The long-awaited live-action film of Snow White finally hit the big screen. I will say when I first heard of the film being made I was excited for the tale to come to life, but then I heard Rachel Zegler would be cast in the lead role and the excitement sort of went away. From her days playing roles in Westside Story and then The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes; I just couldn’t see her giving the role justice.
Despite my feelings towards her in previous film and the recent negative press around the film, I went into this film with an open mind. Also, I was looking forward to Gal Gadot giving it a go at being the villain in the film.
I had the privilege of bringing along two guests to preview the film, my eight year old niece and her mother who are both Disney tale lovers.
Delaney, 8
The movie was really good and cute. There was a lot of new music which I enjoyed. The animals were very realistic and the dwarfs were really funny and not scary.
Hillary,
I was pleasantly surprised with the movie! The movie added a lot to the backstory of Snow White and the evil stepmother, and Gal Gadot was phenomenal in the role. The movie seemed a tad long, but the new music was very well done, the characters had a lot of personality and it was overall a very beautiful movie.
Now for me the film was surprisingly pleasant. Not at all what I was expecting. Do I like they diverted from the original tale? Not really, but I guess we do have to evolve in some way. It would have been nice for children today to be able to experience the magic we all experienced as children.
As for Rachel Zegler, I do think she played the role well and her singing the new tunes in the film were justified. The songs were a bit long/too many but it worked. As for Gal Gadot, she blew me away as the villain and with her singing chops. Who knew she could sing? Looks like she embraced the role and had fun playing the evil queen. I did notice ‘the kiss’ was altered to be not even a kiss… more of a peck, thought it was unnecessary.
I know I have to address the fact of the dwarfs, honestly they did look creepy at first but as the film went on and you saw their personalities mesh with that of Snow White, it worked! I don’t understand why they didn’t use real beings, but the CGI dwarfs worked and will grow on you.
“Disney’s Snow White,” a live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 film, opens exclusively in theaters March 21, 2025. Starring Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story”) in the title role and Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”) as her Stepmother, the Evil Queen, the magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy. “Disney’s Snow White” is directed by Marc Webb (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) and produced by Marc Platt (“The Little Mermaid”) and Jared LeBoff (“The Girl on the Train”), withCallum McDougall (“Mary Poppins Returns”) serving as executive producer, and features all-new original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“Dear Evan Hansen”).
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