There only one "real" reason to see this movie!

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2007)

I am not going to write a long review for this movie. Plenty of folks here have filled everyone in on the plot line, assuming you couldn't get it from the previews.
I am going to say that the film is just moderately clever, the fish-out-of-water cliché', with a few nice inside jokes AT Disney's expense. A very cute CGI chipmunk makes the movie fun, as it did in "Over the Hedge". For a lot of reasons, this movie is just so-so, family fair.
That being said, this is one of the BEST performances by an actor or actress that I can remember, in a very long time. Amy Adams is simply delectable! I am very surprised at my own review here as, at first, I found her performance getting on my nerves. But throughout the entire picture, she remains totally "in--character" and it works! She is spellbinding in her ability to stay so "up" and in wonderment, as if she were, in fact, an animated Princess thrown into a live-action world.
I was pleasantly surprised at how one actress can overwhelm a picture and captivate the audience. This is what they mean when they say " an electrifying performance".
See it for the fun, see it for the family. But if you truly love movies and love the art of the performance and one's being able to "drop into the role", then please go see this and be amazed at how "real" acting can be!