Family fun

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2007)

I honestly was surprised. Enchanted does exactly what the plot says it does - it takes the classic fairytale characters we grew up with, and dumps them in the real world. Queen Narissa wants her son to never marry so she never loses the throne, so when he meets Giselle, she spirits her away to modern New York, and she gets taken in by Robert, a divorced lawyer.
From there on out, it gets kinda predictable. Prince Edward rushes to the rescue, unaware his squire is working to make sure he doesn't find Giselle. And while Edward is busy running around the city, Robert teaches Giselle the "real world" version of love, complete with dates and divorce. And by the time Edward finds her, Giselle is falling for Robert.
Like I said, it's predictable, but its fun. If nothing else, seeing all the movie clichés happen in real life is worth a laugh. Seeing mice and birds clean a house is fun in animation - in real life with rats and pigeons cleaning an apartment, it's a little different. And there's a slew of allusions to all the classics, Beauty and the Beasts, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty. There's a few times (like the first ten minutes) when you groan and just bear it because it's sugary enough to rot your teeth. But its fun. And the songs are kept to a minimum, and are fun when they do happen.
Overall, predictable, but fun. Like Shrek and Hoodwinked before it, it does a delightful spin of every storybook cliché. Enjoyable for all ages.