I like the idea of using fairy tale story lines and re-envisioning them around non-Disney/darker themes. This is an example of such a film and it almost pulls it off. The basic story pieces that everyone recognizes are there (the mirror, the evil and spellbound queen, the poison apple, the dark forest, and the dwarves). Care is taken to provide a cohesive story that doesn't just throw these elements around and overall, I was quite entertained. The film was a bit long and to be honest, I wanted to see Sneezy. Ok, so the dwarves were present, and there were seven of them, but at least give me a little comic relief by having one of them sneeze at least once. Hopefully we see more of these that push the genre out of the kids world and into the adult world (skipping right past horror, which nobody needs to see). So bring on Hansel and Gretl, and I will have to see if Red Riding Hood crosses into the horror category.
3 stars (out of 5)
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