Ella Enchanted (film)

Ella Enchanted
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTommy O'Haver
Screenplay by
Based onElla Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn de Borman
Edited byMasahiro Hirakubo
Music byNick Glennie-Smith
Production
companies
  • Blessington Film Productions
  • Jane Startz Productions
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release date
  • April 9, 2004 (2004-04-09)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$31 million[2]
Box office$27.4 million[2]

Ella Enchanted is a 2004 jukebox musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tommy O'Haver and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, loosely based on Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel of the same name. Starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy, the film is a satire of the fairy tale genre.

The film is a co-production between companies in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The film received mostly mixed reviews, and was heavily criticized for its changes to the source material and addition of new characters. Levine stated that the film is "so different from the book that it's hard to compare them" and suggested "regarding the movie as a separate creative act".[3]

  1. ^ "ELLA ENCHANTED (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. April 26, 2004. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Ella Enchanted (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  3. ^ "Gail Carson Levine". Kidsreads.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.