Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) from the Disney cartoon land of Andalasia is thrust into the heart of New York City by an evil queen and begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer.
Enchanted is a full-blown Mary Poppins style musical that travels from Disney's patented cartoon universe and the real world, as Giselle struggles to make the storybook romance work outside of Andalasia.
Click here to view Enchanted trailer.This film is not simply for the children - it had most adults rolling in the aisles at some of the truly hysterical moments watching the
sweet-as-sugar princess, the straight-arrow prince, the evil queen and a hyperactive chipmunk from their natural setting onto the streets of Manhattan.
The opening part of the film is typically beautifully animated, with as many fairytale characters as possible crammed in, and an unhealthy number of animals doing everyday tasks.
Giselle sings of the True Love's Kiss as she searches for her Prince, who turns out to be Prince Edward who announces, after about ten seconds of them meeting, that they will marry in the morning - in true Disney style.
But the evil Queen Narissa - Prince Edward's mum - is unwilling to be dethroned if Edward marries, and so she pushes Giselle down a well to New york - where there will be "no happily-ever-afters."
Wide-eyed Giselle arrives in Manhattan clueless and penniless in an absurdly OTT wedding dress, where she meets six-year-old Morgan (Rachel Covey)and her divorce-lawyer dad Robert (Patrick Dempsey)who rescues the damsel in distress.
The Happy Working Song is hysterical, as Giselle summons the city's animals to help her tidy it up, and the place is soon jammed with pigeons, rats, mice and cockroaches, which help to clean the place up - with some highly entertaining lyrics about them being vermin.
Click here to view showtimes at Odeon Silverlink.Giselle finds out about the real word as Prince Edward (James Marsden) seeks to rescue his beloved, the queen's factotum Nathaniel (Timothy Spall) tries several times to bump Giselle off, a hyperactive chipmunk who keeps trying, and failing, to communicate to Edward what he ought to do, as Giselle seems to fall (inevitable- but lovely) in love with Robert.
This is a truly enchanted tale that will delight both youngsters and adults equally - I am already planning to see it a second time.
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