Snow White and the Huntsman review by Lainey Gossip--SPOILERS
Lainey is an acquired taste. Her articles are written like she's just knocked down a couple of Cosmos and she's having a private conversation with you in her living room. Even the Cosmos are a tell-tale sign because Lainey would be a Margarita girl if it were not for the access she has with her job covering the Hollywood circuit. So she gets to see and experience things that we don't and the one endearing thing about Lainey is that none of it really changes her perspective.
With that, I'm including a link to her Snow White review because it's so flattering to Kristen Stewart and not to Charlie Theron. That's a big surprise to me. But Lainey generally provides perspectives that I don't even think about. To my knowledge, she's only been wrong once. When she thought that Josh Hutcherson was too young-looking next to Jennifer Lawrence in the Hunger Games. Other than that, she's usually spot on.
Here's the review:
Snow White And The Huntsman
It’s a gorgeous-looking movie. It certainly does what it can to appeal to both genders, the acting is solid if not spectacular, and there is enough modification on the classic to make it surprising at times, but it could definitely use some tightening. This movie does not need to be over 2 hours. Some more consistency around the messaging might be useful too. Please note this review will be heavy on spoilers.
First to Kristen Stewart - as I wrote a few weeks ago after seeing the film, she does not bite her lip, not once, the entire time. There is a lot of loud breathing though but given that she’s being pursued by a psychopath through most of the movie, it’s kind of understandable. Stewart IS Snow White. I mean there’s no question. It’s more than just her beauty, which is undeniable, but a convincing steadiness of character. Snow White represents all that’s redeemable in humanity, everything worth fighting for, she is the hope and the promise, and Stewart doesn’t shirk from that responsibility in her performance; in fact she wears it rather well. After a while though, especially in the land of the magic garden - you’ll see - it’s gets to be a little Mariah Carey meets The Matrix, with all the “She’s The One” adulation, in hyper technicolour surrounded by butterflies. For real.
As for Charlize Theron, here’s where I was maybe slightly underwhelmed. She looks the part, obviously, and the costumes are magnificent, and I believe that she is pure black inside because they do a great job explaining to me how she became that way - it’s like Fatal Attraction on tilt - but her Evil Queen is way, way too shouty. You know how evil can be equally as effective when it’s still and silent than when it’s all up in your face, screaming at the top of her lungs? Charlize does a lot of screaming. Too much screaming and not enough deadly monotone...which, at times, takes you out of the moment because it’s so jarring - you’re like, bitch, control yourself - and I have to think this is less about her than about the direction she was given on how to play it. There are times when she goes off, for the 3rd or 4th time, that you wonder whether or not the slaves who are there to serve her might be rolling their eyes, like here we go again, she’s about to lose it. It takes away from the fear, you see?
The one who steals the movie is the dude who plays the Queen’s creepy perverted brother. He’s terrifyingly mesmerising in every scene. Who is this Sam Spruell? I am afraid of him.
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