Charming Marriage of Classic and Classless

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2007)

A perfect marriage of Walt Disney nostalgia, and the "real" modern world that we're more accustomed to. Gisele, a fair maiden living in a clichéd cartoon world where her best friends are a slew of woodland creatures who help her clean and get dressed, and sing in harmony while she sings of her dreams to kiss her Prince Charming she has yet to meet. By the end of the catchy but diddy she's met that man a stereotypical, handsome, self assured pretty boy, Prince Edward. After just meeting in cartoon fashion they are to be married the next day, but Edward's stepmother objects, because she will lose her throne if her son should marry. So she disguises her self as a familiar witch with an affinity for poisoned apples and pushes Gisele down a wishing well sending her in a whirlwind, in to the New York sewers. A realist single dad about to get engaged, divorce lawyer soon finds himself aiding her, and trying to make some sense of her outlandish outfit and attitudes about true love's kiss, rats, and dress making, but before he knows it she's shown him that maybe their worlds aren't as different as he thinks. Adams is incredibly sweet and enchanting as Gisele. From cartoon to New York City streets, she is an absolute embodiment of a fairy tale princess right in front of our eyes. James Marsden is also right out of a Walt Disney classic with his charming, ego-centric, swagger as the prince of every little girl's dreams. Patrick Dempsey might be slightly miscast in the role of the realist lawyer, but it doesn't hurt the film any. The singing is pitch perfect to match the great songs. It'll blow you away to find Amy Adams does her own singing.