Enchanted (2007)

Enchanted is superb! It will not only please anyone who has ever enjoyed a Disney movie but it will please anyone who has ever hated a Disney movie (so long as you can stand the saccharine). Enchanted turns Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and every other chirpy-damsel-in-distress movie on its ear as it up-ends the animated world of the prince and his true love and dumps them into real-life New York City. Talk about fish out of water! Amy Adams as Giselle never lets up on the lilt and the song and the hope in her voice -- she's a gem of Disney princess-to-be perkiness. James Marsden is Prince Edward, noble and fey (not foppish and gay like Chris Sarandon as Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride). Susan Sarandon is killer as the evil Queen Narissa. The special effects and soundtrack are excellent too. One of my viewing companions said "This is the perfect movie for preteen girls!" -- and it is -- but any male or female of any age will enjoy this film -- provided you enjoy fairy tales, or else excellent parodies of them. 5 stars.