Review by Natalie Steiner

with Mark Moulton 

Disney’s Enchanted is a movie about Giselle, a princess wannabe from a fairy tale land. When a wicked witch pushes her into a well, Giselle suddenly finds herself instead in present-day New York city.

Following a hilarious scene, Robert Philip and his daughter Morgan discover this lost princess, realize she is out of place (to say the least) and invite her to stay with them at their apartment.  Things get complicated as Morgan begins to care more for Giselle and divorcee Robert is trying to help her (in the midst of being distracted by her) to get back to her magical land where she won’t be so out of place (Spontaneously breaking into song during normal conversations is out of the ordinary…even in New York.  This is hilarious).  Meanwhile, Giselle simply believes that a hero will soon arrive to rescue her.

That hero comes in the form of Prince Edward who jumps into the well to find Giselle, return to the fairy tale land, and get married.  But close behind Edward comes the wicked witch who has plans of her own…involving an apple…a deep sleep…well, you get the idea.

The movie continue to strew along its path elements from the plotlines of several older Disney fairy tale classics.  It is like a trail of bread crumbs that let us retrace familiar steps through the magical world where anything can happen.

This cute, light-hearted film readily tickles the funny bone as the “flat” realities of fairy tales rub up against the more ragged, unpredictable edges of 3-D existence.  As a family movie, this will please children, teenagers and adults- and not just females!  Unfortunately, in seeking older viewership, the movie has a mix of innuendo and coarse humor…thus the movie has a PG rating.  In addition, some scenes could frighten the very young.

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