with people since its release in 2007. Everyone I’ve watched it with, from my mother to my cousins to my friends, loves the first act, but loses interest after “That’s How You Know,” the big musical number in which Amy Adams’ Giselle gets the whole of Central Park to joyfully sing and dance as Patrick Dempsey’s Robert looks on skeptically.
My theory about why this is has less to do with the quality of the film overall and more with the shift in tone that follows this scene. Everything up to that point is a knowing satire of fairy tale tropes challenged by or reinterpreted for a real-world setting. EverythingEnchantedEnchanted’smay be a disappointment. It’s light on the satire, and heavy on the fairy tale rules and aesthetics.
Giselle’s Andalasian ex-beau Edward and Nancy , Edward’s queen and Robert’s ex, come to visit Giselle and Robert’s new home bearing a gift for Sofia: A magic wand that will grant her every wish. After an argument with Morgan, Giselle and her chipmunk pal Pip use the wand to try and bring some fairy tale magic to Monroeville, unwittingly causing catastrophic consequences for their world and Andalasia that must be undone before the clock strikes midnight.
The songs, again by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, also feel a little lazy this time around, lacking the sharp lyrical oddity of numbers like the original’s “Happy Working Song,” another choice that dulls much of the edge that madeso fun to begin with. Instead, we get a heartfelt ballad from Menzel that allows for her requisite belting, but doesn’t carry much actual meaning apart from a pat assurance of the power of love and memories of loved ones.
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