DISENCHANTED
Some ENCHANTED fun returns for the whole family.
Should You Watch It?
If your family enjoyed ENCHANTED, DISENCHANTED brings back some of that movie’s magic with colorful costumes, music, dancing, and comical parody. Amy Adams gives a fun-filled performance, while Idina Menzel’s vocals are outstanding.
The movie’s strong moral and redemptive worldview honors family, love, and sacrifice. Its message that love can save the day gives the fantasy a wholesome center. The tradeoff is a story that wanders and drags in places, along with magic spells, violence, and cruelty that may trouble younger children.
For a family movie night with older children, DISENCHANTED is worth watching together. Younger children may need more parental guidance.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESFifteen years after ENCHANTED, Giselle and Robert are raising a new baby and an angsty teenager, Morgan. Tired of Manhattan, Giselle hopes a castle-shaped suburban house will bring her family a fairytale happily ever after.
When a magic wand leads Giselle to make a desperate wish, her family’s life changes in unexpected ways. She must find a way to set things right before the fairytale world is threatened.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means DISENCHANTED is enjoyable but uneven. The movie has some of the same magic as ENCHANTED, and its music, dancing, and comic parody make it fun for the whole family.
Amy Adams gives a lively, fun-filled performance. Idina Menzel delivers superb vocals, and the colorful costumes are outstanding. The main weakness is pacing: the movie wanders and drags in places.
The Worldview
DISENCHANTED presents a strong moral and redemptive worldview. It exalts family, true love, sacrifice, and the power of love to save the day. Good defeats evil, and the story ultimately values loving commitment over the false promise of a perfect fairytale life.
The movie also includes magic spells in its fairytale setting. That fantasy element does not erase the film’s emphasis on family and redemption, but parents should consider how younger children respond to spells, curses, and characters turning bad.
At its center, the film longs for happiness and discovers that love within a family matters more than an idealized life. That emphasis aligns with Scripture’s call to love: “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:7).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Christian, redemptive, moral worldview extols family and true love, including the theme that love saves the day, plus there are some magic spells in a fairytale setting
Foul Language
No foul language
Violence
Curses, dragons, sword fights, fire, giants, world falls apart, characters turn bad, and cruelty
Sex
No sex scenes or sexual immorality, just some flirting and married couple kisses
Nudity
No nudity
Alcohol Use
Adults drink wine
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Nothing else objectionable.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Giselle discovers that a perfect-looking life cannot replace love within a family. What helps your family recognize and practice love when life feels disappointing?
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 · Colossians 3:14The story presents sacrifice as part of true love. How did Jesus show sacrificial love, and how can we show it at home?
John 15:13 · Philippians 2:3–4The film contrasts good and evil. How does Scripture describe the way Christians should respond to evil?
Romans 12:21 · Ephesians 5:11The movie uses magic spells in a fairytale world. How can your family distinguish imaginative fantasy from practices Scripture forbids?
Deuteronomy 18:10–12 · Philippians 4:8The Final Word
DISENCHANTED offers colorful costumes, memorable music, comic parody, and a strong emphasis on family, love, and sacrifice. It drags in places and includes fantasy magic, violence, and cruelty, so younger children may need parental guidance. For older children and adults, WORTH THE TRIP.
