"Mirror Mirror" is a bit hit and miss but overall I enjoyed it.
It's based on the Snow White fairytale but tries (maybe a bit too hard) to give it a modern twist.
The aspects of the film I enjoyed were: - the dwarfs being able to turn themselves into giants when they were doing their banditry - the scenes in the woods are particularly well made - there is an unexpected and highly entertaining musical sequence at the very end of the movie. Don't leave the cinema too soon! - Julia Roberts does a good job as the wicked stepmother, playing it for laughs to some extent but not overdoing it - Lily Collins is good as Snow White, playing the transformation from meek princess to forest guerilla fighter quite well.
There were a couple of things I didn't like:
I think both children and adults will enjoy this imaginative version of an old story.
It's based on the Snow White fairytale but tries (maybe a bit too hard) to give it a modern twist.
The aspects of the film I enjoyed were: - the dwarfs being able to turn themselves into giants when they were doing their banditry - the scenes in the woods are particularly well made - there is an unexpected and highly entertaining musical sequence at the very end of the movie. Don't leave the cinema too soon! - Julia Roberts does a good job as the wicked stepmother, playing it for laughs to some extent but not overdoing it - Lily Collins is good as Snow White, playing the transformation from meek princess to forest guerilla fighter quite well.
There were a couple of things I didn't like:
- there was a rather silly part of the plot when the queen puts a spell on the Handsome Prince(played by Arnie Hammer) - Parts of the script are weak, resulting in some of the supposedly "funny" lines falling completely flat
I think both children and adults will enjoy this imaginative version of an old story.