Snow White
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Movie Reviews of Snow White
Movie Review: EXCELLENT FILM VERSION: VERY FAITHFUL TO ORIGINAL BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALE
Summary: 5 Stars
Michael Berz wrote and directed this excellent live-action film version of "Snow White." This version, which is very faithful to the original Brothers Grimm fairy-tale, is definitely one of the very best of the beloved Cannon Movie Tales Series.
The film begins with the wandering Prince (the very handsome Ian James Wright) riding through a wintry forest. He soon discovers the glass coffin where Snow White (Sarah Patterson) is trapped in a sleeping curse. The Seven Dwarfs, led by Billy Barty as Iddy, are standing guard. Iddy tells the tale to the Prince in flashback.
I love the early scenes where the Good Queen (Dorit Adi) and her Ladies In Waiting welcome the first snowfall of the season in song, foreshadowing the birth of Snow White. The Good Queen dies immediately after the infant Princess is introduced to the Kingdom. Subsequent scenes detail the loving relationship between little Snow White (Nicola Stapleton) and her adoring father The King (Douglas Sheldon).
Diana Rigg is perfectly cast as the Evil Queen, who is immediately jealous of the King's attentions to Snow White. The infamous Magic Mirror, with several talking heads, including actor Julian Joy Chagrin, is depicted as more threatening and omenous here than in other versions. The scene where Snow White first steps in front of the Mirror and speaks to it-- and it speaks and laughs at her-- is spooky; but good spooky ;in a very enthralling way.
As in the original Brothers Grimm story, The Evil Queen orders that Snow White be killed when she is still a child. I believe, in the original story, Snow White was only seven years old! Nicola Stapleton looks to be about nine or ten years old here. She, of course, escapes, and finds a new home in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. (We are told that, after Snow White is presumed dead, her devoted father abandoned his Kingdom and died in battle).
In this version, the Dwarfs have the rhyming names of Iddy, Biddy, Kiddy, Diddy, Fitty, Gitty, and Liddy. The Dwarfs, portrayed here as jolly Cockney chaps, essentially raise Snow White; as she grows from a child (Stapleton) into a lovely young lady (Patterson). They all sing a funny song titled "Every Day," describing how Snow White will soon be too tall to live in the tiny cottage and will have to leave.
Diana Rigg has a grand time portraying the Evil Queen. I love how Rigg's hair and costumes become more outrageous and outlandish as the Queen's vanity increases. As in the original story, she attempts to kill Snow White three times; with a lace bodace, a poisoned comb, and, finally, the poisoned apple. I also love how Berz devised an ingenious and very appropriate punishment for the Evil Queen's wicked, wicked ways.
This version is less cute and sweet than the Disney Version. The film is rated "PG" for some good spooky-scary scenes. However, it is much less dark and scary than "Snow White: A Tale Of Terror," which, I believe, is Rated R!! This beautiful version is faithful and fun. I highly recommend this to fairy-tale fans of all ages.
Movie Review: Cannon Movie Tales Finally on DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
Diana Rigg is the Evil Queen in this Cannon Movie Tale musical based on the popular tale from the Brothers Grimm.
Here's the movie's description available from Sony Pictures: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall...who's the fairest storybook heroine of them all? Snow White! Sarah Patterson (The Company of Wolves) stars as the fabled slumbering beauty while Emmy winner Diana Rigg ("The Avengers") serves up some "delicious comic villainy" (Variety) as the wicked stepmother who's consumed by vanity in this thrilling live-action adaptation of the classic Brothers Grimm tale.
"After her jealous stepmother (Rigg), the queen, tries to have her killed, Snow White (Patterson) runs away into the forest, where she finds refuge with seven kindly dwarves. But when the queen discovers she's still alive, she decides to destroy her rival herself using clever disguises. Finally, a poisonous apple does the trick - or so she thinks - until the handsome prince arrives to save Snow White!"
The Cannon Movie Tale series of nine films has become nearly as popular among fairy tale enthusiasts and family film fans as Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre. Some would argue that this series is even more popular. Either way, these musicals are suitable for the entire family and feature well-known actors from the 1980s.
Movie Review: My long lost, Snow White movie!!! :o)
Summary: 5 Stars
It's an awesome movie! It was just as I remembered it. Like the other few people who had posted reviews about this movie; my Dad had recorded this for me & my sisters to watch when we were kids (early 90s). We watched that VHS out...until it was so worn that we couldn't play it anymore. We loved, absolutely LOVED this movie! As I got old, I had often thought about it, and wanted to see it. I even tried searching online a couple of years ago (02/03ish) but wasn't able to find it. I knew that there was an episode of the golden girls that one of the little people was on-but I still couldn't find the movie. Recently I was looking on Netflix for it...no such luck & then I started searching & searching & searching & finally found it! Thank goodness! As soon as I found it I purchased it-because it was so near & dear to my heart! I was raving about it constantly to my fiance in the short 2-3 days it took to arrive! Watching it was like going back to my childhood! It was WONDERFUL! My fiance wasn't thrilled about all of the singing-but who gives a woop? So, to anyone who hasn't seen this-buy it! It's fantastic! I'm going to get together with my 2 older sisters & watch it! It will be great! =-) Life is good!Movie Review: Grimm story reborn.
Summary: 5 Stars
Brothers Grimm stories are far less cutesy than we think. This version is much closer to the original German story without being quite so grotesque. It is certainly closer (and in a way more interesting) than Walt Disney's version. I don't like the names for the dwarves (there Disney is at least more memorable). The Dwarves are very good, led by Billy Barty. Diana Rigg as the Queen must have loved doing this stuff. She is to the hilt and just shy of over the top. Delightful. The King is okay, the 1st queen not so hot. Young Snow White is just too precious, but the grown up heroine is very good. The songs are okay to very good. They aren't wonderful, but they don't jump out as awful either.Movie Review: A Classic of Mine
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first saw this it was on the television. I was so entranced by it that the next time it was on I ran to my grandma and had her tape it off the tv. Over the next 12 years I watched it so much I actually wore out the original tape that we used. I was extremely excited to see that I could buy it on DVD. It definately is a show worth watching.
The music is wonderful, the acting is fun, and the story follows Snow White wonderfully.