Fresh
As far as live-action reimaginings of fairy tales are concerned, this is one of the more inventive ones and is unquestionably better than 2011's Red Riding Hood misfire.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Snow White and the Huntsman
The fairytale is over
2012 · 2h 7m · PG-13
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Rupert Sanders
Overview
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Vastly superior to Mirror, Mirror in every way. Great work from Charlize Theron.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Fresh
Sanders does not (yet) share Guillermo del Toro's gifts, but he, too, has an eye for the beautiful and the grotesque, and for that entrancing borderline where the two meet.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
Only Bob Hoskins as the blind seer Muir comes close to making us care. We can almost glean Snow White's heroic possibilities through his clouded eyes. As much as we'd like to, we certainly can't from Stewart's efforts.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten
Some of the fairy tale effects are marvelous; but the odyssey from darkness to light is unduly long and sloggy, and Stewart, with her contemporary edge, seems to be acting in the wrong era.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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