Review of Blancanieves (2012) by Andy F — 18 Jul 2014

Forget "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "Mirror Mirror"! Watch this one instead!

This review of Blancanieves (2012) was written by Andy F on 18 Jul 2014.

Blancanieves has generally received very positive reviews.

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This black & white version of Snow White done in Spain is a visually and musically rich story, but also very dark and macabre…

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The pleasure resides as much in the layers upon layers of references to film history, to Spanish history, to fairytales, to Hollywood entertainment,…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Grantland (318) on 03 Jan 2014

What Berger does with the actors, the sight gags, the close-ups, the music, the photography is close to perfection…

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By Juli N (550) on 13 May 2014

Interesting take on the old story. I really like the short hair style. I think the ending is weird, I rather consider it as a bad ending…

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A Spanish take on Snow White that picks up where The Artist left off and shows the full elegance of silent filmmaking…

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We're not in Disney's world. Berger knows his Grimm, and he suffuses his entrancing fairy tale with a moving sense of melancholy…

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