Snow White and the Huntsman: Press reviews

'As well as Mirror Mirror, we've had Red Riding Hood, Beastly and Disney's Tangled. Though Snow White And The Huntsman is aimed more at adults and unsuitable for most children under 12, it is easily the classiest of the bunch.'

'A strong visual style tussles with flaccid storytelling'

'Almost everyone gets lost in the fugged-up atmosphere.'

'There is nothing cute about this movie.'

'A visually inventive, deliciously dark fairytale reheat. The story's far from the stuff of legend, but Theron makes for a ferocious meanie, helping to flush away Mirror Mirror's sugary aftertaste.'

'a huge, overlong, underwritten epic during which there is much to admire visually. But it belabours us with so many characters, including a troll or two, that it almost loses its thread.'

'The design and effects are good but Snow White and the Huntsman is disappointing fare.'

'Sanders, whose far-from-embarrassing film could well be a hit, might show greater promise when he comes up with some of his own ideas, rather than devoting his huge budget and genuinely impressive craft expertise to polishing up other people's.'

'tangled and overblown.'

'The impressive production and costume design and often nifty special effects surely deserved a script that made marginally more sense.'

'The film is a muddy, bloody, violent, overlong sword-and-sorcery affair. (...) it's stronger on special effects than on magic.'

'First-time director Rupert Sanders conjures up some stylish gothic visuals, but this feels like a mash-up of Lord Of The Rings and Game Of Thrones.'

'Hollywood's fairy tale fad reaches its nadir with this listless, witless, bum-numbing adventure-whimsy'

'a glum, pompous trudge of a film'

'The result is witless, heartless and dull. Even the Twi-hards are going to want their money back. '