Amy Adams’ performance is incredible, being that she simply must act as a fairy princess in New York City. From the way she can light up her face, even down to the way she holds her hands she brings life to every familiar scene in a way that lets us discover our favorite fairy tales all over again. It should be said that Sarandon plays a wonderful evil Queen, if only we got to see more of her throughout the film.

By playing upon the very tropes that made Disney films so popular, the characters become more than just their stereotypes, the situations become more than cliché and the theme becomes fresh again: everyone can live happily ever after. Enchanted is a real world fairy tale with new songs that we will love to sing along to and new characters that we will never tire of. This fresh take on our favorite fairy tales brings Disney to life again and it is so much fun.

The DVD extras of Enchanted are worth taking a look at to see just how much fun everyone had while making this film. The “Bloopers” extra and the “Fantasy Comes to Life” are the two worth viewing. Besides the funny outtakes, in “Fantasy” it explains how they created three of the major scenes within the film, including the song and dance in Central Park. There is an extra animated sequence called “Pip’s Predicament” which is an add-on to the story that kids might enjoy, for it explains how Pip got Prince Edward out of Andalasia to save Giselle.