Movie · 2012 · Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy · 1h 46m · PG · English
Curator score: 1.5/10 (248.1K ratings)
The Snow White legend comes alive.
Overview
After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White launches an epic battle of good vs. evil...
Ratings
Curator score: 1.5/10
IMDb: 5.6/10
Letterboxd: 2.94/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 50%
Metacritic: 46
TMDB: 5.9/10
Director
Tarsem Singh
Production
Misher Films, Relativity Media, Yucaipa Films, Goldmann Pictures, RAT Entertainment, Misha Films
Cast
Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Sean Bean, Joe Gnoffo, Martin Klebba, Ronald Lee Clark, Mark Povinelli, Jordan Prentice, Sebastian Saraceno, Danny Woodburn, Robert Emms, Bonnie Bentley, Arthur Holden, Kwasi Songui, Eric Davis, Kathleen Fee
Where to watch
fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
Curator Review
Verdict
A visually lavish, candy-colored fairy-tale remix that’s often more memorable for its costumes, sets, and gleeful absurdity than for its story. If you want a playful family fantasy with camp energy and a strong visual signature, it can be a lot of fun; if you want sharp writing or emotional depth, it’s pretty thin.
Best for
Viewers who enjoy campy fairy-tale retellings
Fans of elaborate production design and costumes
Families looking for a light, broad fantasy-comedy
People who like glossy, slightly offbeat studio spectacle
Skip if
You want a faithful or emotionally rich Snow White adaptation
You’re allergic to broad humor and cartoonish performances
You prefer tighter plotting over visual excess
You want a darker or more sophisticated fantasy film
Overview
Mirror Mirror is a prime example of a movie that knows exactly how to look like a storybook and sometimes forgets to be one. The production design and costumes are the real stars here: ornate, playful, and unmistakably theatrical, with a sense of color and texture that gives the film its identity even when the script is wobbling.
Worth noting
The tone leans into camp rather than sincerity, and that helps. Julia Roberts plays the queen with a deliciously smug vanity, while the film keeps tossing in oddball jokes, exaggerated physical comedy, and a few genuinely inspired visual gags. It’s less interested in reinventing fairy tales than in turning them into a glossy, slightly unhinged pop spectacle.
Bottom line
That said, the movie’s charm is uneven. The romance is generic, the pacing can feel loose, and some of the humor lands better as concept than execution. But for viewers who appreciate style-first fantasy and don’t mind a story that’s more whimsical than substantial, it has a scrappy, memorable appeal.
Top Letterboxd reviews
addy (5★) · 2606 likes
snow forcing the queen’s suicide at her own wedding and then immediately launching into a bollywood dance number is quite the power move
Ellie ✨ (3★) · 2026 likes
there's a scene where armie hammer asks lily collins if she learned nothing from her spanking and then he gets kicked by a horse and lily punches him in the face and it was just a lot to process in such a short space of time
deah (4★) · 1910 likes
disney can go ahead with their live action remakes but their snow white will NEVER compare to this masterpiece
issy 🥝 (2.5★) · 1260 likes
".. And we're roughly the same age-"
"I don't think we're quite the same age-"
"I SAID ROUGHLY."
Madison 🎭 (2★) · 1012 likes
are we gonna talk about nathan lane being turned into a cockroach and being assaulted by a grasshopper or
1986 · Adventure, Family, Fantasy · 1h 41m · PG · Curator 6.1/10 (643.5K ratings) · Where to watch: Netflix, Hulu, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Night Flight Plus, Netflix Standard with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
A cult fantasy with whimsical production design, playful menace, and a strong visual identity.