#THE ENCHANTED SPELLBOARD REVIEWS MOVIE#

First we get animation based on reality (' Beowulf') and now reality based on animation. So the romance and the adventure play out in ways that would be familiar enough in an animated comedy, but seem daring in the real world.

#THE ENCHANTED SPELLBOARD REVIEWS MOVIE#

She's nice enough, but can she hold her ground against a movie princess? Not in a PG-rated world. Not so welcoming is Nancy ( Idina Menzel), who already fills the girlfriend slot in Robert's life. He's bringing up a daughter named Morgan (Rachel Covey), and Morgan of course likes her on the spot, when she ends up living with them as a homeless waif from an unimaginable place. But do not rush to the conclusion that Giselle and Edward find love in Gotham, because there is the complication of Robert ( Patrick Dempsey), a handsome single dad she meets. I'm not sure I do.Īnyway, Prince Edward follows her to New York, along with his manservant Nathaniel ( Timothy Spall in full Jeeves sail) and her chipmunk. What results is a heart-winning musical comedy that skips lightly and sprightly from the lily pads of hope to the manhole covers of actuality, if you see what I mean. But the animated prologue does a good job of setting the stage, so that we understand the ground rules of what will essentially be a live-action story playing by Disney animation rules. It is so very far, indeed, that the movie switches from animation to real life, and stays there. This is Prince Edward ( James Marsden), and it is love at first sight, and there are wedding bells in the air before the wicked Queen Narissa ( Susan Sarandon) puts the kibosh on romance by banishing Giselle to a place as far as possible from this magical kingdom. The princess is named Giselle, she has a beautiful singing voice, and although she resists singing 'Someday My Prince Will Come,' I think she's always humming it to herself.

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