In a land where birds and fuzzy talking forest creatures help you get dressed every morning and handsome princes ride on white horses, it’s surprising a girl would ever want to leave that place.

Disney’s “Enchanted” follows every classic, fairytale clichés and dumps them all onto the streets of New York City. The result is a sugary, but lighthearted tale of a princess finding her way to Mr. Right.

“Enchanted” takes place in Andalasia, the animated, fairy-tale kingdom ruled by an evil queen played by Susan Sarandon. The fair-maiden Giselle, played by Amy Adams, was set to marry her “true love” Prince Edward played by James Marsden. Giselle is sent to New York City by her disgruntled and territorial soon-to-be mother-in-law (Sarandon) who is worried Giselle will take away her throne.

Giselle has rough moments navigating her way through New York City in a poofy dress the tooth fairy would envy. She stumbles upon a young lawyer played by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Patrick Dempsy. Phillip befriends Giselle and the two characters clash on their ideas of love and romance.

Amy Adams plays her role as a very convincing recently un-animated maiden. Giselle is slightly ditsy, but likable and is obsessed with her one love, “her Edward” who she’s only known for two days. Giselle swoons and breaks out in song several times throughout the movie over her obsession for her Prince.

After a couple of days of hanging out in New York with Robert, Giselle is torn between her recently found independence and her Prince’s wish to take her back to her animated home.

Dempsy’s performance as a disillusioned single father was bland and predictable, however his waltzing skills made for great eye candy. The most entertaining performance in the entire movie had to go to Pip, the animated chipmunk that looks very lifelike scurrying the streets to help find Giselle.

Sarandon’s performance as the evil step queen almost felt like she was playing herself. It is unsure what is scarier; the dragon she morphs into, or just her in an evil stepmother costume, but I suppose that that goes with the territory of being an evil stepmother.

Depending on how many times you want to hear the phrase “true love’s kiss,” you may or may not want to skip this flick. There are puff sleeves, musical scores that rival “Rent,” a Prince and a McDreamy. This would be a great movie to take your younger sister or child to see, giving you a nice excuse to laugh along with the corny jokes and smile at the sappy love scenes. Overall, I would give this movie three out of five stars.

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