A full review is done and in the chamber, hopefully to be posted this weekend, but it’s worth noting that Enchanted, which opens next Wednesday, November 21, is a very pleasant surprise, especially when stacked up against Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. The film’s opening animated segment, which runs maybe eight minutes or so, will spark a certain nostalgia in fans of pre-CGI movies like The Little Mermaid, and Pip, the little chipmunk who also makes the jump from the animated realm to the real world is, if purposefully not photo-realistic, a lot better looking than the stuff on display in the trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks.

The real story, however, is Amy Adams, who — as naïve princess-in-waiting Giselle, hailing from “just beyond the meadows of joy and the valley of contentment” — stakes a convincing claim to being the next big thing by way of Girls Next Door. Now she just needs a top-shelf romantic comedy, that’s all.