Ella Enchanted (film)

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Ella Enchanted is a 2004 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tommy O'Haver from a screenplay co-written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, loosely based on Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel. Starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy, the film is a satire of the fairy tale genre. The cast also features Cary Elwes, Vivica A. Fox, Joanna Lumley, Minnie Driver and Eric Idle. As an infant, Ella (Hathaway) receives a misguided present from her fairy godmother, a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from everyone especially from her new stepfamily in order to protect the prince and soon to be king, a friend she is falling for. An international co-production between companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the film was a box-office bomb and received mixed critical reviews. It was heavily criticized for its changes to the source material and addition of new characters, and Levine stated that the film is "so different from the book that it's hard to compare...

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