Enchanted (2007)

Directed by

Kevin Lima

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, musical film, romantic comedy, family film, live-action/animated film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 5,749 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A princess from a cartoon fairy tale is banished to modern-day New York City. She navigates the real world with her fairy tale optimism and meets a divorce lawyer. The movie combines animation and live action to send up classic Disney stories.

whimsicalcharmingplayfulsentimentallightheartedfantasticalfunnyromantic

What happens

Enchanted is a 2007 American musical fantasy and romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and written by Bill Kelly. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Josephson Entertainment, and Right Coast Productions, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, and Susan Sarandon, with Julie Andrews as the narrator. It focuses on an archetypal Disney princess-to-be named Giselle, who is exiled from her animated world into the live-action world of the New York metropolitan area, where she falls in love with a divorce lawyer. The live-action animated film is both an homage to and a self-parody of Disney's animated features, making numerous references to past works through the combination of live-action filmmaking, traditional animation, and computer-generated imagery. It also marks the return of traditional animation to a Disney feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in 2004. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who had written songs for previous Disney films, wrote and produced the songs of Enchanted, and Menken also composed the film's score. The animated sequences were produced at James Baxter Animation in Pasadena, while filming of the live-action segments took place around New York City. Enchanted premiered at the London Film Festival on October 20, 2007, and went into its wide release in the United States on November 21. The film was critically well-received, established Adams as a leading lady, and earned $340.5 million worldwide at the box office. It won three Saturn Awards, Best Fantasy Film, Best Actress for Adams and Best Music for Menken. Enchanted also received two nominations at the 65th Golden Globe Awards and three Best Original Song nominations at the 80th Academy Awards. This is the first Walt Disney Pictures film to be distributed under the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures banner after Disney retired the Buena Vista brand from its distribution division. A sequel, Disenchanted, was released on Disney+ on November 18, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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