Amy Adams hides the flaws

Rating: 6/10 (13 January 2008)

Firstly let me be clear that I'm not a kid and I didn't watch this movie with kids so, although I personally found the movie too flawed to give more than a 6, my comments are really only relevant for adult viewers.
Whilst watching I mostly enjoyed it apart from the huge inconsistencies in its message about "one true love". Of course I don't expect serious philosophy in a children's film but you wouldn't have to be the brightest kid in the world to get a vague feeling that something doesn't quite add up. The other weak point was the rather poor scripting for the villain: Traditionally the villain is one of the strong points of a Disney cartoon but the wicked step mother's ideas for how to get rid of Giselle are so feeble they carry no menace whatsoever.
The more I think about this film afterwards the more I see it as a perfect performance by Amy Adams covering up a third rate script. The scene where the "real" animals clean the apartment was also very good but with hindsight it just seems as though it was bolted on.