Amy Adams will enchant your heart.

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2008)

I've had little expectations about the film "Enchanted" since I'm not one to follow the Disney princesses from Jasmine of Aladdin, Ariel of the Little Mermaid or Belle from Beauty and the Beast. But when I bought the film on DVD after hearing numerous people saying how wonderful it was prior to being a box office hit, I just knew this was going to be a delight.
The film starts in animation form where the animals and trees sing while Princess Giselle waits for true love from Prince Edward before meeting with his mother (the wicked queen) where she kicks her into a well that takes her into another part of the world.
The other world is none other than New York City, the city that never sleeps, where Giselle (Amy Adams in human form) is wandering in the streets all alone dressed in a white wedding gown and is not used to the mean and dangerous world compared to the sweet enchanted life. She confuses a short man for a dwarf while a homeless man steals her tiara leaving the princess all alone. It isn't until she's spotted by lawyer Robert Philips (Patrick Dempsey) and his daughter Morgan (Rachel Covey) where they have no idea what she's doing on a billboard. Morgan considers her a princess while Robert thinks that she's just lost and needs to go home.
It isn't until the next day where things start to get a little strange for Robert where he starts seeing dancing cockroaches and birds while Giselle is singing her way in his home like a fairy tale.
Meanwhile Prince Edward (James Marsden) is in human form where he takes his companion Pip, a talking chipmunk, and his faithful servant Nathaniel (Timothy Spall) to find Giselle just as The Wicked Queen, Narissa, played wickedly by Susan Surandon, wants Giselle dead and wants Nathaniel to finish the job.
While this is a Disney film aimed mostly at 5 to 12 year old girls, as a grown male I was impressed to see that this film was enchanted with delight. But the real reason to see this film is none other than good girl Amy Adams who plays the character of Giselle so blithe and wonderful that not only will she be another princess in the Disney lineup, but she's someone that we wish we could have in the real world who only wants people to be happy.