Mirror Mirror

Tarsem Singh is a misunderstood and underappreciated individual. Whatever could be said about his previous films is entirely true here as well. Singh once again captivates with visuals and bizarre ideas that are not to most people's taste, but I appreciate him all the more. This was a very playful and enjoyable film. That it sometimes descended into infantile humour? So what. And the Bollywood wink at the end made me very happy. PS: Phil Collins can be proud of his daughter. (13/05/2012)

This fairy-tale was pretty chill. For example, the costumes the Indian director picked for the characters were literally perfect. When Julia Roberts came to that wedding wearing a dress that was at least three meters wide, I was gaping at the screen. Unfortunately, you can rely on an Indian to botch it all up with the Bollywood-style tacky ending. Even though I had a good feeling about the movie the whole time I was watching it, the ending vexed me a lot. So if you opt to watch this Snow White, I recommend you turn it off at the moment when things start coming to the end. Otherwise you’ll be treated to Bollywood dancing, overly cheerful singing and laughing faces, and the entire filming crew shouting and dancing to a tune which is completely at odds with the previous fairy-tale atmosphere, shooting it down brutally like Big Bertha, the huge German heavy siege gun. (17/12/2013)

A particularly strange slant on the story of Snow White, but, believe it or not, I liked it. There’s no reason to look for any complicated plot or dramatic acting performances in a kids’ movie. It was an entertaining feet-up movie and I really enjoyed myself watching. And that crazy ending really got me. (30/12/2014)

It looked so interesting at the beginning that I naively thought that this time I would see Snow White's story told from the perspective of the Queen, whom Julia Roberts played perfectly, and I would have no problem keeping my fingers crossed for her. Sadly, I was wrong. There was no "we'll fool you with the trailer" subterfuge, the Queen got less and less space as time went on and infantile jokes, utterly insufferable dwarves and other unnecessary weirdness came to the fore. By the end of it all, I was so incredulously dumbfounded that I liked the video clip finale. I give two stars for them, for Julia Roberts and for Menken's music, but no more. What the film does to the character of the Queen, by the way, is perfectly captured by the scene where Julia Roberts gets her face painted with bird... er... droppings. Then it only gets worse. (23/04/2013)

I went to the cinema to see the film "Snow White". Well, let's face it, it was only because there was a special offer in the cinema, when the film was only for 50 CZK and "Snow White" was the only film that interested me and my girlfriend. After the film "Immortals", I thought that the director Tarsem Singh couldn't disappoint that much again, especially since the trailer was quite funny, which attracted me because it was not a classic fairy tale, but mainly a comedy. I was mistaken. The best jokes were in the trailer, the rest of the film was less funny, rather occasionally quite awkward. But it maintained a good pace. The story focused on Snow White herself, played by Lily Collins with insanely thick eyebrows. The second center of the story is Julia Roberts and her character as the evil queen/witch. Julia is good, but some lines were really terrible. I don't know if it was the dubbing, which was not exactly perfect, or if it was the original script, but some lines just fell flat like rotten pears. However, the dwarves saved it, especially Jordan Prentice, Martin Klebba, and Danny Woodburn, but they worked quite well as a whole. The story is a bit of a parody of the original fairy tale, a parody that is sometimes quite adult and not so interesting for children. But there is still enough for children too. Sean Bean also appears briefly, with an unenviable and small role. And then comes the finale. Someone should give Tarsem Singh a good scolding and tell him that Indian music is nice, but it should be saved for classic European fairy tales. The finale is crazy, kitschy, and absolutely unsuitable. It completely ruins the impression of the film. It's a pity because it could have been even funnier. On the other hand, the visual side is sufficient and Julie Roberts' dresses are truly beautiful. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/05/noc-patri-nam-voda-pro-slony-posledni.html (18/02/2013)