SNOW WHITE
Starring: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Andrew Burnap, and Ansu Kabia
Director: Mark Webb
NICK
Going into Snow White, a big question on everyone's mind was how the seven dwarves would work. Well, believe it or not, they're the best part of this thing; funny, charming, and heartfelt. Does that mean the film is good? No, because whenever momentum gathers, Gal Gadot's Evil Queen returns to the screen. Her performance in this is so genuinely awful that it made me feel bad for enjoying earlier parts of the film. There are other supplemental pros and cons of the film, but it would be hard for anything to overcome what is just an all-time bad performance from Gadot.
ADRIANO
I'm tired of Disney live-action remakes, but I suppose I should be fair and say Snow White is bad, but not awful. It actually feels like it had a purpose to its adaptation beyond hoping audiences will clap at the stuff they remember, and the film is carried by the incredible star-power of Rachel Zegler. Gal Gadot's performance, on the other hand, ruins the momentum of all Zegler’s scenes. The film is visually flat, the CGI is bad, and it meanders much longer than it should. So, while it’s pretty bad, Snow White stands out as one of the less terrible entries of these terrible remakes.
AMARÚ
You can talk all day about acting, but no performance can help a bad concept that takes the classic Snow White and regurgitates it with uninspired direction, indiscernible editing, uncanny CGI, and worst of all, an unintelligible script. The woeful writing exacerbates Gal Gadot’s cringeworthy performance while aggressively attempting but ultimately failing to dampen Rachel Zegler’s star power. It also highlights Andrew Burnap’s valiant, yet unsuccessful, effort to break through all the crap. Even with its small flashes of competency, Snow White is a clear example of how this live-action remake crashes and burns without actual thought and care as to why it exists.
BRYAN
Far from being the worst of the Disney remakes, Snow White still doesn't capture the magic that the multi billion-dollar corporation once strived for. Rachel Zegler pours her heart and soul into bringing the titular character to life, while everything else surrounding her doesn’t do any favors. The cheap visuals, the unmemorable songs and the monumentally embarrassing Gal Gadot turn are a few of the things that make this fail to meet its potential. I know there’s a promising film to be found here, yet we received a rotten apple from the Mouse House once more.
