Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.

Director:

Rupert Sanders

Writers:

Evan Daugherty (screenplay), John Lee Hancock (screenplay),

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristen Stewart	...	Snow White
Chris Hemsworth	...	The Huntsman
Charlize Theron	...	Ravenna
Sam Claflin	...	William
Sam Spruell	...	Finn
Ian McShane	...	Beith
Bob Hoskins	...	Muir
Ray Winstone	...	Gort
Nick Frost	...	Nion
Eddie Marsan	...	Duir
Toby Jones	...	Coll
Johnny Harris	...	Quert
Brian Gleeson	...	Gus
Vincent Regan	...	Duke Hammond
Noah Huntley	...	King Magnus

Storyline

Snow White, imprisoned daughter of the late king, escapes just as the Magic Mirror declares her the source of the Evil Queen's immortality. The Queen sends her men, led by a local huntsman, to bring her back. But upon her capture, the huntsman finds he's being played and turns against the Queen's men, saving Snow White in the process. Meanwhile, Snow's childhood friend, William, learns that she is alive and sets off to save her.

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Plot Keywords:

snow white | queen | evil queen | castle | magic | 

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Taglines:

The Fairytale is Over

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Snow White & the Huntsman

Filming Locations:

Quiraing, Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$170,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$56,217,700 (USA) (1 June 2012)

Gross:

$155,111,815 (USA) (31 August 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Roth Films, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min 132 min (Extended Version)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Rupert Sanders' insistence on realism in scale meant minimal miniature model work. The huge castle in the enchanted forest, for example, took 6 months to construct. The gigantic trebuchet, consisting of a metal skeleton interior and wooden exterior, weighed 6.5 tons.

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Goofs

A dwarf dies yet in a later shot all 8 dwarfs are there behind Snow White even though there should be 7.

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Quotes

[first lines]
The Huntsman: [narration] Once upon a time, in deep winter, a queen was admiring the falling snow, when she saw a rose blooming in defiance of the cold. Reaching for it she pricked her finger and three drops of blood fell. And because the red seemed so alive against the white she thought, "If only I had a child as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as a raven's wings, and all with the strength of that rose." Soon after a daughter was born to the queen and was named Snow White.

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Connections

Followed by Snow White and the Huntsman 2 (2015)

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Soundtracks

"Preab San Ol"
Traditional

User Reviews

So much potential ... down the tubes

What a load of nonsense. Those were 127 almost completely redundant minutes. It doesn't happen often but after about the first third I was considering leaving the cinema and only the ticket price kept me in my seat and the vague hope that something might change. It didn't.

Where to start? There was no build-up, no climax (more of an anti-climax actually) and no development of any sort. There was a bunch of characters that fit together awkwardly at best: imagine Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aragorn, Luke Skywalker and the guys from Hot Fuzz against the Wicked Witch and the Terminator - that about covers it. There was nothing that made you feel one way or the other about the characters since they all had their reasons for doing what they did and ... since it fit the plot it was fine anyway and they didn't need to change. The whole piece had a plot and general look and feel that couldn't make up its mind if it was going to be Chronicles of Narnia, Joan of Arc or ... Pan's Labyrinth? There were, however, a lot of pointless details that didn't matter to the plot but they were just there - take the queen's background, take the troll bridge, I could go on. There were a lot of over-acted emotions, like the queen screaming at people in slow motion for no apparent reason (both the screaming and the slow motion); and I cannot remember seeing Snow White in any shot in which she did not have tears in her eyes.

I still wonder where they wanted to take this picture. Dark fantasy with sex-appeal and gritty violence might have been a good idea but it seems the writer and production designers were too busy being politically correct to go all the way. There are a few things that I liked, which is why I give the film a 3 but those are just details and would contain spoilers. Like this the film just seems to try and capture as many tastes as possible but delivers nothing really. And then suddenly it's over as if the producer had said: "that's enough now." Maybe that was actually a blessing in disguise. Reading the original fairytale is still more exciting.