FILM
SNOW WHITE
NOT THE FAIREST DISNEY REMAKE OF THEM ALL
Who’s that behind the maaaask?
★★
OUT NOW / CERT PG / 109 MINS
DIRECTOR Marc Webb
CAST Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Andrew Burnap, Ansu Kabia, Tituss Burgess, Jeremy Swift, Martin Klebba
PLOT When the Evil Queen (Gadot) commands that her stepdaughter Snow White (Zegler) must be killed, the princess must somehow fight for her people.
THE ORIGINAL ANIMATED 1937 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs was branded “Disney’s folly” before release, but soon became a landmark artistic and box-office success. This new live-action version, while similarly plagued with bad buzz and reports of creative chaos, seems unlikely to have such a lasting or significant impact. Despite committed performances from its leads and years of edits and re-edits, it can’t establish a consistent tone through its real and artificial locations.