Enchanted

Date: November 23
Location: AMC Aventura

Sophia, the Gallups and I braved the mall on Black Friday and actually didn't have much trouble at all. The theater itself was dead — no bargains to be had, I suppose. Enchanted didn't live up to it's 92% Tomato ranking, though it had some charming moments. James Marsden was very funny as the cartoon Prince Edward. He has carved out a great niche playing his comic-book good looks for laughs. The plot made very little sense — I was never clear on how the cartoon world and real world existed alongside one another. How is it that everybody in Central Park breaks into a choreographed musical number, for example? Does the infiltration of a couple cartoon characters make New Yorkers behave like cartoons? And if so, why was Patrick Dempsey's character not affected? Inconsistencies like that, along with some cliched plot turns and character types, keep this from being a special film. That said, Amy Adams is wonderful in the lead role and worthy of her inevitable Golden Globe nomination (not sure if she'll make the cut for the Oscar, however). She has definitely earned a spot on my 'girlfriend' list, and that's certainly the higher honor.