By Bob Polunsky
Movie Critic

"Enchanted" uses animation to set the tone for both fantasy and the real world. Both are important ingredients for a fairy tale that turns into a reality show.

The Disney film spoofs some of the Disney studio's popular fairy tales, especially "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Cinderella" and, appropriately, it begins as an animated fairytale in which Queen Narissa rules with an iron hand.

She is especially displeased with her stepson, Prince Edward, and his choice for the kingdom's future queen. Narissa knows that the prince and his bride would then ascend the throne, and she would lose her job.

Disguised as a witch, Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon), literally shoves the animated Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) into the real world to fend for herself so she can't disrupt Narissa's reign. The animated Princess Giselle lands in the big, bad real world of New York City, causing her to become flesh and blood.

A flesh and blood Prince Edward and his servant, Nathaniel (Timothy Spall), go along for the ride, and Princess Giselle takes her pet chipmunk, Pip, to the big city where life is more complicated. They need help to cope with it, and they find it when Princess Giselle hires New York lawyer Robert Philip (Patrick Dempsey). The stage is now set for a romantic triangle involving the princess, the weak-willed Prince Edward from fairy-tale land and handsome lawyer Robert Philip in the real world.

When the fantasy world collides with the real world, survival of the fittest is the only way out. In this case, it's done with a hearty helping of typical Disney movie music, a working knowledge of Disney movies and a strong belief that good looking princesses and princes are supposed to live happily ever after.

"Enchanted" won't disappoint kids or romanticists. It reinforces the idea that love makes the world go around.

Studio rating: PG

Bob says: "Delightful" ***