One reluctant thumb up

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2007)

I love Patrick Dempsey so I wanted this movie to be great. It just wasn't. The beginning was awkwardly silly (intentionally?) - the animated portion could have used better animation technology. The animation was totally yesterday. If it was supposed to feel like the old Cinderella , it did, but I want sophisticated animation not old flat animation. I felt no chemistry between Giselle & Dempsey and the writing lacked any decent dialogue. I read that some people laughed through the whole thing...at what? I read that there was adult humor...not really. Characters were dull, the story lines undeveloped (the relationship between the queen and her servant, what happened to Dempsey's ex? why did they introduce a gay guy at the apt. door?...) Underwhelming & disappointing.