Release: November 21, 2007

Rating: PG for some scary images and mild innuendo.

Storyline: *some spoilers* (again, I promise not to give away everything) As predicted, Giselle (Amy Adams) is a classic Disney princess, only this time the princess ends up on the real world of New York City after being pushed down a time vortex well by the evil Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandan). Soon to follow are Prince Edward (James Marsden) and the Queen's sidekick Nathaniel (Timothy Spall), the pricne to save her and the sidekick to destroy her. Giselle meets divorce lawyer Robert Philip (Patrick Dempsey) and his daughter, Morgan (Rachel Covey). As one of my friends and I read in the picture storybooks, Giselle falls for Robert while waiting for her Prince. To complicate the situation, Robert is also tied to a lady named Nancy (Idina Menzel). Morgan, of course, favors Giselle. The rest I will leave to be seen.

Acting: I had actually never heard of Amy Adams before, but apparently she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Junebug in 2006. If her acting in that one was anywhere near her acting in Enchanted, she deserved that oscar (which she didn't get). I was completely blow away by her acting - she embodied the character exceptionally well. Her whole bodie portrayed the character in every scene and sequence. Her voice is wonderful (well, at least I like it very much). Morgan did fine for her role, but it was small enough that I can't say if she is generally *good* at acting. Again, I have not seen anything else with Patrick Dempsey (at least that I know of), and besides his good looks, he did well for this role. James Marsden also did well - he perfectly portrayed the egocentric yet innocent prince. I could not place who Queen Narissa was until the very end, though I recognized the voice - I was not expecting Susan Sarandan in that role! She did very well, and had the voices done perfectly. I think this movie is actually better than A+, but that's because I am biased when there's good singing in a movie.

Grade: A+

Release: 2007

Rating: PG-13 for some language

Storyline: *some spoilers* At the beginning the movie reminded me of Uptown Girls, but really it is entirely different. In a search for finding out who she is, Annie Braddock (Scarlet Johansson) takes the position of a nanny when she accidently saves a little boy in the park. While dealing with his impossible mother she falls in love with the boy, and keeps the job as to not hurt the boy's attachment. At first, of course, he says he hates her, but very quickly do they connect. Then comes various problems with her boss, which eventually and predictably leads to her termination. There are, of course, a few twists along the way - her boss' husband cheating on her, Annie meeting a "Harvard Hottie" (the last nanny got fired for going on a date), and her boss' husband hitting on her, plus a couple more I'll let you wait and see. The saddest point of the movie was Annie's leaving without saying goodbye to little Grayer, or "Grover", as she nicknames him. He's a cute little boy and I actually did cry for a moment when she left. I was a little disappointed when she never did go back to say goodbye, but with a twist using the nanny-cam good does come from it. The rest I'll let you see for yourself.

Acting: As the character Grayson wasn't the main role, eight-year-old Nicholas Art did a pretty good job in his scenes. He cried nicely during the goodbye scene and has his boyhood innocence that completed his cuteness in the role. I only remember Scarlet Johansson as Molly in Home Alone 3, but she has quite grown up since then and did pretty darn well in her role. She actually kind of reminded me of Michelle Trachtenberg off and on by facial expression and simply her face, but that's besides the point, I guess. Her facial expressions were good, and I could sometimes feel her nervousness in front of her employer Mrs. X (Laura Linney). I wouldn't call her work "genius", but she was able to semi-realistically portray a single college grad searching herself while being a nanny. And of course Laura Linney did a super job of protraying Mrs. X, an insecure but deep down kind hearted woman searching for meaning in her life. She did an excellent job of providing a fearful character that you really did feel sorry for.

Overall rating: A

I am here to review movies that I see. I will rate the storyline, acting, and general movie. There may or may not be spoilers. I will try to warn you when there are. I may or may not post too often, depending on what movies I see when. I may write reviews on previous movies - I will definitely state the year. I will range from kid movies to adult movies, but most likely not horror as I don't like to watch those. I think that's it, if you have any questions you can ask.