock their own productions and storytelling devices down a peg (or five). Enchanted succeeds so well at this, I would really like to see a sequel that goes after more Disney mythology. This movie was a lot smarter than I originally gave it credit for. The animated characters thrown into real-life New York City are naive and innocent as romantic, saccharine cartoon characters probably would be; even breaking into Rice / Menken-esque, choreographed song and dance numbers....IN THE REAL WORLD....like I said, funny.
Amy Adams (Julie & Julia, The Fighter) is a blast as Giselle, Patrick Dempsey (Valentines Day, Sweet Home Alabama) is her real world Prince Charming: Robert, and James Marsden (X-Men, 27 Dresses) is her animated prince: Edward. Marsden, especially, steals most of the scenes he is in through sheer force of overacting (damn it's funny though). Susan Sarandon portrays Queen Narissa: evil bitch queen of the fairy tale world. How her character managed to find or concoct the portal to reality beats the shit out of me, but who cares? This is a light, funny diversion that's worth at least a spot on your Netflix queue.
Maybe I'm getting old, or my tastes are changing (from bad to....i have no idea), but I had fun. If you have kids, they'll love it for the usual Disney crack that it is. Adults will enjoy the friendly wink-and-a-nod jokes that Disney takes at its own expense. I'll put it like this, you should laugh out loud at least once during this movie. 7/10.
Tomorrow's movie: Daredevil and a military bomb disposal expert run amok in the Bruins' home turf in: The Town. I've actually got high hopes, and a fresh batch of popcorn ready, for this one. See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
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