Amy Adams

Patrick Dempsey

Maya Rudolph

Gabriella Baldacchino

Rachel Duff

James Marsden

Idina Menzel

Yvette Nicole Brown

Jayma Mays

Kolton Stewart

Óscar Núñez

Alan Tudyk

Griffin Newman

Brooke Josephson

Mila Jackson

Lara Jackson

Eimear Morrissey

James Monroe Iglehart

Michael McCorry Rose

Ann Harada

Helen Norton

Sean Duggan

Brigid Leahy

Mario Ilha

Rachel Covey

Isaac Gunnip

Emmanuel Okoye

Eleanor O'Brien

Ella Gale

Hayley Keogh

Jahrea O'Hara

Alix Bailey

Matt Lenehan

Mahito Indi Henderson

Kellett Gilchrist

Aviana Le Gallo

Darren Le Gallo

Stephanie Karam

Fiona Browne

Camille Ross

Natalie Stringer

Darlene Garr

Aidan McCann

Matilda Firth

Ingrid Werner

Edward Harrison

Claude Starling

Delvene Pitt

Brian Law

Betsy Picart

Jessica Lee

Thea Bunting

Erin Gisele Chapman

Luccini Roselli

Rendah Beshoori

Ellie-Mae Ratcliffe

Matt Servitto

Anthony R. Mottola

Barry Josephson

Shira Josephson

Murray Josephson

Adam Shankman

KC Monnie

Ciara Sexton

Simon Duggan

David N. Weiss

Jo Burn

Alan Menken

J. David Stem

Brigitte Hales

Stephen Schwartz

Richard LaGravenese

Emma Moffat

Joan Bergin

Louise Kiely

Cindy Tolan

Lori Korngiebel

Ben Cooke

Matthew Sullivan

Niamh Gale

Jenny Oman

Shane McEnroe

Orla Carrol

Dan Hennah

Sharon Doyle

Gary McGinty

Hannah Quinn

Kevin Byrne

Doug Jackson

Aoife Maher

Lisa Purisima

Aoife Murray

Casi Blume

Michelle Pinargote

Jason Sanford

Nicholas Daniels

Mildred Iatrou

Sébastien Raets

Aisling O'Callaghan

Cara Loftus

Brooke Fricke

Robert Barrett

Sonia Dolan

Melvyn Nicholls

Brett Nichols

Molly Pabian

Fernando Tortosa

Brad Minnich

Chris Parks

Katharine Meadows

Nancy MacLeod

Belinda Roche

Julian Burt

Aisling Nairn

Patricia DeHaney

Tammy Sutton

Aminah Gbadamosi

Trish Flood

Zuelika Delaney

Ciara Duffy

Edson Williams

Lisa Jaime

Sally Boldt

G. Allen Stewart

Laura Hill

Christopher Potter

Jance Rubinchik

Bernie Dooley

Evelyne Noraz

Ciara Scannell

Claudia Huerta

Til Frohlich

Reetu Aggarwal

Nicola Flynn

Sunil Perkash

Bill Kelly

Barry Sonnenfeld

Chris Lebenzon

Emma E. Hickox

Holly Sedillos

Enchanted Collection

Comedy

Family

Fantasy

Disenchanted

Walt Disney Pictures

Josephson Entertainment

Right Coast

United States of America

English

princess

magic

fairy tale

wish

musical

sequel

CinemaSerf

So, moving on fifteen years from the first outing for "Giselle" (Amy Adams) et al., we return only to find that a bit of ennui has set into their idyllic lifestyle. As the saying goes - "the devil finds work for idle hands" and a careless wish plunges her, husband "Robert" (Patrick Dempsey) and their own new daughter into a series of adventures as she must race against the clock to stop disaster striking on the final toll of the midnight bell. Sadly, this has none of the engagement of the 2007 introduction to these characters. Sure, we don't expect much jeopardy with the storyline, but here it is all just a bit too contrived and there are also way too many rather bland songs that seem more a substitution for pretty weak dialogue and characterisations, than their ability to get you singing along. It does look good, and it is curious to see the entire cast reunited after the intervening years, but sadly this is little better than a television movie that might engage the youngsters for the first hour of it's over-long two hour duration, but afterwards I fear attentions may start to stray to what's going on out of the window. Pity - another sequel that we really didn't need.

**Refreshingly innovative, mostly a kids-pleaser. (7/10)**

My expectations for this film were low, as it was not only a sequel but also one without even a theatrical release. And the first 20 minutes or so was about on par with your typical "sitcom sequel": Family moves out of the big city into the suburbs, angsty teen just wants to go home, mother who doesn't understand teenagers proceeds to embarrass her on her first day, etc etc.... Needless to say, I was settled in for a mediocre film.

I was, however, surprised by several things once the magical part of the film got rolling. While character development is thin in this film, a certain twist involving Giselle caught me off guard and there are several clever foreshadowing points and Disney callbacks throughout the film. Musical numbers range from OK to Good, but there's a particular jazzy duet that knocked my socks off. (If you've seen the movie, you know exactly which one I'm talking about.) 

Unfortunately, the novelty wears off around the third act of the film, where it essentially just becomes your basic fairy-tale kids movie plot. Save the world before midnight, showdown with main villain, yada yada.. Anyway, the movie brings a few good ideas to the table, and it's probably worth a watch - it's not like you gotta pay for movie tickets after all. I'd reckon Disenchanted is about on par with the original Enchanted - no better, no worse; sometimes a movie just is.

It has some pluses, though <em>'Disenchanted'</em> is largely uninteresting.

The special effects are good, when Amy Adams and Maya Rudolph are onscreen together the movie is more watchable, some of the attempted heart from the story does eventually show up well and the animation bits are nice. Despite those positives, I still wouldn't say I enjoyed this. It was a bit of a slog to sit through in truth.

I narrowly liked the first film, but this sequel just didn't really click into gear in my opinion.

Disenchanted( 2022)

Happily never after.

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Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Nov 27 2022

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