Disney's Snow White

[A] serviceable-enough reimagining of the classic film. Webb moves the action along.

the jumble of tones and styles laid atop this basic narrative feels like it’s trying to please everyone and ends up pleasing no one.

In terms of just a movie -- that I saw with a bunch of children -- the kids love the movie, and the adults just might want to step back.

A mishmash and a mess of stuff.

Rachel Zegler gives it her very very best shot, and she nearly saves it...

It’s at its best when it’s an old-fashioned song-and-dance princess story, with Zegler and Gadot broad but effective, and at its worst in any scene involving the digital dwarves.

By hewing so closely to the original animated film (versus the source material), this live action remake finds itself bound to familiarity, but when it pushes against the stitching, something novel and engaging emerges.

This is spectacularly tone-deaf stuff, like taking a masterpiece from a gallery and replacing with a child’s enthused scrawlings, or covering a priceless sculpture with some finger painting.

Webb's reliance on shallow feints toward modernizing the narrative without deepening its substance feels disappointingly empty.

It's not a masterpiece but certainly doesn't deserve the trashing that some people have given it. Entertaining, but nothing special.