The tale follows the beautiful princess Giselle as she is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land--and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid--even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home--she has to wonder: can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

I went into Enchanted with that weary guy kind of approach to the film and was actually surprised as the movie was quite fun and enjoyable. I understand that I am clearly not the target audience as this movie is meant for children and females but it is funny and charming enough that even the guys will most likely like it. I think a lot of my fear and weariness of the film has come from a recent distaste of Disney as all they seemed to be of late is a money grubbing organization willing to take advantage of children to make a fast dollar. But that seems to have change completely since the outs of former CEO Michael Eisner as the new CEO seems to be focused on quality and the integrity of the Disney name that had started to become soiled. And that is what Enchanted is, a quality movie with a good and funny story, good actors and quality performances by those actors. I mean if this continues many including myself will have to rethink what it means to be a Disney movie.

It's kind of funny to see Disney making fun of some of the Disney clichés. Several years ago this would have not been possible as they even threw up a little bit of a hubbub when Shrek came out as it was making fun of Disney as well. But that's part of the humor and charm of the film, the fact that they can laugh at themselves and have fun doing so which clearly shows the change in the regime. It also works really well as they do a mixture of traditional animation and live action for the film. The tongue in cheek humor fits perfect with the live action parts of the movie as they break out into song and dance on the streets of New York. It's hard to imagine them taking themselves too seriously as they try and fit a modern day world with that of the Disney Princess fantasy. I am a fan of satire when satire is needed and evidently someone at Disney is as well. The jokes fit well with the theme of the movie and even with the animated portion of the film.

Oh, don't get me wrong the movie is also trying to be part of the Disney Princess line as they had already fit Giselle into the line even before the movie had been released. It's just the movie also does well at not forgetting a more mature or even more male audience. I have been a fan of Amy Adams since Catch Me if You Can and she is as about as perfect as a fit as you were going to find for the perky, pop singing princess as you were going to find. She brings charm and cuteness to the role that you might not have found with many other actresses. I am not that big of a fan of Patrick Dempsey though but I clearly understand the casting of him in the role, as Mr. McDreamy is perfect for the second half of the targeted audience of the film, females. I kind have had to laugh at the fact that he ends up jilting his own fiancé to run happily ever after with Amy Adams as that didn't seem too family friendly to me. The movie was fun, light and fluffy what more can you expect out of a Disney title.

Grade: B