Blancanieves
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Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Peter Bradshaw
    Jul 12, 2013
    100
    It is extremely pleasurable to watch, and shows every sign of having been extremely pleasurable to make.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Farran Smith Nehme
    Mar 28, 2013
    100
    Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves is the purest, boldest re-imagining of silent cinema yet.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    Mar 26, 2013
    90
    The new film from Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger is a silent, black-and-white film so witty, riveting, and drop-dead gorgeous that moviegoers may forget to notice that they can't hear the dialogue.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Mar 30, 2013
    80
    We’re not in Disney’s world. Berger knows his Grimm, and he suffuses his entrancing fairy tale with a moving sense of melancholy.
  5. New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Reviewed by: Mike Scott
    May 3, 2013
    80
    Berger's film is still far more magical than it is macabre. And so although a black-and-white, foreign-film adaptation of a very familiar tale might, indeed, be a hard sell, audiences who buy into it are in for an undeniably rewarding movie-going experience. In a word: ¡Ole!
  6. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    May 1, 2013
    78
    Blancanieves never lags, per se, it’s just awfully in love with itself: with its gorgeous black and white chiaroscuros and whirling-dervish first-person camera perspectives, the Spanish-guitar-scored dance sequences (that include the undeniable dance of the matador in action), and battering winds of emotional extremes. By the end of this sumptuous and sincerely felt melodrama, I was rather in love with it, too.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Nick McCarthy
    Mar 28, 2013
    50
    Pablo Berger digs for emotional intensity in his gothic retelling of Snow White and only uncovers layers of gloss.

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  1. mapizarro
    Jul 7, 2013
    9
    "Blancanieves" has all the charm and race in a Spanish film. With the typical local folklore, Berger gets revisit the classic tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (six in this film) in a way that, hopefully, in Hollywood would have been. "Mirror, Mirror" and "Snow White and the Huntsman," which both were released the same year in Spain, unable to reach the strength of this Snow White. Congratulations!… Expand
  2. jlua
    May 10, 2013
    9
    The fact that a B&W and silent film is released the year after another one like that wins the Best Picture Oscar, I think did hurt a little Blancanieves. Even though, apparently, the project started before The Artist was made, so there was no copying from each other whatsoever. Having said that, it is amazing how B&W, silent films can produce strong emotions, at least as powerful as "traditional (today) films can be. Beautiful photography, and wonderful sets alone would make this film worth seeing. Add to that a good story, great direction, and an extraordinary music score, and this film is a winner.… Expand
  3. TVJerry
    Apr 25, 2013
    5
    The title means Snow White in Spanish, so there's the plot. It's set in the early 20th century world of bull fighting, but the big twist: it's in black and white and silent (except for the musical soundtrack and some intertitles). The cinematography is rich and there are period cinematic elements (overlapping images, gimmicky transitions). In an effort to create this stylized approach, the performances come off as stilted. The inevitable comparisons to "The Artist" leave this film lacking in originality or ingenuity.… Expand

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