Disenchanted review – Amy Adams returns for engaging, if lesser, sequel

Two years after Amy Adams broke out and secured an Oscar nomination for her dizzy, disarming turn in modest indie Junebug, she found a way to smartly parlay that same wide-eyed ebullience to a much grander stage. The Disney caper Enchanted was a canny, crowd-pleasing charmer that stood as proof of Adams’s warm movie star appeal while also managing to stand out in a busy post-Shrek crowd of progressively grating fairytale meta snark.