Enchanted

[Drunk Monk]

Disney has these tried and true formulas for filmmaking and every once in a while they work. It's very predictable - reoccurring lines building gravitas, no mother figures (whazzup with Disney and mothers?), obligatory song and dance numbers (classic Mencken, choreographed with almost Bollywood sensibilities), the redemption of characters, the in-joke self satirization, the coming of age and the loss of innocence - there's nothing really new and yet the elements combine to a descent flick, assuming you like Disney Princesses. This is Alice in Wonderland told backwards. Amy Adams steals the show as Giselle. She's totally believable in the role, an over-the-top hammy performance not unlike Garland as Dorothy or Anne Hathaway as Elle. Susan Sarandon vamps it up as the evil queen, but she'll always be Janet to me (except for when she's Louise) - there could have been more of her. The other characters are negligible and the effects are only of moderate interest. It's Amy that makes this work. Welcome to a new Disney princess.