Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new stepfamily in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new stepfamily in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new stepfamily in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Aidan McArdle
- Slannen
- (as Aidan Mcardle)
Steve Coogan
- Heston
- (voice)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe first song Ella sings, "Somebody to Love" was not the original song choice. Tommy O'Haver had discovered that Anne Hathaway didn't have very good chemistry with their first choice, a more classical "fairy-tale" song. O'Haver and Hathaway were relaxing when she starting singing along and dancing to the song that was currently playing: Queen's "Somebody to Love". They both decided that "this was it".
- GoofsElla's enchantment fails on at least two occasions: when Prince Charmont says "Allow me" and she continues to refuse his help, and when Slannen says "Forget it" and she continues to discuss his legal aspirations. The earlier "bite me" scene established that Ella's enchantment takes colloquial "commands" literally, thus she should have allowed Char to help her, and literally forgotten about Slannen's peeves.
- Crazy creditsThe cityscape of the Miramax logo dissolves into the cityscape of the medieval city in the movie.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ella Enchanted: A Red Carpet Premiere Special (2004)
- SoundtracksStrange Magic
Written by Jeff Lynne
Performed by Darren Hayes
Arranged and Orchestrated by James Seymour Brett (as James Brett)
Produced by James Seymour Brett (as James Brett)
Darren Hayes appears courtesy of JWM Pty Ltd and Columbia Records
Featured review
This almost works...
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.
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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- Apr 17, 2004
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- Language
- Also known as
- Câu Chuyện Thần Tiên
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $31,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,918,387
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,100,000
- Apr 11, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $27,388,767
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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