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Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Genre: Fantasy • Comedy • Family
Street Date: 3-18-08
Director: Kevin Lima
Number of Discs: 1
MPAA Rating: PG
Cast: Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rachel Covey
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Format: Standard

DVD Specs: Aspect Ratio: FF (1.33:1) or Widescreen (2.35:1), Blue-ray WS

Sound: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround, Blue-ray-Dolby Tru HD

Languages: English, Spanish & French
Special Features: Pip's Predicament: A Pop-up adventure - Giselle's chipmunk friend Pip stars in this new short-magical pop-up, storybook style. While Giselle gets used to life in New York, Pip embarks on a daring mission to rescue Prince Edward.

Fantasy Comes to Life: Discover the cinematic wizardry that went into the making of Enchanted in three behind-the-scenes featurettes: "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know," "A Blast at the Ball".
Deleted Scenes: Including exclusive intros by director Kevin Lima
Bloopers(look for hidden Easter Egg containing a music video with Carrie Underwood!)

BLUE RAY Disc contains all of the above, PLUS:

The *-Files. Enchanted is loaded with witty hidden references to classic Disney films. The *-Files rewards players who spot them with a short featurette showing the original Disney reference. High scoring players are treated to three extra special videos: "So Close," "Making Ever Ever After" and "True Love's Kiss".
Version: Standard DVD
Review: Synopsis:

Enchanted begins in the animated fairytale land of Andalasia where the charming and perky Giselle (Amy Adams) instantly captures the heart of the dashing Prince Edward (James Marsden). Desperate to keep the young lovers apart in order to preserve her control of the throne, the prince's evil mother Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon) transports Giselle from her whimsical homeland to the worst place she can think of - Times Square. Suddenly transformed from animated beauty into flesh and blood girl, the comely lass twirls her way through the urban jungle, blissfully unaware that dreams don't always come true. Rescued from the streets by divorce lawyer Robert (Patrick Dempsey), who suspects she'd be better off in Bellevue, and pursued by Edward, who finds that a sword is useless against a modern day dragon - er, make that city bus - the eternally optimistic Giselle starts to wonder if "happily ever after" is what she really wants.

Review:

I first saw this movie in theaters and was there more out of obligation than because I wanted to see a kiddie chick flick. I was pleasantly surprised then, and all over again now that Enchanted is out on DVD.

Disney has finally taken a page from Dreamworks’ book and has learned to laugh at the genre they made what it is today; that of the Disney Princess.

That’s right folks, Disney has finally learned to laugh at itself. And they do a great job with Enchanted – due to a combination of excellent casting, tongue-in-cheek writing, and great music. Granted, I caught myself thinking “this is SO over the top” more than once during the movie, but let’s face it – it’s a children’s fantasy, made just snarky and silly enough to be palatable for parents, too. Do prepare the kiddies for a minimum of animated screen-time; most of the flick takes place in the here and now.

Amy Adams immediately won me over as Giselle, who manages to bat her doe-like eyes with cartoonish innocence while cracking us up with moments like “Happy Working Song”, one of the three in this movie (by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz) to be nominated for an Oscar in the Best Song category (also nominated were "So Close" and "That's How You Know"). Whoever discovered Amy and decided to cast her instead of inflicting LiLo or Paris on us should get an award of their own. I expect to see much more of her in the near future – the girl has some serious comic chops.

Dempsey was charming and wavy-haired as ever. I’d fall onto him in a New York street any time. His daughter, played by Rachel Covey, was just the right amount of sweet without saccharine. Sarandon, Spall, and Marsden all obviously had a great time with their characters; Marsden was especially funny as the out-of-his element Prince who leaves (animated) Andelasia and finds himself out of his element while searching for Giselle in all-too-real New York.

All told, I wouldn’t drag my man to see Enchanted for date night, but would have no problem picking this one up as a far more wholesome and adult friendly and less grating alternative to Bratz any day.
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Rating: 4.5 Stars

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