enchanting!

Rating: 9/10 (14 October 2010)

This was the perfect combination of Disney animation and live-action performances. Amy Adams was perfectly cast as a princess from an animated world who gets rescued and engaged to a prince and promised to live "happily ever after." She is then sent by an evil queen to real-life New York City where things are quite different-and she is quite shocked by her new environment. She meets divorce lawyer Patrick Dempsey who is divorced himself and can't figure out why these marriages don't have "happily ever afters." Meanwhile, the evil queen sends her goons to kill her, and her prince follows her too. The sexual innuendos turn out to be fine for a Disney movie. I loved the allusions to other Disney films too as Giselle (Adams) tries to adjust to this totally unfamiliar world-the real world- and Dempsey tries to adjust to her, figure her out, and explain things to her. Adams's delightful, wild-eyed performance is perhaps this movie's main highlight. I also loved the ball scene and animated scenes. This movie is a must-see, especially for kids. I loved the chipmunk. He was cute. :-) *** 1/2 out of ****