The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Acting
Amy Adams commits so hard she creates a new acting category.
Score
Alan Menken's 'That's How You Know' is a Times Square banger.
Production
2D-to-live-action transition still slaps harder than it should.
Director
Kevin Lima
Amy Adams
Giselle
Patrick Dempsey
Robert Philip
James Marsden
Prince Edward
Timothy Spall
Nathaniel
Idina Menzel
Nancy Tremaine
Rachel Covey
Morgan Philip
Susan Sarandon
Queen Narissa
Julie Andrews
Narrator (voice)
Jeff Bennett
Pip in Andalasia (voice)
Kevin Lima
Pip in New York (voice)
Teala Dunn
Bunny (voice)
Fred Tatasciore
Troll (voice)
William Huntley
Grumpy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amy Adams based Giselle's voice on old Disney recordings of Snow White and Cinderella—she wanted that specific '1940s ingénue' vibrato.
This film essentially launched the 'Disney self-awareness' era that led to Frozen and Ralph Breaks the Internet, making it secretly one of the most influential princess movies.
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