A little housekeeping here. Full disclosure, I’m a Disney kid/adult and do own stock in the company.
My, my, my!
Where to start?
Disney’s live action Snow White (2025) has been nothing but one lightning bolt of controversy after another for the last five years. My interest in seeing the completed film in all honestly ranged from pure apathy to genuine curiosity at best. This week, curiosity won out and I made the trip to the theater to see a discounted matinee showing along with a handful of other viewers.
I was actually ready to leave before the movie started, gawd damn they’re adding too many ads before, during, and after the previews these days! I stuck it out and with an open mind, sat back to see what Disney has wrought.
The long and short of it, and much to the dismay of many I’m sure, I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed my viewing experience.
Snow White (2025) is one of the better live action remakes that Disney has made.
The music, both old and new, is delightful. All is Fair and Princess Problems are fun compilations that musically and lyrically really add to the overall film. The performances were engaging (I’ll take Rachel Zeglar’s Snow over Kristen Stewart’s any day of the week and twice on Sunday). Gal Godot was wickedly good fun as the Evil Queen and those costumes are killer. Her capes alone are characters on to themselves. The expanded, updated, and fleshed out storyline and characters work well. The pacing throughout is good. I had zero problem getting pulled into or staying engaged with the film. I was entertained.
I absolutely loved how many moments/visuals from the original 1937 Snow White were captured, recreated, and brought to life. Pure delight on my part. Yes, I even bounced in my seat and quietly clapped over this. Honestly, I spent the hour forty-nine-minute runtime smiling, laughing, tapping my feet and glad I actually took the time to go to the movies to see this one.
I did have a couple of issues.
The timing of Snow’s costume change. Seriously, make that make sense. And girlfriend not only having pockets in her dress, but they’re apparently waterproof?!
Then there are the dwarves...I just don’t know about them.
I’m feeling some kind of way about them. Their looks fluctuated between creepy as hell and okay, nicely done leaving me a bit unsettled any time they were on the screen. It was also nice that they were more characters than affectations in this version.
The messaging in the film can get a bit heavy handed and saccharine at times, and I’m sure the messaging in particular will piss people off. But, oddly enough, neither really bothered me. Both work and are appropriate for this film.
Snow White (2025) is definitely not the Snow White of 1937, but it takes the bones from the original and does a solid and entertaining job of modernizing this classic fairytale. External controversies aside, the film itself is a good watch, a fun way to spend a couple of hours, and I’m glad I went to see it.
Snow White (2025) gets a 9.5 from me.
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