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Metascore
39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirI resisted this derivative mishmash of classic fairytale and modern epic fantasy for as long as I could, but ultimately it swept me up into its geeky but manly embrace and carried me away on a white charger.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe movie's revisionist tone is startlingly enough to carry you along.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNever quite delivers on its promise -- a dark retelling of the fairy tale in which women hold the true power, good and evil -- but it certainly is an attractive misfire.
- 63Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrJust feels like it was made from the pieces of every fantasy-action movie ever made.
- 60EmpireDan JolinEmpireDan JolinA strong visual style tussles with flaccid storytelling in this ambitious retelling of Grimm. It won't exactly have Walt Disney spinning in his secret ice chamber, but you may wish they spent more time worrying about what exactly the film is than who it's for.
- A visually inventive, deliciously dark fairytale reheat. The story's far from the stuff of legend, but Theron makes for a ferocious meanie, helping to flush away "Mirror Mirror's" sugary aftertaste.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe rousing speeches and booming battle scenes are all well done as far as blockbuster spectacle goes, but you can't help but feel the filmmakers' resistance to the story's grimmer undercurrents.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA tastefully overbearing franchise fairy tale with a handful of ravishing touches.
- 50Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonFor all this Snow White's visual ornamentation, there's no sense of narrative priority - the filmmakers can't see the Dark Forest for the trees.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezAs feminist fantasy, the film is non-committal, and as a reimagining of the fairy tale, it's at best expensive-looking without seeming wantonly so.