Great fun

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2007)

As someone who was a young girl during the heyday of "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Aladdin", I have a soft spot for the type of movie that the beginning of "Enchanted" looks like. As someone who grew from a young girl to an adult watching the likes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (the TV show, not the movie) and reading "Wicked", I also have a soft spot for movies, books, whatever that are willing to change the formula. So it's only natural that I really enjoyed "Enchanted".
The story is a smart one that plays on fairy tale archetypes, showing how dusty some of them are, like the whole meeting and marrying in what seems like a day to live happily ever. It also shows how life might be a little better if we took some lessons from the fairy tales when it comes to love, at least in our declarations of it.
Some have been unhappy with the story that Narissa (Susan Sarandon) has, but there's only so much film that can be made and since this is a movie for children, there has to be something that's black and white.
The performance that sticks out the most is Amy Adams. Every note is pitch perfect. She never plays Giselle with a knowing wink to the audience. She IS a princess come to life, until she's been in the world enough to move into that 3rd dimension character-wise.
Overall, an enjoyable movie for everyone, well except for young boys who don't like princess-y stuff.