The film attempts to be a new spin on the classic story, but there are times where it just feels tired. The dialogue is often witty, which helps move the film along. However, the lack of diversity with sets, that begin with computer generated establishing shots and move to one of only a handful of sets, weakens the scale of what is meant to be a large movie. The film is well cast though, with Nathan Lane fitting his role as the queen’s assistant perfectly and all of the dwarves shining as their characters are surprisingly each developed to a certain extent. Roberts and Hammer are as advertised and I can’t really complain about Collins either.
The problem is that this slightly different spin doesn’t add any depth to the fairytale. Aspects like the poison apple are thrown in for nostalgia’s sake and a song and dance number during the closing credits seems woefully out of place. Young audiences likely enjoy the fun story equipped with name-calling and an evil dragon like thing. The movie actually succeeds at what it is trying to do, be a fun family adventure. It just can’t objectively be called innovative in any way, shape or form. That wouldn’t be an issue if the advertising hadn’t focused on this being a fresh take. At the end of the day, kids will laugh, adults may chuckle…maybe.
Each film earns either zero, a half or a full arrow in five categories. The categories are Acting, Writing/Directing, Emotion, Innovation and Overall Impression. The arrows are added up to equal the full score.
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