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04/01/06
Ella Enchanted (2004)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:55
Rotten:56
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Hathaway is a charming heroine, but the simple storyline gets overwhelmed by silly gimmickry.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Similar to SHREK and THE PRINCESS BRIDE, this fantasy adventure, based on a book by Gail Carson Levine, combines fairy tale with sly, 21st century pop humor. Teenage Ella (THE PRINCESS DIARIES'... [More]
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Joanna Lumley, Cary Elwes
Director: Tommy O'Haver
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12/18/04
There's enough attitude here to keep the audience laughing, even when the film tips into stupid spoofery.
04/18/04
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12/14/04
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06/24/06
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04/09/04
Top Criticuses the archetypal story of Cinderella to skewer convention with that most deadly and effective of weapons: humor
03/27/04
The film's lush scenery and sharp modern twists cast a powerful spell.
04/09/04
Ella embraces the conventions of the fairy tale . . . while simultaneously gently spoofing them.
04/09/04
Like The Phantom Tollbooth and the cult TV series H.R. Puffnstuff, this film appears to have convalesced into head-trip allegories for older, pharmaceutically-savvy viewers.
04/12/04
An enchanting little story that will make you smile.
04/09/04
A fractured fairy tale as bright and bouncy as an ABBA song.
04/08/04
Ella Enchanted may be a little too enchanted with itself, but it conjures enough magical moments to keep its target audience entranced.
04/11/04
It’s an interesting mix, entertaining and yet so light and familiar that the film seems more of a knockoff than an original.
04/12/04
One of the smartest films for older children in quite some time, Ella Enchanted is a funny (and at times, politically pointed) take-off on the ancient conventions of fairy tales.
04/08/04
Top CriticA thoroughly charming performer with a bracing freshness about her that carries the film, [Hathaway] establishes credible chemistry with Brit thesp Dancy.
04/27/04
Top CriticElla Enchanted is a pleasurable surprise, a superior family film that is destined to entertain both children and adults.
04/10/04
A film adults can enjoy with their younger family members or alone, and might not too be embarrassed to recommend to their friends.
04/08/04
O'Haver ... has a great time juggling silly jokes, contemporary tunes and anachronisms like hand-cranked escalators at the medieval mall.
04/09/04
It’s the Moulin Rouge of children’s films... more magical than Harry Potter and more human than Lord of the Rings.Ella makes Harry Potter her b- -… witch.
04/08/04
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