 Rolling Stone , Premiere , USA Today , and The Boston Globe all gave the film three out of four , while Baltimore Sun gave the film a B grade . They cited that although the story is relatively predictable , the way in which the predictability of the film is part of the story , the amazingly extravagant musical numbers , along with the way in which Disney pokes fun at its traditional line of animated movies outweighs any squabbles about storyline or being unsure of what age bracket the film is made for . Michael Sragow of Baltimore Sun remarked that the film 's " piquant idea and enough good jokes to overcome its uneven movie @-@ making and uncertain tone " , while Claudia Puig of USA Today stated that " though it 's a fairly predictable fish @-@ out @-@ of @-@ water tale ( actually a princess @-@ out @-@ of @-@ storybook saga ) , the casting is so perfect that it takes what could have been a ho @-@ hum idea and renders it magical . " 
