Enchanted

This Disney self-parody is enchanting, and I was enchanted particularly by Amy Adams, as the cartoon princess who gets catapulted into the center of a too-real Times Square by evil queen Susan Sarandon, but loses none of her sunny pluck, summoning rats, pigeons, and cockroaches with her “Happy Working Song.” Kevin Lima’s direction is notable for another well-done production number set in Central Park. I was glad that a song from Once beat out three from this film for the Oscar, but they are definitely not too cloying. Mike Leigh regular Timothy Spall, in an unlikely role, really does embody the evil queen’s toady, but the lawyer prince and the cartoon prince did not particularly register on me, hunks of the month though they may be. There is also an Abigail Breslin wannabe who is refreshingly uncute. (Names withheld to be nice.) It was amusing to see Disney goofing on its whole Princess marketing strategy, and Amy Adams is definitely a Princess to root for, so the appeal of this film extends way beyond tween girls. (2007, dvd, n.) *7* (MC-75.)