Jacob Butler

I went into this movie hoping for a fresh take on a beloved classic. What I got instead was a train wreck disguised as a cinematic experience. Snow White isn’t just bad it’s a painfully misguided attempt at reinventing something that didn’t need fixing in the first place. Let’s start with the writing. The script feels like it was generated by a malfunctioning AI that’s only vaguely aware of storytelling. The dialogue is cringeworthy, the pacing is all over the place, and the once-magical story has been stripped of its heart in favor of… well, I’m not even sure what they were going for. Then there’s the casting. While I have nothing against reimagining characters, the performances here range from wooden to wildly overacted. Snow White, the heart of the story, comes across as more annoyed than enchanting, and the villain? Let’s just say I’ve seen scarier performances in middle school plays. The visuals, which should be a highlight in a fantasy film, are somehow both overproduced and lifeless. The CGI looks like it was outsourced to a discount effects studio, and the color palette is so dreary it makes the original 1937 film look like Avatar in comparison.