Enchanted?

Yes, I still am. I would count myself among the skeptics who doubted Enchanted was going to be all that. Well, truth be told, it is all that. It's an excellent film that will without a doubt charm the britches off the kids, but will resonate strongly with the rest of us. In fact, those of us weened on Disney films will find the iconic Disney moments thrilling.

The latest Disney heroine, Giselle (Amy Adams), is cast out of Andalasia--cartoon land--by the evil Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon) who will lose her crown when Giselle marries her son (James Marsden). Giselle ends up in modern day New York--live action land--where she applies her two dimensional fairytale charms to three dimensional problems. The resulting story takes a journey that is at once charming, sweet and laugh out-loud funny. Enchanted flips the Disney cartoon universe on its head.

The film stumbles here and there. Patrick Dempsey is his typical sexy, charming self, but there's nothing new here. Idina Menzel is stereotyped, though her performance is redeemed at the end. The story drags in places.

But these are quibbles. Enchanted is so good as to almost be subversive. Almost. It is Disney after all.

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