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Enchanted
Walt Disney Pictures

Enchanted reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 75 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.0 out of 10
based on 32 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG for some scary images and mild innuendo

Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rachel Covey, and Susan Sarandon

A classic Disney fairy tale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess from the land of Andalasia who is thrust into the heart of New York City by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world? (Walt Disney)


GENRE(S): Adventure  |  Animation  |  Comedy  |  Family/Kids  |  Fantasy  |  Musical  |  Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Bill Kelly  
DIRECTED BY: Kevin Lima  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: November 21, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 107 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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90
LA Weekly Scott Foundas
It’s the sort of buoyant, all-ages entertainment that Hollywood has been laboring to revive in recent years (most recently with Hairspray) but hasn’t managed to get right until now, and the glue holding it all together is the incomparable Adams (an Oscar nominee for 2005’s Junebug), who gives the kind of blissful screwball performance that seemed to go out of fashion after "I Love Lucy" left the airwaves.
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88
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Enchanted charmingly reworks all the old favorites while incorporating fresh twists of its own.
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88
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
There's a word for women like Giselle: Supercalifragilistic. Ditto her film, Enchanted.
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83
Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
It may sound like faint praise to say that Enchanted is the movie of the year for smart and spirited 11-year-old girls. But a movie that genuinely respects that audience is not to be belittled.
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83
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Enchanted is festooned with extravagant set pieces -- there's a great number in praise of romantic gestures, and a ballroom scene to make even grown-up girls swoon.
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80
Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
Disney goes meta in this witty, exuberant musical comedy whose parody and nostalgia serve a sweet and affecting romance.
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80
Variety Todd McCarthy
A full-blown musical that commutes between Disney's patented cartoon universe and the "real" world with cleverness and grace, this splashy production reminds one of nothing in the Disney canon so much as "Mary Poppins," not least due to the "star is born" aura that surrounds Amy Adams here, just as it did Julie Andrews 43 years ago.
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80
Washington Post Ann Hornaday
Even if its most ironic humor will sail over the heads of very little ones, Enchanted is that rare comedy that will appeal to the whole family.
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80
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Enchanted is as good as its name.
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80
The New York Times Manohla Dargis
The film works its magic largely by sending up, at times with a wink, at times with a hard nudge, some of the very stereotypes that have long been this company’s profitable stock in trade.
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78
Austin Chronicle Toddy Burton
Though writer Bill Kelly’s script takes extreme liberties with plot development and never really leaves you guessing about who’ll get the girl, the jokes rarely miss and the result is a refreshingly sardonic fairy tale.
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75
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
More important, it has a Disney willingness to allow fantasy into life, so New York seems to acquire a new playbook.
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75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
The movie's big kick – what makes Enchanted live up to its title – is that the further Giselle progresses in New York, the more we feel like we've tumbled into a timeless Disney Neverland.
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75
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
While Enchanted wittily updates traditional tales, it is, in the end, as carefully calculated in its appeal as any movie ever was.
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75
New York Post Staff (Not credited)
The first half hour or so of Enchanted is brilliant.
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75
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Special kudos to Adams, who nails the distinctive body language of Disney's spunky good girls and manages to make Giselle's relentless optimism seem charming rather than a sign of mental deficiency.
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75
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Not since Julie Andrews rode an umbrella to glory in Mary Poppins has Disney given us such a real-life doll (Amy Adams).
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75
Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Through good scenes and derivative ones, Adams is disarming.
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75
USA Today Claudia Puig
The very definition of charming.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego
Adams does offer quite a turn: Portraying a version of Disney's Snow White, she owns the character, down to every warble and twirl.
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75
Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
It is a testament to just how well Enchanted works that by the time a dragon is flying around New York City, you've forgotten all about the movie's high-concept humor and become invested in the plight of its characters instead.
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75
Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
The whole movie swings broadly from slapstick and mock suspense to song. But the film develops a strong amorous undertow; Kelly's script neatly allows for all the potential couples to get the fate or comeuppance they deserve.
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75
Boston Globe Wesley Morris
The sight of Adams gliding and beaming and chirping in this movie - a self-mocking cartoon that transforms into an inspired live-action musical farce - is just about the happiest time I've had watching an actor do anything all year.
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75
ReelViews James Berardinelli
While this is certainly not the first motion picture to blend drawn creations with real life actors, no movie to date has approached it quite this way.
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75
Premiere Ryan Stewart
The movie isn't a send-up or a takedown of fairy tales -- it's a fairy tale.
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70
Slate Dana Stevens
As the innocent and indomitably chirpy Giselle, Adams gives the great female comic performance of the year so far.
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70
The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
A sometimes clever, other times grating mix of live action and animation that plays tricks with levels of movie reality as the world of fairy-tale animation invades contemporary New York.
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67
The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
Adams' winning performance and the light touch director Kevin Lima (a veteran of animation and live action) brings to scenes not tasked with advancing the plot all suggest that, silly as they may look once you take it apart, irony-free, romantic fantasy--animated and otherwise--still has a place on the big screen.
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60
Village Voice Robert Wilonsky
Somewhere between conception and execution, what could have been so much smart, sharp fun turned decidedly pedestrian.
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60
Empire Olly Richards
It’s essentially, y’know, for kids, but the dedicated fairy tale fan will have tons of fun spotting all the references. Adams, meanwhile, gives one of the comedy performances of the year.
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60
Film Threat Matthew Sorrento
The kids and adults can dig this one, though adults may be stricken with Disney deja vu by this point.
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58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Given the possibilities it's not particularly inventive, but it is nice to see a comedy so affectionate with the conventions it spoofs.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 67 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Margo W gave it a9:
A wonderful, cheerful film that, for a change, has no bitter, sardonic edge. Really enjoyable for everyone, and will help older folks recover some of the simple joy of living they thought they had lost.

Stephen P. gave it a10:
Simply one of the happiest, warmest films in years. I just loved it!

Dave G. gave it a10:
Greatest movie of all time! Ever!

maria k. gave it a10:
this is an extremely interesting and funny film.i just love it!after watching the film it became one of my favourite films. while watching it with my family we had such great fun.

A S gave it a9:
Good movie for adults as well as children.

philip b. gave it a9:
This year has been full of great, fun-for-all movies. This is one of the best.

Kevin L. gave it a4:
I loved Amy Adams in JUNEBUG, and was so hoping she'd hit this out of the park. She's the best thing in it, no doubt,;but in the end it's still a fantasy piece in a mythical unrecognizable Manhattan without much charm because it lacks sass. Overall, a disappointment.

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