Wrong Choices For The Cast

Rating: 6/10 (1 July 2010)

I know this film has been out for a while..and my family has probably seen it a couple of times..and while I think the story idea was a good one..I could not help but wonder why these particular actors were chosen to play the parts they did. Amy Adams is a great actress..but she tends to play the same slightly scatter brained person in every film..here she did just that too. Her annoying behavior would not be something most modern guys would tolerate for very long either. Patrick Dempsey is the "it" guy of the moment in a lot of movies...and this was apparently why he got casted here. He seemed too stiff and distant to be believable..maybe that was his lawyer persona coming through..but he failed to warm up much...even when he was in "dad" mode with the delightful little girl cast as his daughter. The actress who was chosen to play his fiancÃ© was totally wrong too..she was not really very girly at all. I do not see someone like Dempseys' character being remotely interested in her did not fit at all. I liked Susan Sarandon in her role as the Wicked Stepmother...it worked good. I could have done without the mice and the guy who was hopefully in love with the wicked stepmother...come on...the guy had no chance there..unless he wanted to be a doormat. But...considering it was a fairy tale with a twist...I can see the entertainment aspect too. There were jokes and cute stuff..and it was a good family type film. I just wish the casting had of been better though...even with the happy ending I wanted a little more.