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This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Good start, but then it gets ruined

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The acting in this movie is really good.

When Josephine (Vera Farmiga) sees the combined images of the white of snow, the black of ebony and the red of blood she voices her desires for a child with such features. In time this does come to pass and Josephine and husband John (Tom Irwin) believe she is the most perfect baby, (who; as we all know, is named Snow white).The Joy is short lived however as Josephine soon passes away leaving widower John to look after infant Snow white.After a moment where he pays his final respects at his wife's grave, the scene cuts to John wondering in the snow. (if you look carefully, you may notice that his footprints show that he has gone round in a circle)> When all seems lost, John's fallen tears thaw the icy prison of a magical being (refered to in the end credits as: 'The granter of wishes, played by Clancy Brown). In exchange for his freedom the being offers John three wishes. The first is a request for milk, which is provided; secondly John wishes "I need my wife back, my queen." The granter of wishes cannot resurrect the dead (Whether bound by law, or it's beyond his powers isn't specified), but can offer a queen and a kingdom to go with her.The granter of wishes offers the position of queen to his sister Elspeth, (Miranda Richardson) but not before giving her a whole new look. Elspeth seems to posses much the same magical power as her brother, but she is not as kind hearted.Much of the story follows as most people know it, with the infamous "Mirror, mirror, on the wall...who is the fairest of them all?" line been repeated several times in one part by a very vain queen Elspeth. (Watch as she pulls a face and still gets her desired answer ;)) When suddenly Snow white (Kristen Kreuk) is fairest of them all this throws the queen into a fit of jealousy. Speaking of Snow white, Ms Kreuk plays a rather sassy version of her, as the following lines from the movie may show:Prince Alfred: Princess, you are so beautiful. Snow white: I am not; the queen is beautiful.Hector: The queen craves rabbit stew for breakfast. Snow white: You know that if there are any rabbits in the traps I'll just let them go. I'll go to the palace by myself. Hector: No you mustn't! The queen has ordered that I escort you. Snow white: I'm not afraid of the dark Hector.Snow white: If I was wearing one of the colours; say yellow... Wednesday: Yellow? That's my colour! First you steal my horse, now you want to steal my colour? Snow white: I did not steal the horse. (Actually, she did).As for the 7 dwarfs, apart from been named after the days of the week, and pertaining to one of the 7 colours of the rainbow, which they can magically create and travel by, they are also responsible for the weather. Quote:- (while in the process of creating a storm) Saturday: Ah Wednesday, you're back, the teapot. Wednesday: I can't. Saturday: What do you mean you can't? Oh! Ha ha ha good joke, hilarious now hand it over.The movie reaches its critical scene with the infamous poisoned apple (carefully coated with what appears to be wax on one side to be poison free). The queen disguises herself herself as Snow white's dead mother in order to deliver the apple, quite a contrast in character for Vera Farmiga from when she played the real Josephine at the beginning of the movie.False Josephine: (after Snow white bites the apple) No breath my dear? Oh, it looks like I've finally left you breathless. (wicked laughter follows as she leaves).When Elspeth attempts to remove the 'Josephine' guise and return to her queenly form she instead becomes a gnarled crone (Karin Konoval) with an even more grotesque appearance than before her brother gave her a magical makeover. It becomes apparent that it is her brothers doing as he explains: GOW: Elspeth, I gave you a life that would make anyone happy, but... Crone: But? GOW: Look what you did, she was no threat until you imagined her to be one.

The first animated feature film from Walt Disney is a classic, and any attempt to better it with a remake is never going work, nevertheless there came this one, directed by Black Beauty director and writer of Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, Caroline Thompson. Basically, sticking more to the Brother Grimm source, Josephine (Vera Farmiga) is blessed to be pregnant with a baby, but dies during childbirth, and father John (Tom Irwin) is left alone to care for the little girl. He gets caught in a snow storm, and collapses believing it is the end for him and his baby Snow White, but his tears wake the Green-Eyed One, or The Grandfather/Granter of Wishes (Clancy Brown) below him who grants him three wishes. Wish one is milk, and the other two wishes are a kingdom to rule and raise a family, and a queen by his side, the Green-Eyed One owes his ugly sister Elspeth (Miranda Richardson) a wish. So he turns her into the beautiful Queen of the kingdom, and with the help of a piece of broken mirror glass in the eye, John does fall for her. Meanwhile there are the seven magical rainbow dwarfs, named after the days of the week from the famous poem, red Monday (Michael Gilden), orange Tuesday (Mark J. Trombino), yellow and tall Wednesday (Tomorrow Never Dies' Vincent Schiavelli), green Thursday (Penny Blake), blue Friday (Martin Klebba), indigo Saturday (Warwick Davis) and leader violet Sunday (Twin Peaks' Michael J. Anderson), who is encased by Elspeth in marble. Sixteen year later, Snow White (EuroTrip's Kristin Kreuk) is grown up, Elspeth has pretty much taken over the kingdom with King John neglecting his daughter, but the Queen craves a new younger husband. With the magic of the mirrors on the wall the queen makes sure that she is still the fairest of them all, but one day the mirror tells that Snow White is the fairest, and the evil Queen is ready to kill her beautiful niece. Snow White runs away when she realises she is in danger, and when he gets half his body released from the marble, Sunday takes her to the safety of the dwarf house in the woods. The Queen believes the man she has got to kill her has done so and put her heart in the box, which she cooks and eats, but the mirror reveals she is still alive, and John ends up being trapped in one of them through a trap. After trying to suffocate Snow White with a sash, the Queen decides to use her small magic mirror to disguise herself as the princess's dead mother, create a half poison, half edible apple to give her. So with the dwarfs out of the house, Snow White is tricked into eating the poison apple, and Elspeth goes back to the kingdom to transform back to her beautiful self, but she has gone back to being ugly. In anger that the Granter of Wishes won't help she smashed her source of power, the small mirror, therefore releasing John, restoring Sunday's full body, waking all the gnomes, and restoring Prince Alfred (Tyron Leitso) from his bear state. In the end the gnomes strangle the evil Elspeth to death, and Snow White wakes with the true love kiss of the prince, the dwarfs go off to see Sleeping Beauty, and they all live happily ever after. Also starring José Zúñiga as Hector. Richardson enjoys her role as the typical pantomime female villain obsessed with her looks, Kreuk is beautiful but very dull to watch, one or two of the dwarf actors get their moments, and Irwin is most boring as the king. The story has darker undertones compared to the more colourful animated equivalent before, but that is maybe one of its main flaws, overall it is a silly live action remake fairytale. Adequate!

Lots of neat symbolism - I thought Miranda Richardson did a killer job with a tight script, some great sets (the room of mirrors is brilliant)sharp directionand great cinematography.I can't think of a better film depiction of a woman who suffers from a narcissistic personality disorder - it's clinically right on the button - - I guess itjust depends on why you watch a movie - for me it was really arrestingI do agree Kirstin Kreuk was probably out of her depth atthe time (2001)against Miranda Richardson... few wouldn'tbe at her age. Her progress as an actor in Smallville hasn't been stellar either - but you can't blame the casting director really - she looks perfect in the role

this movie is really good. some parts i would say something like "oh, man... why did that have 2 happen?" because some parts are sad. but anyway, Kristin Kreuk played the part as "the fairest of them all" & there is not a doubt in me that she is the fairest of them all in real life, too! the director could not have casted a better person for this part. she shines in the movie, & Miranda is great to! i really liked this movie, the dwarves really added a special touch! :)