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Ella Enchanted | | Director: Tom O'Haver
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Eric Idle, Parminder Nagra
Studio: Miramax Films
Category: Movie
Buy New: $1.99
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Rating:  279 reviews
Sales Rank: 6452
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 97 Minutes
ASIN: B003QSHLI2
Theatrical Release Date: April 9, 2004
Release Date: January 1, 2010
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| Synopsis:
A young woman who is given the "gift of obedience" by a fairy, but soon learns that it's more of a curse that threatens to separate her from her true love, Prince Charmont. Can Ella break the curse in time to live happily ever after? |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 279
 Great Movie - Blu-Ray is Pathetic August 24, 2010
KittyKins
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of my favourite movies and if you're a lover of music and romance you'll really like it it. Also, it's a creative rendition of the Cinderella story, and combines music, humour and serious subject matter in such a delightful way. There are a couple of mildly offensive comments near the beginning, but they are so subtle and fleeting you don't even notice them really anyway. Anne Hathaway is a great comedic actress as well as a good singer we find out, and handsome Hugh Dancy is charming as Prince Char. It's a touching and funny story with excellent acting, although it is slightly corny in places. There are some great romantic moments and the chemistry between the two leads is excellent.
After Ella is born she is given a gift by her eccentric Fairy Godmother Lucinda so that she will always be obedient. Although this is ok when she is child, when she grows up her "gift", which is really a curse, comes to the attention of people who use it for evil intent. This is a great story to teach idioms and figurative language to kids, as Ella takes so many of these literally leading to funny situations. Ella's mother dies and her father remarries a woman with you guessed it...two daughters.
All the girls in the kingdom are in love with Prince Char and even have a fan club. When he meets Ella and then saves her life, he doesn't know what to make of the fact that Ella is not as enamoured as the other girls. Instead she sees what is wrong with the kingdom and the Elfin Restrictions put in place by his evil uncle Edgar who has taken over the throne. She also feels that Char as the heir to the throne should do something about this unfairness. Despite her original distain for the prince, Ella slowly begins to fall in love with Prince Char. after they wind up on a trip together with Ella's elf friend, Slannen. Their love for each other is put to the ultimate challenge when King Edgar tries to assassinate Prince Char. Will Ella be able to conquer the curse and be together with Char?
I would have given this 5 stars, but as I am reviewing the blu-ray I had to take that into consideration as well. This is the only blu-ray I own that has no features of any kind. It doesn't even have a menu page so you can access the chapters easily. There aren't closed captions or subtitles either. As a teacher of the deaf I view this as discriminatory and it's also ironical that a release for a movie that is partly about providing equality to all creatures in the kingdom doesn't have these. On the other hand, the widescreen DVD release has lots of extra features, including deleted scenes, a feature about making the movie, and an alternate ending. Although HD is always great and that part of it is well done, I'm not sure if the quality is that much different from the DVD to make it worth your while. So I would suggest buying the DVD and skipping this substandard blu-ray that was "lazy" and a quick money maker. I feel there is no excuse for it when the features are already present in another format. However I'd definitely recommend this movie.
Easy Transaction July 24, 2010
ctnormandin
Shipping was very quick and the transaction was easy. Product played perfectly and was in great condition!
 Haven't read the book but love the movie May 16, 2010
Don't tread on me (North Carolina, USA)
There are a number of reviews that mention how the movie does not follow the book. Well, I enjoy the movie without having read the book. This movie has a blend of Shrek and Princess Bride with a good mix of silliness of its own. It is a good family movie with no harsh language or political indoctrination like many of today's movies. Add to this one pretty Anne Hathaway who is always easy on the eye - and Ella Enchanted is a movie for all to enjoy.
 Some of the negative reviewers got it wrong March 28, 2010
William W. Young (Lake Havasu City, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read some of the one star reviews and most are dead on about the awful movie compared with the exquisite book. What all I read failed to note was that there seemed to be a systematic destruction of the value of the book's wonderful themes. In the book, Ella is one of the finest of heroines. She succeeds because of her excellent code of morality and her attempt to take hurt on herself to save the man she loves. The act is not sacrifice but strength of desire to do right for the things she values most: the prince and her own moral stature. Her step sister would cheerfully have done the opposite. The authors of the movie seemed to have had the values of the step sister as their model of excellence. To sum it up the book was like an excellent steak, a lot of very good meat and a little fat. The movie people trimmed off the fat, threw away the meat, then went to the garbage heaps of their own minds for more poisoness fat. NEVER expose children to this sewer of a movie. Expose them to the wonderful book.
Ella Enchanted January 18, 2010
Kathie S. Quisenberry (Marquette Heights, IL)
This is one of my favorite movies. It is a chick flick that even my husband enjoyed, and it's kid friendly too.
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