
Rating: 7 stars
Seen 1 time
Seen on: 06/03/2012
Action | Fantasy | Supernatural
Most recently watched by suspectk, sensoria, sleestakk, Javitron
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.
Rated PG-13 | Length 127 minutes
Bob Hoskins | Eddie Marsan | Noah Huntley | Ray Winstone | Charlize Theron | Ian McShane | Vincent Regan | Nick Frost | Toby Jones | Rachael Stirling | Joey Ansah | Johnny Harris | Kristen Stewart | Lily Cole | Sam Spruell | Dave Legeno | Brian Gleeson | Mark Wingett | Anastasia Hille | Chris Hemsworth | Peter Ferdinando | Andrew Hawley | Izzy Meikle-Small | Greg Hicks | Gregor Truter | Jamie Blackley | Sam Claflin | Darren Kent | Raffey Cassidy | Liberty Ross | Christopher Obi | Hattie Gotobed | Xavier Atkins | Elliot Reeve | Tom Mullion | Duncan Casey | Ryan Stuart | Matt Berry | Craig Garner
Not entirely successful but still interesting and a good watch. It’s certainly darker and more sinister than I expected, though overlong and burdened by some poor directorial/scriptwriting decisions.
The movie could have done without the added complexity of Snow White’s childhood friend, streamlining the running time there; or using the time to develop the Snow White and Huntsman characters deeper, and hopefully establishing more empathy.
Probably the biggest flaw was the lack of empathy for the main protagonists.
Charlize Theron does a pretty good job as the evil stepmother, but I her performance seemed disjointed at times. I was left wondering whether some of her scenes ended up on the cutting room floor.
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