Revealing mistake: During the wedding scene, while the narrator is talking, you can see the string that will pull the left table apart. As said in the commentary, the filmmakers weren't going for the idea of people pulling the tables apart, but rather some other force parting them. (01:27:40)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Plot summary
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Joanna Lumley, Hugh Dancy, Aidan McArdle
Ella is a young, beautiful lady who was given a curse at her birth. She is cursed to be obedient and do anything anyone tells her to. Her mother dies and her father remarries. Her step-mother's evil daughter, Hattie, figures out that Ella does whatever she's told. Ella goes out on a mission to find Lucinda, the fairy who gave her the curse, to ask her to take it back.
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More mistakes in Ella Enchanted
Ella: You know Char and his uncle are responsible for the segregation of the kingdom.
Hattie: Who cares, he's dreamy.
Trivia: Anne Hathaway sang her own songs in the film.
Question: Does Hugh Dancy actually sing with Anne Hathaway in 'Don't Go Breakin' my Heart'?
Answer: He did in the film, but for the soundtrack she recorded the song with Jesse McCartney. In an interview he admitted to being a little nervous about the singing.