Ella – Verflixt & zauberhaft (2004)
52KElla – Verflixt u0026 zauberhaft: Directed by Tommy O’Haver. With Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Aidan McArdle. 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.
“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 doesnu0026#39;t quite work as whole.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe 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 doesnu0026#39;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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI like this movie a lot, the pieces much more than the whole, but I canu0026#39;t help but wanting to beat up everyone involved in it because this should be so much better.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSix out of ten. Wait for video.”
