Mirror Mirror On The Cinema, What Tale of Snow White Do You Tell?

Snow White (Lily Collins) and Prince Alcott (Armie Hammer).

This year movie goers will be seeing not one, but two retelling of Snow White. You can easily guess that neither studio wanted to give up to the other, so both went through with their plan of making their own version of Snow White. Mirror Mirror is the first version we see this year which will be followed in the summer by the Kisten Steward version of it.

Mirror Mirror is the classic tale of Snow White that takes it own liberties with the story to create a unique tale of it own. Unlike its Disney predecessor, Mirror Mirror makes Snow White appear more strong willed and action taking. Although not too much to make her seem strong enough to not need her prince. Like the original story, Snow White's father disappears and the Queen takes over. The Queen basically locks Snow White away from her sight.

Enter Prince Alcott, who is journeying for some apparent reason and ends up getting mugged by the 7 dwarfs. Upon mocking them for their height (stupid move by the way), he ends up in his undergarments, hanging upside down from a tree. This is how Snow White and the Prince first met, and she cuts them down. The Prince soon arrives at the castle, and the Queen (portrayed by Julia Roberts) immediately sets her sights on him. Upon realizing that the Prince loves Snow White, the Queen orders Snow to be killed in the woods by the beast. Snow survives and joins up the 7 dwarfs and joins their thieving group to help the citizens of the town.

Mirror Mirror is very much so a young family movie. It tends to make the same old jokes that have been used before. On occasion it can be funny, while other times it makes you want to sigh at the sear silliness. Mirror Mirror targets itself towards children and older folk. For today's audience, it might not just cut it. The opening animation sequence for the movie was quite nice though and a real treat to watch. Mirror Mirror is also a nice take on Snow White and I enjoyed where it took the story. In addition to teaching you a life lesson; you call people names, they will own you.

Check out the trailer below and see if its your cup of tea.