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Ella Enchanted (2004) -- Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.
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Ella Enchanted (2004) -- Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.
Ella Enchanted (2004) -- Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.
Ella Enchanted (2004) -- Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.

Overview

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Director:
Tommy O'Haver
Writers (WGA):
Gail Carson Levine (novel)
Laurie Craig (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 April 2004 (USA) more
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Get enchanted more
Plot:
Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anne Hathaway ... Ella

Hugh Dancy ... Char

Cary Elwes ... Edgar

Aidan McArdle ... Slannen

Joanna Lumley ... Dame Olga
Lucy Punch ... Hattie
Jennifer Higham ... Olive

Minnie Driver ... Mandy

Eric Idle ... Narrator

Steve Coogan ... Heston (voice)

Jimi Mistry ... Benny

Vivica A. Fox ... Lucinda

Parminder Nagra ... Areida
Jim Carter ... Nish
Patrick Bergin ... Sir Peter
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some crude humor and language.
Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA | Ireland | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Company:
Miramax Films more

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Trivia:
Several references are made to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) including "It's only a scratch" and the line about rabbits rarely attacking anyone. Eric Idle, of course, is the narrator and one of the members of the Monty Python team. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Slannen the elf frees Ella from prison, Ella opens Benny to find out where Edgar is. When she opens the book she opens to the first page. In the next shot the book's pages have been opened to the middle. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: Fairy tales tell, as their labels imply / Stories of magic, of creatures that fly / With giants and dragons and ogres and elves / And inanimate objects that speak for themselves / There's romance and danger and plotting of schemes / There's good guys...
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Featured in The Magical World of 'Ella Enchanted' (2004) (TV) more
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Sona Sona more

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34 out of 52 people found the following comment useful.
This almost works..., 17 April 2004
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

The story of young Ella who was given the gift of obedience is a very frustrating movie, it should be wild and charming and funny and the best thing since sliced bread, or if not sliced bread then The Princess Bride, but some how it doesn't quite work as whole.

The cast is game, the special effects are good and the direction seems to be mostly on target, but somewhere along the way the movie decided to be too hip, too happening, too many things all at once. Its a comedy, fantasy, adventure, musical and a few other things all at the same time. It has timeless humor and humor that is in danger of dating very badly. It feels some times like a TV movie for kids and at other times something that should be on the big screen for everyone. It doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. Somehow I think that there were too many people with too many ideas (good ideas) but no one to say too much is a bad thing.

I like this movie a lot, the pieces much more than the whole, but I can't help but wanting to beat up everyone involved in it because this should be so much better.

Six out of ten. Wait for video.

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