Title: Hamlet with a happy ending
Product review: Ella Enchanted was a wonderful book which could be looked upon as a children's version of Jane Eyre. It was loosely based on Cinderella, but had some beautiful themes that were all its own. Now, if they had stuck to the original story, the movie would have been a wondeful contemporary fairy tale with a very capable herione and role model for girls everywhere. However, this movie got rid of the Jane Eyre-style themes from the book and instead combined it with elements of Hamlet by having an evil uncle who killed the king to become king. Let me tell you right now, Cinderella and Hamlet do NOT go together! Gail Carson Levine is one of my favorite authors and I always thought her writing style would translate well to the movie screen, but not like this!The narrator is annoying, the movie tries way too hard to be funny, and all the beauty and charm from the original novel is lost.Do yourself a favor and order the book instead.
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