Managing audience expectations is a tough battle to fight, especially for sequels to something as widely adored as Enchanted. Fifteen years of waiting for a follow up to the story of Gisele – a cartoon princess lost in New York – is a whole new level of anticipation.
Yet in spite of the mounting pressure on this sequel, Disenchanted is a welcome addition to Gisele’s story, serving up catchy tunes and all the sweetness of the original with a new level of knowing. Not only do we get a fun update on Amy Adams’s not-so-cartoon princess, we get a comically realistic one too.
