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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: A nightmarish cross between prime-time WB and a renaissance festival. Read more
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: It's glossy, shiny candy that tastes oddly familiar yet lacks sugary punch. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Hathaway's sweetly earnest performance makes this ambitious and occasionally downright weird tale work. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It had some creative touches, but I thought the special effects were kind of cheesy. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: After the first half hour or so, it sinks deeper and deeper into a mediocre self-aware pseudo-hipness. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: An overcalculated fusion of Shrek and The Princess Bride with all the smarts replaced by smartass. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Likely to cast its spell primarily on adolescent girls, while their elders might well find it more than a little tedious in its familiarity and artificiality. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: Though slightly uneven, this film version of Ella Enchanted never wavers from the magic of author Gail Carson Levine's words for girls: The demands of obedience should not be used to chain their souls. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The hoot and giggle of a girl-power fairy tale blended from potions of Monty Python, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and Shrek. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The vehicle that carries [Hathaway] is a bit of a mouldy pumpkin. Read more
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: Hathaway ... does a classy job of toppling the helpless 'save me!' Cinderella stereotype. Read more
L.A. Weekly: Barely an original moment. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Mostly ... the film bubbles along happily. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: O'Haver ... has a great time juggling silly jokes, contemporary tunes and anachronisms like hand-cranked escalators at the medieval mall. Read more
Dave Kehr, New York Times: One of the smartest films for older children in quite some time, Ella Enchanted is a funny (and at times, politically pointed) take-off on the ancient conventions of fairy tales. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's barely got a laugh in it. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The movie is an embarrassment -- another example of Hollywood excess overwhelming and sinking an otherwise unassuming story. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's a high-spirited charmer, a fantasy that sparkles with delights. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Artful enough to intrigue adults and far more original than other versions of Cinderella portrayed onscreen with alarming regularity. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Hathaway embodies the movie's sweet atmosphere, exuding a bubbly charm that will endear her to young viewers, and a girl-next-door wholesomeness that will reassure parents. Read more
Susan Walker, Toronto Star: Hathaway plays Ella straight, but appealingly, and is the actor least suspected of being put through Photo Shop. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: In its attempt to fuse a fairy-tale fantasy with a modern sensibility, the movie winds up a corny, derivative mishmash. Read more
David Rooney, Variety: A thoroughly charming performer with a bracing freshness about her that carries the film, [Hathaway] establishes credible chemistry with Brit thesp Dancy. Read more
Ed Park, Village Voice: Transpires in a somewhat chintzy fantasy kingdom lousy with more cameos than your typical Love Boat season. Read more