Enchanted (2007) Critic Reviews

Even if its most ironic humor will sail over the heads of very little ones, Enchanted is that rare comedy that will appeal to the whole family.Read the full review

The very definition of charming.Read the full review

As the innocent and indomitably chirpy Giselle, Adams gives the great female comic performance of the year so far.Read the full review

While this is certainly not the first motion picture to blend drawn creations with real life actors, no movie to date has approached it quite this way.Read the full review

Adams' winning performance and the light touch director Kevin Lima (a veteran of animation and live action) brings to scenes not tasked with advancing the plot all suggest that, silly as they may look once you take it apart, irony-free, romantic fantasy--animated and otherwise--still has a place on the big screen.Read the full review

Enchanted is as good as its name.Read the full review

A sometimes clever, other times grating mix of live action and animation that plays tricks with levels of movie reality as the world of fairy-tale animation invades contemporary New York.Read the full review

Enchanted is festooned with extravagant set pieces -- there's a great number in praise of romantic gestures, and a ballroom scene to make even grown-up girls swoon.Read the full review

The film works its magic largely by sending up, at times with a wink, at times with a hard nudge, some of the very stereotypes that have long been this company’s profitable stock in trade.Read the full review