With a recent glut of reimagined fairy tales Mirror Mirror takes a comedic twist.
Snow White is raised by the evil queen (Julia Roberts) who saw off her father but she escapes and lives with seven dwarfs in the woods where she learns survival techniques and learns how to steal.
The Prince (Armie Hammer) has a buff body, dim brain but the Queen wants to marry him although he has fallen for Snow White who he had met earlier.
The Queen uses her spell on the Prince to make him act like a dog and she uses the money from the villagers to live a party lifestyle. As Nathan Lane remarks, this is how your tax dollars are spent. The language and humour used is very modern.
The comedy is mixed with some action especially at the conclusion where there is a beast in the woods.
The positives are the set designs and the costumes which are fantastic.
The negatives, Lily Collins as Snow White is rather a plain actress and Armie Hammer does not cut it as a leading man and they made the film drag. Worse of all the film never really grabs you with an uneasy mix of comedy and action and different fantasy themes.
Snow White is raised by the evil queen (Julia Roberts) who saw off her father but she escapes and lives with seven dwarfs in the woods where she learns survival techniques and learns how to steal.
The Prince (Armie Hammer) has a buff body, dim brain but the Queen wants to marry him although he has fallen for Snow White who he had met earlier.
The Queen uses her spell on the Prince to make him act like a dog and she uses the money from the villagers to live a party lifestyle. As Nathan Lane remarks, this is how your tax dollars are spent. The language and humour used is very modern.
The comedy is mixed with some action especially at the conclusion where there is a beast in the woods.
The positives are the set designs and the costumes which are fantastic.
The negatives, Lily Collins as Snow White is rather a plain actress and Armie Hammer does not cut it as a leading man and they made the film drag. Worse of all the film never really grabs you with an uneasy mix of comedy and action and different fantasy themes.