Karnataka

For all who like a good laugh tempered with old-fashioned magic and romance

Enchanted (English)

Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall

Director: Kevin Lima

Watching Enchanted brings back the delight and joy of watching Shrek, the grown up fairy tale. Like the story of the jolly green ogre, Enchanted also taps into the child in all of us, that irrespective of how cynical our world view, longs for a little bit of magic.

The film starts as animation in the land of Andalasia, where a pretty maiden Giselle sings with the birds and other fluffy, furry, feathered friends. She waits for her one true love, who she could marry and live happily ever after. The prince, Edward, duly comes and the two fall in love, but alas, the evil witch, who is also stepmother, Narissa, steps in to spoil their ever after story. As Giselle is going to get married, the witch in the guise of a crone, sends her away to a place where there are no happily ever afters – New York city. Giselle pops out of a manhole into New York and the film turns into live action. In New York, she meets strait-jacketed divorce lawyer and single parent Robert.

Prince Edward comes in search of his true love helped by a wisecracking chipmunk. Narissa is not done with her evil doing and sends her stooge, Nathaniel, to thwart the lovers. All comes right in the end of course with every fairy tale trope cleverly and creatively re-imagined.

The animation turns back the clock on CGI to give us a feel of animation as it used to be in the good old days. For all who like a good laugh tempered with some old fashioned magic and romance, Enchanted is the ticket.

MINI ANTHIKAD-CHHIBBER

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