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It’s really well made. One of the better animated adaptations. I was afraid this would be one of the tougher classics to reimagine but it’s a nice balance of staying true to the classic with some modern freshening of the story; modified enough to be interesting to those who are familiar with the classic while not straying too far to bring in a new generation. I thought the twists were rather clever and the core stayed the same where it should. The criticism I will put out is the songs are all fine but there’s nothing new that sticks. The best was the refreshed classic seven dwarves song… that one is a winner possibly because they kept so much of the original. The critics didn’t like it, I get that. But the audience is giving it positive reviews from what I see. So maybe this isn’t some fancy-artsy critic-pleaser that reaches whatever criteria the critics are looking for, but I’d rather enjoy my time at the theatre than care about what the “professionals” think.