It's sweet, it's quirky, and the whole family can fall under its spell.
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04/19/04
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Ella Enchanted (2004)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:55
Rotten:56
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Hathaway is a charming heroine, but the simple storyline gets overwhelmed by silly gimmickry.
Theatrical Release:Apr 9, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $22,811,339
Synopsis: Similar to SHREK and THE PRINCESS BRIDE, this fantasy adventure, based on a book by Gail Carson Levine, combines fairy tale with sly, 21st century pop humor. Teenage Ella (THE PRINCESS DIARIES'... [More]
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Joanna Lumley, Cary Elwes
Director: Tommy O'Haver
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Reviews for Ella Enchanted
Wonderfully sweet and thoroughly enjoyable, it's like a live-action Shrek.
04/18/04
There's enough attitude here to keep the audience laughing, even when the film tips into stupid spoofery.
04/18/04
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04/17/04
if they ruined...as badly as they ruined "Ella Enchanted" then we’re going to have to start a revolution or something.
04/17/04
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04/17/04
An artificially flavored movie potion...audiences may be less than enchanted with the gobbledygook results.
04/16/04
I wouldn't even mind watching it more than once, which is the true test.
04/16/04
There's lots of activity and energy, but no joy nor sense of spontaneity.
04/14/04
As one concerned fan of the book wrote on the Internet Movie Database after seeing the trailer, 'The producers are changing too much things in it and making it too stupid.' Exactly.
04/13/04
The mentality of the movie seemed to aim a little low, missing its core Princess Diaries audience and becoming pure Disney Channel fodder to follow Boy Meets World reruns.
04/13/04
A contemporary fairy tale starring Ann Hathaway is enchanting, funny and fun for kids and adults.
04/12/04
Like The Phantom Tollbooth and the cult TV series H.R. Puffnstuff, this film appears to have convalesced into head-trip allegories for older, pharmaceutically-savvy viewers.
04/12/04
It had some creative touches, but I thought the special effects were kind of cheesy.
04/12/04
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04/12/04
It’s an interesting mix, entertaining and yet so light and familiar that the film seems more of a knockoff than an original.
04/12/04
Delightfully subversive.
04/11/04
Ella Enchanted may be a little too enchanted with itself, but it conjures enough magical moments to keep its target audience entranced.
04/11/04
Veers wildly from juvenile comedy to romance to morality lesson, never quite finds its footing.
04/11/04
Ella Enchanted is a pleasurable surprise, a superior family film that is destined to entertain both children and adults.
04/10/04
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