Took everyone out for ice cream and a movie to get the hell out of our (second) temporary apartment Saturday night. This was the overwhelming favorite over "Mr. Magorium and the Willy Wonka Ripoff", which surprised me. I Really liked this movie. The animation at the beginning was crap, about the quality of a low grade Saturday morning cartoon. Jesus Christ, this is what Disney has been reduced to? At least it was short. Amy Adams was brilliant, she had the Disney Princess thing down cold and was perfectly countered by the continually befuddled McDreamy. I thought Susan Sarandon was under utilized as the evil witch. It was a short movie so perhaps her perfomance was on the editing room floor? James Marsden was a bit over the top as the prince, but it seemed like direction, you can't really fault his performance. The story hit all the right fairy tale marks without beating you over the head with it. The songs were done by Alan Menkin, so of course, brilliant. Throw in good pacing, a plot twist that the younger viewers can grok and you have a rather successful little picture.
Four Stars.
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