{"id":1852,"date":"2025-03-20T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T10:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:19:34","slug":"disneys-snow-white-remake-debuts-with-poisonous-low-rating-on-rotten-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/disneys-snow-white-remake-debuts-with-poisonous-low-rating-on-rotten-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\u2019s Snow White remake debuts with poisonous low rating on Rotten Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Snow White has had a rather mixed reception from critics (Picture: Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Disney<\/a>\u2019s headline-grabbing live-action remake of Snow White<\/a> has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> with an underwhelming rating after mixed-to-negative reactions from critics.<\/p>\n

The new movie, out in cinemas on Friday, has received a low score of 48% from 96 reviews \u2013 making it officially considered \u2018rotten\u2019 on the review aggregator website.<\/p>\n

Snow White is Disney latest reimagining \u2013 as the studio terms it \u2013 in a long line of remakes over the last decade, from The Jungle Book to Aladdin<\/a> and Cinderella.<\/p>\n

This one sees Disney tackle its first-ever feature-length animation from 1937, starring Rachel Zegler<\/a> in the titular role.<\/p>\n

But despite initial promising reactions<\/a> on social media after a rocky road to release<\/a>, many official critics\u2019 reviews appear to consider the film closer to a poisoned apple than the fairest of them all.<\/p>\n

\u2018I had high hopes that Snow White would make me happy. Instead, this dopey remake made me sleepy and grumpy,\u2019 quipped Odie Henderson for The Boston Globe<\/a>, while The Guardian<\/a>\u2019s Peter Bradshaw called it an \u2018exhaustingly awful reboot\u2019 and added in a one-star review: \u2018This feels like a very hard day\u2019s work in the IP diamond mine.\u2019<\/p>\n

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of cutesy CGI animals all over it and hope no one notices.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s nothing magical in Marc Webb\u2019s movie, but it nevertheless feels uncanny; spending $250million (\u00a3192m) to make a film in which absolutely nothing works is a kind of dark art in and of itself,\u2019 sniped the Toronto Star.<\/p>\n<section class=\"metro-comment-cta\">\n<div class=\"metro-comment-cta__inner\"><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text-wrap\"><title>Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Will you be watching Snow White?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u2018It represents a new low for cultural desecration and for a venerable 102-year-old entertainment company that now looks at its source material with a pinched nose of disgust,\u2019 added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/film\/article\/snow-white-review-disney-has-trashed-its-crown-jewel-and-its-reputation-rflnjtn90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Times<\/a>\u2019 Kevin Maher, while The Wrap observed: \u2018There\u2019s nothing wrong with Disney\u2019s live-action remake of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ that couldn\u2019t be fixed by making it 26 minutes shorter, 88 years ago and in hand-drawn animation.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"502\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22717828 lazyload\" alt=\"Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by W.Disney\/Everett\/Shutterstock (1490310a) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, Snow White, 1937 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs - 1937\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243569128-95e9-e1742466073899.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The film, a remake of Disney’s first-ever feature-length animation from 1937, has been criticised for ‘doing the bare minimum’ (Picture: Disney\/Everett\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, there are multiple middle-of-the-road reactions and ratings, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/0\/disneys-snow-white-review-rachel-zegler-gal-gadot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a> awarding it three stars, as critic Robbie Collin dubbed it \u2018better than wicked\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Think of it as a slightly self-nobbling version of Enchanted, the wondrous (and original) Disney blockbuster that both sent up and celebrated the Disney princess musical tradition in 2007,\u2019 he suggested.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The story is cluttered, the tone is muddled, and the pacing is off. Again, that doesn’t make the film a disaster. In some ways, the identity crisis is what makes it worth seeing,\u2019 wrote Nicholas Barber for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/culture\/article\/20250319-film-review-disneys-snow-white-has-a-major-identity-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the BBC<\/a>, also calling it \u2018undoubtedly the most fascinating\u2019 of Disney\u2019s remakes.<\/p>\n<p>Others had even more positive remarks, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/entertainment\/films\/2029443\/Snow-White-review-Disney-Rachel-Zegler-Gal-Gadot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Express<\/a> writing in a four-star reaction: \u2018Marc Webb\u2019s reimagining is a welcome surprise, full of enchantment and joyous new songs.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"441\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22731774 lazyload\" alt=\"Andrew Burnap, Rachel Zegler as Snow White, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243699775-d343-e1741992186325.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Star Rachel Zegler (R) has been widely praised though, with many reviews landing in the middle for the movie (Picture: Walt Disney Co\/Everett\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018A visually stunning, thematically rich adaptation that successfully modernises the classic tale. This is a fairy tale for a new generation \u2013 one that reminds us all of the power of courage, kindness, and believing in a better future,\u2019 shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heyuguys.com\/snow-white-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HeyUGuys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I also <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/19\/disney-proves-woke-aint-broke-enchantingly-refreshed-snow-white-remake-22749710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">praised Snow White in my review<\/a> for <strong>Metro<\/strong> as \u2018one of [Disney\u2019s] strongest and most worthwhile \u2018reimaginings\u2019 to date\u2019 and <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/19\/snow-white-actress-rachel-zegler-blasts-white-hollywood-executives-prove-identity-22756126\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described Zegler<\/a> as \u2018an enchanting talent with a voice to match, [who] carefully avoids falling into twee territory as the original Disney princess\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In terms of magic over media frenzy \u2013 the only metric that really matters when it comes to a family film after all \u2013 Disney\u2019s Snow White is up there alongside Cinderella and The Jungle Book in terms of quality and personality.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Disney live-action remakes do not historically have the highest ratings on Rotten Tomatoes among critics, although 2016’s treatment of The Jungle Book is on 94%; the Johnny Depp-starring Alice in Wonderland is on 50% while Maleficent has 54% and last year’s hit Mufasa: The Lion King only has 57%.<\/p>\n<p>Disney’s 2019 remake of The Lion King, which is the 11th highest-grossing film of all time with over $1.6billion (\u00a31.2bn) earned at the box office, is also on just 51%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"289\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22678174 lazyload\" alt=\"Lightened Snow White Stills\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242726814-754a.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Snow White is currently one of the lower-ranking reboots for Disney, although several of the most successful also have bad scores (Picture: Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, films including Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Dumbo are below Snow White in terms of scores, with Robert Zemeckis’ take on Pinocchio, led by Tom Hanks, at the bottom on 27%.<\/p>\n<p>Snow White has been the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/06\/disney-scraps-uk-premiere-controversial-snow-white-film-attempt-avoid-backlash-22677832\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple waves of \u2018anti-woke\u2019 backlash<\/a> ahead of its release, from negative reactions to Zegler\u2019s disparaging opinion of the \u2018dated\u2019 original as well as Disney\u2019s decision to rework some of the storyline.<\/p>\n<p>There has also been vocal criticism from actors with dwarfism, including <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/01\/25\/disney-responds-to-peter-dinklage-over-snow-white-dwarfism-criticism-15991362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage<\/a>, over Disney\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/13\/dwarf-actors-blast-snow-white-remake-replaced-cgi-characters-22718513\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">handling of the CGI-rendered dwarfs<\/a>, as well as backlash to the political opinions of both Zegler and Israeli-born <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/gal-gadot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gal Gadot<\/a>, who plays the Evil Queen.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Snow White is released in cinemas on Friday, March 21.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snow White has had a rather mixed reception from critics (Picture: Disney) Disney\u2019s headline-grabbing live-action remake of Snow White has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with an underwhelming rating after mixed-to-negative reactions from critics. The new movie, out in cinemas on Friday, has received a low score of 48% from 96 reviews \u2013 making it officially considered \u2018rotten\u2019 on the review aggregator website. 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