esraashraf I enjoyed every minute of this movie, when we found out the king is still alive and snow white actually did not eat the apple.. Yeah that was an very smart and extreme turn from the original well-known fairytale... I highly recommend this movie... But that final wedding song was ughhhh so bad and silly that's the only flaw :D

Konstanzia No idea why so many negative reviews and such a low rating overall. May be because it was a year when a few versions of the story were made for the screen? Giving it ten stars to bump the undeservingly low rating (otherwise would say it's an eight).I took my daughter to see it at the theater back when it was released. Magical, beautiful, lighthearted and funny for all ages. Lovely indeed. Julia Roberts was superb, played the role with a great deal of humor... A funny take on the prince charming character, too. Just open your heart and mind - it's a fairy tale after all, let yourself be a kid for couple hours. Anyway, we both loved it. And did i mention that my daughter was 27 at the moment?

TheLittleSongbird 'Mirror Mirror' was met with indifference, and a lot of other cases, utmost dislike by the critics on release. Seeing it for myself, while far from a great, or even good, film this reviewer was honestly expecting it to be much worse.It has drawn inevitable comparisons with the other Snow White film released around a similar period 'Snow White and the Huntsman'. Keeping comparisons brief, I didn't find either film great and found both heavily flawed, but neither were awful. For me, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is marginally better, 'Mirror Mirror' does have the far superior Snow White but 'Snow White and the Huntsman' while wildly uneven doesn't try to do too much, is more focused in tone and actually attempts to give the evil queen character a backstory.Starting with the good points with 'Mirror Mirror' it looks wonderful. It's beautifully shot, with ravishing set design, eye-popping colour, wonderfully elaborate costumes especially for the Queen and quite good effects. Alan Menken's score is whimsical, fun, rousing, haunting and lushly orchestrated. There are a few amusing lines, and there are some good performances. Julia Roberts does steal scenes as the chillingly icy and deliciously sarcastic queen, while Lily Collins is much improved over Kristen Stewart, more restrained yet much more expressive and easier to relate to. The dwarfs have enjoyable personalities and are fun to watch, especially Chuckles. And Nathan Lane does his best to elevate his material, it's beneath him but he does deliver some fun line delivery.However 'Mirror Mirror's' main problem is that it is very over-embellished but also very under-cooked. Both the script and story are messy. The script has some amusing moments, mostly from the dwarfs, but too many of the jokes are embarrassingly contrived and forced, not helped by some of the comic timing being limp in places, and there is a lot of tonal imbalance with the humour taking over too much. The story begins well with a visually spellbinding and entertaining beginning, but is both rushed and meandering, and underneath all that glamour and style the heart and soul is missing. It suffers from trying to do far too much and not doing anywhere near enough with the plot strands, giving the storytelling a chaotic, muddled and incomplete feel.Editing is also very jumpy and chaotic, narratively and visually (but especially the former), and character writing is dull as dishwater. Arnie Hammer's handsomeness is not enough to make up for a performance by Hammer that's over-compensated and bland and very indecisive character writing. Like 'Snow White and the Huntsman' there is a distinct lack of chemistry between the leads. The action is pretty amateurish, and lastly that song and dance Bollywood number that ends the film was completely out of place and couldn't have been a more random and cheesy way to end. Tarsem Singh does very well with the style but seemed to have completely forgotten about the substance.Overall, not as awful as expected but over-embellished and under-cooked. 4/10 Bethany Cox

digitalbeachbum If you are looking for the original story, stop looking, because it isn't in this movie.This is a completely different spin on the old story and definitely not Disney's original nor the original from before Disney. It has new twists, new characters, a similar plot. It's fresh and light with humor through out. Not as dark and scary as other versions.I especially enjoyed the dwarfs, the soundtrack and the FX. I also was enthralled by Lily Collins as Snow White. Some might dislike her but I thought she did a wonderful job, no, brilliant. I also enjoyed Ms. Roberts in the role of the evil queen.7.5 stars. Maybe an 8... the kids loved the movie. OK. An 8.