Yeah, I was enchanted, too

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2008)

I went along at the insistence of my seven-year-old daughter, who saw the trailers on the Disney channel. On a wet bank holiday Thursday, there wasn't a lot else to do. Entering the theatre, I thought, 'Grin and bear it.' Oh well, call me Grumpy... What a cracking little film! How could they NOT give a Best Supporting Rodent award to that chipmunk? The mime is the funniest thing I have seen in ages. James Marsden as the prince raises at least a smile in every scene he appears in - his 'peasants' line never gets old. I laughed, and I cried, too - I can't remember WHY now, but it is that kind of film, you get totally caught up in it. There were even gasps from the audience I watched it with (when the pigeon gets snackish...).
I thought Stardust was very well done and now Enchanted comes along and possibly tops it in the feel-good stakes. Either Hollywood is getting much better at this stuff, or I am mellowing in my old age.