Poor "Snow"; Whether getting ribbed because of infamous appearances on the Oscars or spoofed on "The Carol Burnett Show" (hilariously!), she has not had an easy time of it. Even Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" failed to include her save a mention by one of the princes after marrying her fairy tale rival (Cinderella). The 1937 Disney film will always be considered a classic, and a 1997 cable movie, "Snow White: A Tale of Terror", told the Grimm story the way it should be told when taking it seriously. So in 2012, three hideous movies come along about "Snow", and this one, lavishly boxed for video, is the worst. (To be honest, as of this date, I have not seen the other two, but they can't be any worse than this.) Some silly looking rubber monsters are thrown in to add gruesome horror to the mêlée. They appear to eat various peasants sent by the Queen into the woods to destroy them, but for some reason, the monster doesn't swallow them. Of all of the characters, the monster probably had the best taste of any of them. Snow White barely says a word; The Queen is given some hideously bland costumes and crowns; and the dwarfs are actually simple country folk of regular human size who adopt "Snow" when the Queen's henchman fails to kill her. Add on a "Prince Charming" who appears to have divided loyalties and isn't exactly charming. Try not to laugh at the Queen's make-up when she transforms into the old hag, minus the apple. Other than that, I thought that the Queen was appropriately evil, although there is never any reason explained for her hatred towards Snow White or her vanity in general. Sigourney Weaver did it best in the 1997 cable version I mention above, with motivations as clear as the Gothic mirror she gazes into.A footnote about the DVD: it contains trailers for some of the most vile, evil looking series of films I've ever seen produced for viewing. There is no purpose to the meanness of either the trailers or the film other than to promote a seemingly Satanistic view of humanity.

i liked it... thought there was some pretty good acting; despite the fact that it says it's going in a non-traditional way with the elves and the weird dragons, it kinda didn't really stray from a typical plot line for snow white... loved how the fights scenes were done and i'm sorry but i laughed at how bad the special effects were whenever somethings head got chopped off... must have saved money on fake blood since i believe only one scene had any... the plastic elf ears were kind of cute and you gotta love the queen being a man user to get what she wants... i honestly have to say that i think they could have gone more towards a snow white confronting destiny and had the epic snow vs evil queen in front of the star flames and the ending needed to be cleaned up with a theme of peace and complete togetherness... my favorite character had to be Orlando the grumpy (yet super sexy) elf he just had more depth and transformation of character from being local bad boy/protector saying dude just let her die she's human, to a more compassionate, oh snow i see how hard it is to see your true loves forced wedding- understanding look in his eyes his character really pulled through and i love the depth the actor presented, the prince however i'm not impressed with his character which could have been the actor could have been how he was written... who knows

Grimm's Snow White (2012) ** (out of 4)With both MIRROR MIRROR and SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN hitting theaters in 2012, it was only a matter of time before The Asylum struck with their mockbuster. The story is pretty much the same that we're used to as the Queen (Jane March) wants Snow White (Eliza Bennett) out of the Kingdom but when the jobs not done she enters the Enchanted Forrest where the Prince (Jamie Thomas King) comes to her rescue. Being The Asylum, the wood creatures are actually dragons, which is the biggest change in the story. GRIMM'S SNOW WHITE isn't going to make you forget the Disney classic (or even the good silent version) but it's actually not too bad considering who made it. It seems that everyone on board was actually trying to make a good film and not just a cheap rip-off of something else out there, which is often the case for The Asylum. On a technical level the film is rather impressive as it has a professional look and it's put together rather nicely. I'd add that the editing was also good as was the cinematography. Another thing the film had going for it were the performances, which were actually good and I'd say they were much better than what we got in the bigger budgeted MIRROR MIRROR. Bennett made for a good Snow White as she delivered a certain charm and innocence that really came across. Another major plus was March as the Queen. After the controversial start to her career with films like THE LOVER and COLOR OF NIGHT, I was really interested in seeing her today and she was still a beauty and managed to be quite good in the role. I thought she was very good at playing the evil and she didn't have to be cute with it or go over-the-top. Of course, the low budget also means you get some pretty poor CGI effects with the dragons but to be fair the quality is actually a bit better than you'd typically get. Another problem is that after a while the film just loses all of its gas and momentum and quickly dies out. Obviously this film isn't going to be for everyone but it's certainly not as bad as it could have been.

I was expecting a spectacular show of a very famous story that can only be told one way, unfortunately this sad and lonely film is a long long way from being spectacular. The wicked queen is not beautiful, not her fault but bad casting, snow white is not good looking either and is quite miserable actually, the story departs from the Disney one by having animated evil creatures, all of which were so poorly done as to be laughable, the script was just jumping from one silly evil creature fight scene to another with not much joining them, one thing that unites all cheapo films is the wooden acting and this did not disappoint, just wooden stilted disjointed rubbish that just killed any worthwhile elements in the story. I had to turn it off half way though as my wife couldn't stand anymore of my complaining, I wasted 45 minutes of valuable drinking time thinking it may be watchable. Don't make the same mistake.