Clever Disney tale in the vein of The Princess Bride - isn’t quite as clever as that film but is still very enjoyable, helped by a top notch performance by Amy Adams who gets it just right in what is a difficult role to play (cf James Marsden, who is alright but he goes the more obvious route). Patrick Dempsey is a bit bland as the male lead – is this the bloke all those Grey’s Anatomy fans swoon over? (but, then, as a friend pointed out to me “anyone could play that role on Grey’s Anatomy”); it’s a shame we couldn’t have seen more of Susan Sarandon, and Timothy Spall does his Timothy Spall thing with chubby aplomb.
Some lazy plotting – a lot of people running into each other, the role of Dempsey’s fiancée is seriously underused, and did it have to turn into a sfx blockbuster at the end - but there’s a great deal of charm and several laugh out loud moments.
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