Enchanted is Everything and More ****

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2008)

This is a heartwarming tale. It's Cinderella revisited or better yet, Cinderella comes to modern day New York.
Of course, we have a wonderfully wicked stepmother (Susan Sarandon) who can't take that her step son will marry a girl prettier than her. Enraged when he finds the love of his dreams, she dresses up as the old witch and throws the unsuspecting girl down a river leading her to Manhattan.
It really becomes a riot when the prince, a queen's subordinate, a chipmunk and the Queen herself all follow her to New York.
In N.Y. the animated characters come alive as our girl meets widower Patrick Dempsey with a 6 year old girl. He is ready to marry again to the lovely Idina Menzel.
The merriment caused by the singing and dancing are wonderful. Everyone in the cast does so well. The ending where the wicked Queen gets her is just fabulous. You wonder why Menzel's part wasn't larger, but you come away with such a positive feeling after seeing this film for the young and adults as well.
A truly wonderful imaginative idea in motion picture making. Cinderella and Snow White, you've gone modern. Congratulations.