Beside her a huntsman completes the tableau.
Its a live-action recreation of an exquisite composition from the first animated feature Walt Disney ever produced.
If you squint, some of the aspirations that director Marc Webb had for this redo are also apparent.
Its the cinematic equivalent of a princess meet-and-greet at Disneyland.
What was once beguiling on celluloid now curdles on a digital screen that seems self-reflexively apologetic for its appearance.
It looks like a Trump Tower bathroom thats never polished.
But at least Snow Whites singing voice is heavenly.
Quickly the familiar mechanics and copyrighted iconography fall into place.
She demands to know daily who is the fairest of them all.
There are fresh elements as well.
Its proven an easy target, but not for the reasons they might insist on.
The song, like everything else about her performance, is a big swing.
The blandness of this ostensibly bad queen captures in miniature everything wrong withSnow White(2025).
As it stands, is the movie good, bad, or indifferent?
Its not a disaster like the worst live-action Disney remakesthinkPinocchioor the soullessThe Lion Kingredo.
But it doesnt stand alongside the handful worth actually seeingCruella,The Jungle Book, maybeCinderella.
Its in that vague middle-ground where a committee room decides to break for lunch.
Adults will muddle through.
A product will be consumed.
Snow White opens on Friday, March 21.
Rating:
2 out of 5
