Snow White – A kingdom of love, not fear

Film: Snow White 

Age rating: PG 

Runtime: 115 minutes 

See this if you liked: Wish, Beauty and the Beast (2017) 

Overview: When Snow White finds herself as an outcast of the kingdom, she realises she needs to return the kingdom back to what it was founded upon, with a little help from some new friends. 

Pre-film thoughts: There’s been a lot of drama around this retelling of Disney’s first animated feature length film which I’m going to do my best to ignore in this review. I’m not a huge fan of the live action remakes, so bear that in mind too. 

What I liked: 

Surprisingly, a fair bit. 

After a ‘meh’ opening number, the film picks up pace when Snow White flees into the forest after discovering the Evil Queen wishes to kill her. 

Despite my reservations that I might get nightmares watching the CGI dwarfs, they were the best bit of the film for me. There were some great comical moments, and the voice acting was well done, each capturing the infamous personalities of all seven of them. 

Musically, the magic of Pasek and Paul (of Greatest Showman fame) shines. There are some great new musical numbers but what I was most impressed with were the added lyrics/sections to the classics ‘Heigh Ho’ and ‘Whistle While You Work’. In fact, ‘Heigh Ho’ and ‘Whistle While You Work’ were both great sequences and brought a genuine smile to my face. It’s the most magical these live action remakes have been for me so far – even with slightly creepy CGI characters featuring so heavily in them.