

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
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.