Enchanted is a 2007 comedy-fantasy-musical released on November 21, 2007. The movie uses live action, traditional animation, and CGI.

Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) lives in the blissful animated world of Andalasia, where magical beings frolic freely and musical interludes punctuate every interaction. Though Giselle is currently engaged to the handsome and valiant (and bumbling) Prince Edward (James Marsden), her fate takes a turn for the worse when his stepmother, the villainous Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon), throws her through a magic portal, apparently to her doom.

But Giselle's plunge into darkness lands her in a strange new world - the unforgiving metropolis of New York City. As the cruelty of the Big Apple wears down the fairy-tale idealism of the once carefree princess, the frightened Giselle soon finds herself falling for a friendly, flawed, and engaged divorce lawyer Rob Philip (Patrick Dempsey), whose blend of compassion and street smarts help her survive and build a happy life in a harsh, cynical, and jaded town. While Rob is initially a difficult host, he and his 6-year-old daughter Morgan (Rachel Covey) also begin to be won over by the strange beauty's charms. But Giselle's presence in Manhattan begins to cause strange side effects in the fabric of reality, aggravated by Edward's appearance in Manhattan to find Giselle. As the animated world and the real one head down a collision course, Giselle must choose between Edward and Rob, as Queen Narissa plots her own scheme against the princess.

Julie Andrews as Narrator (voice)
Amy Adams as Princess Giselle, a storybook princess pushed into the real world
Patrick Dempsey as Robert "Rob" Philip, a friendly engaged divorced lawyer with a 6-year-old daughter who falls in love with Giselle
James Marsden as Prince Edward, Giselle's fiancée from the storybook world who comes out to rescue her
Timothy Spall as Nathaniel, Edward's dimwitted squire who is really working for Narissa
Rachel Covey as Morgan Philip, Rob's cute and curious 6-year-old daughter
Susan Sarandon as Queen Narissa, Edward's wicked stepmother who pushes Giselle into the real world
Idina Menzel as Nancy Tremaine, Rob's fashion designer fiancée
Jodi Benson as Sam, Rob's secretary
Paige O'Hara as Angela
Judy Kuhn as Pregnant Woman with Kids
Jeff Bennett as Pip in Andalasia (voice), Edward's pet chipmunk with an attitude
Kevin Lima as Pip in New York (voice), the same chipmunk, only when he arrives in New York, his ability to speak English gets replaced by squeaks and chatters

The film's score is written by accomplished songwriter and Broadway composer Alan Menken, who has worked on a number of Disney films: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Newsies, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, and The Shaggy Dog. Fellow Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pippin, and Wicked) has written the lyrics for six songs, also composed by Menken. Menken and Schwartz previously worked together on the score and songs for Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

After the titular song "Enchanted" (a duet featuring Idina Menzel and James Marsden) was cut from the movie, only five songs remain in the finished film. Composer Alan Menken has stated that the song will most likely be included as an extra on the Enchanted DVD. The songs are homages to traditional Disney ballads, rather than parodies as previously reported. "Ever Ever After" will be released as a single, sung by Carrie Underwood, with the Spanish version recorded by Gisela.

Soundtrack listing:

1. True Love’s Kiss - Amy Adams and James Marsden
A homage to such songs that Disney heroines sing about how they dream about being loved such as "I'm Wishing" from Snow White and "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from Cinderella, as well as duets of the same purpose such as "One Song" from Snow White and "Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty.

2. Happy Working Song - Amy Adams
A homage to such songs as "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and "The Work Song" from Cinderella.

3. That’s How You Know - Amy Adams
This song is a self-parody of when Alan Menken came in as composer for the Disney features. Specifically, it is akin to such big production numbers he wrote such as "Be Our Guest" and "Under the Sea".

4. So Close - Jon McLaughlin
5. Ever Ever After - Carrie Underwood
6. Andalasia
7. Into the Well
8. Robert Says Goodbye
9. Nathaniel and Pip
10. Prince Edward’s Search
11. Girls Go Shopping
12. Narissa Arrives
13. Storybook Ending
14. Enchanted Suite
15. That’s Amore - James Marsden

Bonus track not in the film.

The film is rated PG by the MPAA for some scary images and mild innuendo.

As of November 21, 2007, advance reviews of the film on Rotten Tomatoes deemed the film a 88% rating, with an 87% user average. Reviewers cited that that Adams was a surprisingly good actress coming from almost nowhere, and some have compared the movie to Mary Poppins' effect on Julie Andrews career because of this.

All of the reviews have said that, although the story is relatively predictable, the way in which that the predictability of the film is part of the story, the amazingly extravagant musical numbers, along with the way in which Disney makes fun of its previous movies characters outweigh any squabbles about storyline or being unsure of what age bracket the film is made for.

A video game of the film was released November 13 for Nintendo DS. Rumors and speculations purporting that the Enchanted game will be released to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles are false.

Although Giselle is shown in both animated and live-action forms throughout the film, she is not being marketed as one of the Disney Princesses, as was thought when a 2007 Toy Fair showed a Giselle doll featured with packaging declaring her with Disney Princess status. Disney has since decided not to include Giselle in the Princess line when they realized they would have to pay for life-long rights to Adam's image.

Giselle is the first redheaded Disney princess since Ariel and also the first Disney princess since Belle to have the same actress portray both her singing and speaking voices.

The film will begin with animation and switch to live action. The fairy tale scenes in the film will be done in 2-D animation, as a tribute to past Disney fairy tale films such as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

This will be the first feature-length Disney live-action/traditional animation hybrid since The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Traditionally-animated characters will not share the screen with live-action characters. This may be because of an animated character turning into a live-action character in the real world. It is also the first Disney film theatrically released in America to feature traditional animation since Pooh's Heffalump Movie.

The fourteen minutes of traditional animation will not be done in house (most of Disney's 2D animation artists were laid off after the CG boom of the late 90s), but by the smaller Pasadena-based company James Baxter Animation, started by legendary lead animator James Baxter. Baxter had previously worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation, bringing to life many memorable animated characters like Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Belle (Beauty and the Beast) and Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame). Various pictures of the animated designs and segments have surfaced on the Internet. In December 2006, Animated-News.com reveals in a short article several designs of the animated characters. As of January 2007, Disney's "Movie Surfers" show offered a brief glimpse of the film's animated segment during the 2007 film preview.

The first official trailer for Enchanted, preceded by clips of Disney's animated classics of the '90s, premiered accompanying the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The trailer was leaked to a few sites on the Internet beforehand, but it can now be seen on the official Disney Movies website and apple.com. At the end of September, trailers of the film have begun to be shown on Disney Channel.

All of the CGI animals that help Giselle clean up Robert's apartment during the 'Happy Working Song' were animated and completed by Tippett Studio in Berkeley, California. Tippett was also responsible for the CG character Pip, the chipmunk and the Narissa beast during the live action portions of the film.

There are many parts of this movie that are clearly references to/spoofs/homages of other Disney animated movies, most of which involve princesses and typically, evil stepmothers.

References to Disney movies in general:

The princess's friendship with animals and woodland creatures is a plot device that recalls the one used in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, and Pocahontas.

Giselle falls into an enchanted sleep and can only be awoken by "true love's first kiss", an homage to the plot device used in Snow White and Sleeping Beauty.

Giselle is romanced by two men. This plot device has been used in Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas (and its sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World), and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The movie begins with a book (with the same title as the film's), which is similar to the openings of Snow White, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, and The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh.

References to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

When Giselle bumps into a disgruntled New Yorker, she thinks that he's Grumpy.

Narissa disguises herself as an old crone, and offers an apple to Giselle in a live-action part. Additionally, the way Giselle falls after eating the apple is almost identical to the way Snow White did (other than the fact that Giselle's in live-action).

"Happy Working Song" is a homage to "Whistle While You Work".

"True Love's Kiss" is most likely a homage to both "I'm Wishing/One Song" and "Someday My Prince Will Come". Also, Edward tells Giselle (through song) "you're the fairest maid I've ever met", which is a reference to the Queen's question to the mirror, "who's the fairest one of all?"

Prince Edward thinks a television is a Magic Mirror. Additionally, the news reporter on the television is named Mary Ilene Caselotti after Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White; Mary Costa, the voice of Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and Ilene Woods, the voice of Cinderella.

Giselle asks Rob if there are any dwarves nearby, as she hears that they are "very hospitable".

The way the rats clean the dishes in "The Happy Working Song" is like the way the chipmunks and squirrels do it.

References to Sleeping Beauty:

Queen Narissa is heavily based on Maleficent's appearance, as Edward and Giselle's animated appearances are very similar to Phillip's and Aurora's.

In the climax, Queen Narissa transforms herself into a dragon-like beast, almost exactly the same way (green flames) as Maleficent. Also, the way she flies and wraps around the tower is almost like when Maleficent breathes fire at Prince Phillip.

Queen Narissa reveals a fainted Giselle behind her cloak, as Maleficent did with Aurora.

During the traditional-animation portion, Giselle's forest friends create her a man out of typical forest materials.

The way Queen Narissa enters New York is like the way Maleficent leaves.

References to The Little Mermaid:

Giselle has red hair and wears a wedding gown similar to Ariel's. In addition (in live-action), Giselle is in a bathroom with her hair down and with nothing but a green towel (a possible reference to Ariel's green mermaid tail) on.

Jodi Benson (voice of Ariel) appears as Robert's secretary Sam. Perhaps as another reference, Robert's office has a small fish tank near the door.

"That's How You Know" is a possible homage to the songs sung by Sebastian (such as "Kiss the Girl" and "Under the Sea"), due to the reggae atmosphere of the song. During this song, Robert and Giselle are in a rowboat while various extras are in other boats singing, which somewhat confirms this song as a "Kiss the Girl" homage.

"True Love's Kiss" could be a reference to what Ariel needed to obtain to remain human- "the kiss of true love".

Narissa uses a floating bubble to spy on people, similar to what Ursula uses.

References to Beauty and the Beast:

Giselle and Robert dance in a ballroom underneath a giant chandelier, like the famous ballroom scene in said movie, and Robert is wearing an outfit similar to the Beast's .

Giselle runs into Central Park singing, a homage to what Belle does early in the movie, which is itself, a homage to Julie Andrews' character in The Sound of Music (Julie Andrews is also the Narrator).

Paige O'Hara, the voice of Belle, appears as Angela.

References to Cinderella:

Giselle loses her slipper during the ballroom scene; at the end of the film, Prince Edward proceeds to put the slipper on Nancy's foot, claiming it to be a "perfect fit" before they run off together to the animated world.

The spell takes effect when the clock strikes midnight.

During the "Happy Working Song" sequence, Giselle is scrubbing the floor of Robert's apartment as bubbles float around the room, carrying Giselle's reflection in them. This is similar to what happens during "Sing Sweet Nightingale".

Although "Happy Working Song" is heavily based on "Whistle While You Work", it is also similar to "The Work Song", in which the animals make a dress for Cinderella.

Nancy's last name is Tremaine, which is the name of Cinderella's stepmother.

The way the animals tie the bow in back of Giselle's wedding dress (animated) and later at the beginning of the "Happy Working Song" is similar to the birds tie Cinderella's apron as she's getting ready to work in "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes".

The wedding carriage that Giselle rides to her wedding is similar to Charming and Cinderella's.

Before correcting him with Edward's name, Robert asks Giselle if she's waiting for Prince Charming.

References to Pocahontas:
Judy Kuhn, the singing voice of Pocahontas, appears as a pregnant woman.

References to The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
The scene where Robert and Giselle slide down the roof is akin to Hunchback, in which Quasimodo and Esmeralda do something similar.

References to Mulan:
During "That's How You Know", Giselle is holding a parasol similar to Mulan's.

References to Alice in Wonderland:
Giselle falls down a deep hole and enters another world, just like Alice.

References to Brother Bear :
Enchanted begins in a narrow aspect ratio. Later, when the main character enters a different reality, the film switches to a wider aspect ratio. The exact same thing happened in Brother Bear. Additionally Patrick Dempsey, who plays Robert, voiced the protagonist Kenai in the movie's sequel Brother Bear 2.