My thought upon picking up the "Ella Enchanted" book was, "Oh, well I suppose this might be good."... I read that book in ONE day! I utterly enjoyed the story line, characters, development, and subtle references to the original tale. Despite all that, I was sorely disappointed with this film. I truly pity anyone who believes that this atrocious interpretation of Ms. Levine's extraordinary rendering of the classic Cinderella story is the real thing. My points of dislike: 1. Ella was quite young throughout the majority of the book, and yet in the movie she was grown up within a few minutes. 2. THERE WAS NO "EVIL UNCLE", Char's parents were alive and very kind, loving, and supportive. 3. The Step-Sisters and Char were also young for the main part of the book. 4. Hattie mostly and Olive completely were utter imbeciles , they were never smart enough to tell Ella to steal something. 5. No one wanted Ella to kill Char, in fact the whole controversy at the end was because Dame Olga and Hattie were trying to force Ella to marry Char so that they could tell her to give them all his riches. 6. Char and Ella's relationship was much sweeter in the book than in the movie. I would never recommend anyone buy this DVD, instead take some quality time with your kids and read the book! Thank you for your time.Read full review
I love it. I bought it for my granddaughter. It's a fairy tale with Ella as the main character. She is beautiful, smart and very good. After having a curse put on her at birth, she must be obedient and obey anything asked of her. How she finally manages to break the spell and, of course, marry the prince, is told in a funny and different way. It has great musical numbers with lots of dancing and singing. She cannot sing or dance, but when ordered to, she can. The same with fighting so she found out she was capable of doing almost anything. She is a very good example of how a girl can be feminine and stall take care of herself. The quality was as good as new and my granddaughter loved it.
I know this is an older movie, but I just saw it for the first time recently. I loved it so much I immediately got on Ebay and found a new copy for a great price. I love fairy tales and Ebay!
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It's a great movie, my little girl loves it.
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I bought the DVD version by mistake. I thought I was buying the book. Still, this is a cute movie for kids.
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