How Do I Know That I Love It? - Enchanted Review

I never saw it in the theatres, but when the movie Enchanted came out on DVD today I just knew I had to buy it. Many of my friends had said it was a wonderful movie that was very reminiscent of the old-school Disney that we grew up loving. It was true.

Enchanted introduces a new "princess" - Giselle (Amy Adams) - a happy go lucky, animal loving girl who just can't wait for her true love's kiss. It was about time for another red-haired "princess", I say! Now, Giselle isn't a princess yet - but she will be once she marries her husband-to-be Prince Edward (James Marsden). The Prince has an evil stepmother, Narissa (Susan Sarandon) who is Queen of their fairyland kingdom, and if Edward marries, then she will eventually be replaced by a new Queen, so she sabotages her stepson's marriage by pushing Giselle down a bottomless fountain that is actually a portal to the real world.

Not only is it a very cute movie, that's well made and even has wonderful new music, but it has a new comedic twist that's new to the Disney realm. It makes fun of the entire Disney genre - joking about how life would be like if these fantasy stories were actually real. Once the cartoon characters, and even animals, cross over into the real world, they act no different. They're still extremely happy-go-lucky, melodramatic, and very clueless about the human world - very 3rd rock from the sun.

There are cinderella-esque animals who help make things and clean the house, poison apples and ugly-ass hunchback hags a la Snow White, A Sleeping Beauty inspired Queen who even has the power to turn into a fierce black dragon , a boat ride reminiscent of the Kiss The Girl scene in Little Mermaid, a ball such as the one the Beast threw for Belle, and even an Italian Dinner that matches the romance in Lady and the Tramp.

It has a great cast - including Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey and Wicked/RENT's Idina Menzel added to the list a few paragraphs prior. The plot is very cute and comical, and it has an ending that I personally wasn't expecting when I first started watching the movie, but loved all the same.

Overall, if you want to spend a good hour and a half smiling someday, and feeling the same joy you did from the original Disney musicals when you were a child, then watch Enchanted. I am very glad I own the movie, and will definitely be watching it again soon - it's so cute! It might just become my sad-day movie to raise my spirits, as it certainly would do the trick.

SO GOOD!

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