"Ella Enchanted" is enchanted, all right. Based on the beloved novel by Gail Carson Levine, it's a high-spirited charmer, a fantasy that sparkles with delights. A lot of the fun is generated ...

To say that Ella Enchanted is a wretched movie doesn’t quite do the film justice. After all, this is not just a fairy tale story told badly, it’s also a fairy tale story that manages to take ...

Ella Enchanted. Tommy O'Haver. ... Slannen is a sullen elf who dreams of a day when the law forcing elves to assume positions of entertainment (singing and dancing and such) ...

Ella Enchanted. Reviews. By Joshua Tyler published 27 May 2016 ... and Prince Char agrees to help Ella and her Jewish Elf friends in finding her fairy godmother. ...

A romantic fairy tale with a contempo pop culture sensibility, "Ella Enchanted" draws from the well of everything from "The Princess Bride" to "Ever After," from "Shrek" to "A Knight's Tale" in ...

Ella Enchanted: Romantic comedy. Starring Anne Hathaway, Joanna Lumley, Hugh Dancy, Aidan McArdle, Lucy Punch and Jennifer Higham. Directed by Tommy O'Haver. (PG. 95 minutes. At Bay Area theaters ...

In 1987, Rob Reiner directed The Princess Bride, a family fantasy which gleefully subverted the conventions of the fairytale and made a star of Cary Elwes.

Think of a live action Shrek, The Princess Bride on speed with an all-brunette cast, and what results is Ella Enchanted, a Cinderella-story for the bubblegum pop generation. Vibrant and ...

What do a fairy-tale kingdom in upheaval, a heroine with a curious curse and a pair of species-mismatched sweethearts have in common? All are elements shared by Oscar-winning “Shrek” an… ...