Mirror Mirror is the first of two Snow White adaptations being released in the cinema this year, the second is out soon and there will undoubtedly be comparisons made between the two. From what I gather though, this is the more light hearted affair, with self knowing references from the wicked witch starting the film, and a comedic reversal of roles for the Prince and Snow White. The trailer intrigued me, and similarly it turned the majority of my friends off the film. I just thought it looked like it would be good fun, and it turns out I was kind of right.
Don't get me wrong, the film isn't going to blow you away, it's not that sort of film, but it is enjoyable nonetheless. Lily Collins (Daughter of Phil) nplays Snow White, and she is the straight guy in the film as far as I can tell. She's serious most of the time, even when presented with the rather unusual prospect of 7 small men living together in the forest she just takes it all in and gets on with her life. Julia Roberts is the most panto of the lot of them, which isn't to discredit her performance, I believe it was probably intended this way. She struts around the film with an air of superiority you'd expect from a vain and evil woman. The story is pretty much your standard Snow White Story except the Seven Dwarves are bandits rather than labourers (a nice tie in with the current economic difficulties), the Prince is a little whinier than before (but well played by Arnie Hammer), and there's a strange story involving Snow White's Dad (Played by a baffled looking Sean Bean)
See, now like I say, you shouldn't expect a masterpiece from this film; but I came out of the cinema thinking that it was a lot more fun than it had any real right to be. You see, the jokes don't always work, but when they do they're mostly quite clever and fun; the action isn't that inventive, but it helps the flow of the film keep up the pace, and the dance number at the end was just silly and pointless. But it was fun. So I may not have a great deal to say about this film, but if you're after a good fun family film you can't
No comments:
Post a Comment