Movie Review: 'Snow White and the Huntsman' Glams Up Grimm

This movie is showing at in Bethlehem. Today's showtimes are 12:15, 12:35, 3:10, 3:30, 6:05, 6:25, 9:00, 9:20 and 12:10 a.m. 

"Snow White and the Huntsman" stars Charlize Theron as evil queen Ravenna, who is insanely jealous of the beauty of the fair Snow White (Kristen Stewart). To retain her place as fairest in the land, Ravenna sends a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to capture Snow White but doesn’t realize the handsome huntsman will train his intended target to defeat the evil queen once and for all.

Watch the trailer (see video) and let us know if you think “Snow White and the Huntsman” is a must-see, a must-rent or a must-miss.

Associated Press movie critic Christy Lemire calls the film "astonishingly beautiful and breathtaking in its brutal imagery." 

For Lemire, "'Snow White & the Huntsman' is thrilling and frightening in equal measure, yet as bereft of satisfying substance as a poisoned apple." Lemire criticizes the casts' performances, particularly Stewart's. 

"Beyond Stewart's distractingly inconsistent British accent, she simply lacks the presence to serve as a convincing warrior princess," Lemire writes. 

James Verniere, writing for the Boston Herald, calls the film "fairy-tale-movie eye candy" but says, surprisingly, the best thing about "Snow White and the Huntsman" isnt Theron's evil queen or Hemsworth's hunky huntsman. It's the seven dwarves. 

Here's what other critics had to say about the film: 

"A bold rethinking of a familiar old story and striking design elements are undercut by a draggy midsection and undeveloped characters in 'Snow White and the Huntsman'." — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

"... 'Snow White and the Huntsman’s' problems go deeper than just the casting. This over-crammed, disjointed, and lugubrious film is misconceived from the ground up. Producer Joe Roth also worked on Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, and the two films share a depressingly similar kind of badness, with how’d-they-do-that? CGI effects and ravishing production design piling up uselessly atop an increasingly incoherent story." — Dana Stevens, Slate Magazine

"The Kristen Stewart version of the character is a non-entity who exists only so men can stare at her like she’s the second coming of Christ, and so Charlize Theron can have something to overact about. The movie itself feels cobbled together from left over bits and pieces from 'Ladyhawke', 'Conan the Destroyer', 'Princess Mononoke' (believe it or not) and, most importantly, 'Tangled'." — William Bibbiani, Crave Online

“Snow White and the Huntsman” is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action and brief sensuality.

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