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Gretel & Hansel

  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Sophia Lillis in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
A long time ago in a distant fairytale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
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A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying e... Read allA long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

  • Director
    • Oz Perkins
  • Writers
    • Rob Hayes
    • Jacob Grimm
    • Wilhelm Grimm
  • Stars
    • Sophia Lillis
    • Samuel Leakey
    • Alice Krige
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    32K
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    POPULARITY
    3,752
    62
    • Director
      • Oz Perkins
    • Writers
      • Rob Hayes
      • Jacob Grimm
      • Wilhelm Grimm
    • Stars
      • Sophia Lillis
      • Samuel Leakey
      • Alice Krige
    • 551User reviews
    • 178Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 16 nominations

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    Sophia Lillis
    Sophia Lillis
    • Gretel
    Samuel Leakey
    Samuel Leakey
    • Hansel
    • (as Samuel J. Leakey)
    Alice Krige
    Alice Krige
    • Witch
    Jessica De Gouw
    Jessica De Gouw
    • Witch
    Fiona O'Shaughnessy
    Fiona O'Shaughnessy
    • Mother
    Donncha Crowley
    Donncha Crowley
    • Master Stripp
    Jonathan Gunning
    Jonathan Gunning
    • Emaciated Man
    Charles Babalola
    Charles Babalola
    • The Hunter
    Giulia Doherty
    • Beautiful Child
    Jonathan Delaney Tynan
    • Father
    Darlene Garr
    • Widow
    Melody Carrillo
    • Enchantress
    Nessa Last
    • Older Sister
    Harry O'Cualacháin
    • Younger Brother
    Abdul Alshareef
    Abdul Alshareef
    • Knight
    • (uncredited)
    Ian Kenny
    Ian Kenny
    • Knight
    • (uncredited)
    Beatrix Perkins
    • Clicky
    • (uncredited)
    Manuel Pombo
    • Knight
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Oz Perkins
    • Writers
      • Rob Hayes
      • Jacob Grimm(uncredited)
      • Wilhelm Grimm(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      At one point a song floats over the soundtrack: "My mother, she killed me, my father, he ate me, and my little sister, my bones she kept, what a pretty bird am I!" This comes from another Grimm fairy tale, "The Juniper Tree,"widely considered by scholars as the darkest of all their tales. In it, a spiteful mother beheads her stepson and blames it on her daughter. She then cooks the corpse and feeds it to his husband, as the daughter picks up the bones from under the table and plants it under a juniper tree on the family's garden. A small bird appears from the grave, singing the song in question while picking a pair of new shoes, a gold chain and a mill stone, and then carries them to the house. The bird then gives the shoes to the daughter, the chain to the father and drops the stone on the stepmother, killing her. As she dies, the bird turns into a boy again and the story ends. The film borrows some thematic elements this tale.
    • Goofs
      Gretel and Hansel talk while sitting on a bed in the foreground. On the adjoining bed in the background a cat stands up and jumps to the floor. However the cat reappears on the bed and disappears several times throughout the scene.
    • Quotes

      Witch: Say that again and I will turn your tongue into a flower, to remind you how pretty and dumb and temporary you've chosen to be.

    • Connections
      Featured in Half in the Bag: IT Chapter Two (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Midnight Bath
      Written by Robin Coudert (as Rob)

      Performed by Robin Coudert (as Rob)

    User reviews551

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    5/10
    Wonderful Cinematography
    The poor girl Gretel (Sophia Lillis) and his little brother Hansel (Samuel J. Leakey) are left by their mother and they must cross a dark wood seeking out work and food. They stumble upon a house with a feast on the table and Hansel opens the door to get some food. Out of the blue, an old woman (Alice Krige) surprises the little boy and offers a job to the siblings. But soon the smart Gretel feels that something evil lives in the house.

    "Gretel & Hansel" is a film slightly based on the Brothers Grimm's fairytale. The wonderful cinematography is impressive, the cast is great, but the pointless screenplay does not help. The pace is also too slow for the genre. My vote is five.

    Title (Brazil): "Maria e João: O Conto das Bruxas" ("Mary and John: The Witch Tale")
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    • claudio_carvalho
    • Apr 22, 2020

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    • Release date
      • January 31, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
      • Ireland
    • Official sites
      • official amazon
      • Orion Pictures (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gretel & Hansel: Truyện Cổ Kỳ Dị
    • Filming locations
      • Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Orion Pictures
      • BRON Studios
      • Automatik Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,347,654
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,154,007
      • Feb 2, 2020
    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,304,357
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.55 : 1

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