A Modern-Day Fairy Tale

Rating: 10/10 (15 October 2011)

Enchanted is one movie that presented a fairy tale in a realistic manner at present in modern-day New York.It stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rachel Covey, and Susan Sarandon. The film was produced by Disney,written by Bill Kelly and directed by Kevin Lima.
The movie revolves around a story of Giselle, an archetypal Disney Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world of Andalasia into the live-action world of New York City.Giselle (Amy Adams) lives in Andalasia, an animated fairy tale world with talking animals, characters breaking into song and "happily ever after" a foregone conclusion. Prince Edward (James Marsden), her designated true love, saves her from a troll and they plan to get married the next day. Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon), Edward's evil stepmother, schemes to protect her throne, which she will lose once Prince Edward is married. She throws Giselle into a portal that transports her to a world where there are no "happy ever afters", also known as New York City.
Giselle emerges in the middle of Times Square. After a number of misadventures, including causing a minor car accident, accidentally being caught in a crowd and getting on the subway, and having her tiara stolen by a homeless man in the Bowery, she meets Robert Philip (Patrick Dempsey), a hardened, yet friendly divorce lawyer. At his daughter Morgan's (Rachel Covey) insistence, Robert lets Giselle stay at their apartment. Following the ways of her fairy-tale world, Giselle recruits urban animals (of the breeds generally believed to be household pests) – pigeons, cockroaches and rats – to clean his apartment while she fashions a dress out of his curtains. Robert's girlfriend whom he was going to propose to, a fashion designer named Nancy (Idina Menzel), misunderstands the situation and runs off after arguing with Robert. At Robert's law firm, his secretary Sam (Jodi Benson) tries to find Giselle transportation home, but cannot locate Andalasia. Deciding he must part with Giselle in Central Park, Robert offers her some money. However, Giselle almost immediately gives it to an old woman who remembers Edward stabbing an MTA bus in Times Square (while under the delusion that the bus was a giant steel beast). Deciding that Giselle needs his protection, Robert rejoins her. While walking through the park, Giselle questions Robert on how he displays his affection for Nancy, before launching into a big song-and-dance number that gets the whole city singing and dancing. Giselle eventually helps Robert reconcile with Nancy by sending flowers to her, along with tickets to the King's and Queen's Ball.
The story ends when Edward finds Giselle's discarded shoe and places it on Nancy's foot àla Cinderella. They happily leave for Andalasia to be married. Giselle uses her magical dress-making talents to run a successful boutique shop, assisted by both humans and animals. Both Nathaniel (in New York) and Pip (in Andalasia) become successful authors, writing self-help books based on their experiences. The last scene shows Giselle, Robert,and Morgan playing and living together happily ever after.
The movie is one original and refreshing movie that still in the Disney tradition that both kids and adults will appreciate alike.It contains witty lines and great animation.Aside from that,the character of Giselle and her story will make people from all ages appreciate and relate to her.For adults it will bring out the memories of their youth into them.I attribute that to Amy Adams' excellent portrayal of Giselle.She is one hell of an actress as she is realistic as a live- action fairy.In terms of the other performances,special mention also goes to Patrick Dempsey as the lawyer and James Mardsen as the prince.Also,the music,the direction and the story also makes this film highly-recommended for everyone.In summary,everything works in all level for this movie.