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Genres:
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Comedy /
Family /
Fantasy /
Romance
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Release:
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Director:
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Tommy O'Haver
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Actors:
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Minnie Driver,
Lucy Punch,
Jennifer Higham,
Anne Hathaway,
Hugh Dancy,
Cary Elwes,
Aidan McArdle,
Joanna Lumley,
Eric Idle,
Steve Coogan,
Jimi Mistry,
Vivica A. Fox,
Parminder Nagra,
Jim Carter,
Patrick Bergin
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Duration:
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96 min.
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Rating:
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(6.3/10)111
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Plot Summary:
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Based on Gail Carson Levine's award winning novel, this is the story of Ella, a green woman who was given a "baksheesh" of agreeableness near a fairy named Lucinda. Anything anyone tells her to do, she obligation yield to. When her mother passes away, Ella is cared notwithstanding by means of her thoughtless and greedy old man who remarries a loathsome handmaiden with two treacherous daughters. This modern-daylight, concoction Cinderella features fairies, ogres and elves...as fountain-head as a hero in the guise of Prince Charmont, whom Ella falls in love with. Divergent from Cinderella albei... t, Ella must depend on herself and her intelligence to get her through her troubles and stumble on Lucinda in needed so that in the course of her "curse" to be broken!
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Mystical fairytale given an update
Hathaway is as warming as ever in this delightful fairytale of a girl who is blessed or cursed with the spell to obey whenever commanded. The film is wonderfully filmed and looks very beautiful with stunning cinematography.
Minner Driver, Jimi Ministry, Patrick Bergen and Joanna Lumley all lend support. The film is a family orientated film and should please most family members. The use of songs is well done. It is a film you can't help but smile with. This is a typical family film but you if you enjoy this type of film, you should enjoy this.
Ella Enchanted
A modern fairy tale about what can go wrong if you're utterly obedient. Stars Anne Hathaway of The Princess Diaries
Ella Enchanted is a reworking of the Cinderella story for the 'girl power' generation. Although Ella (Hathaway) is the model of obedience, she longs to be a modern girl and finding her Prince Charming - or Prince Char (Dancy) as he's dubbed here - is incidental to the quest. Indeed there's a complete reversal of roles with Ella having to rescue Char from his dastardly uncle through the amazing power of true love.
Aspiring to the yoof appeal of Shrek and A Knight's Tale, Ella Enchanted happily makes every moment a golden oldie karaoke opportunity. The happy fairytale ending sees young beautiful people triumphing over the old...
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