Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

jdandtex-338-717921 I've never been much for the 1920's silent films, but in the recent past with 2012's "The Artist" and 2007's Argentina's "La Antena", I am enjoying silent films. Now, 2012's "Blancanieves" (Snow White), I am in wonder how a black and white film with no dialogue can be so captivating. It is so nice not to hear dialog and let the film itself tell the story. It does have dialog inserts from time to time. I recommend this film.

MartinHafer According to IMDb, this film was submitted for contention for the Best Foreign Language Oscar...an odd one since this is a silent film with intertitle cards. My assumption is that they tried making a movie like this because of the success the year before of "The Artist" (which too the Best Picture Oscar).The story is essentially "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" re- imagined. It begins in Spain in the early 20th century. Don Antonio is a famous matador but he's doing something very dangerous- -taking on seven bulls, one after the other. With the seventh, his attention wavers and he's badly mauled. This causes his wife to go into labor...and she dies in the process. The baby is raised by her grandmother and Don Antonio marries his nurse. However, when grandma dies, the child, Carmen, is sent to live with her father. But the new wife is evil and won't let anyone see Don Antonio and forbids the girl from going to that portion of the house. Instead, she lives in squalor and is a servant in her own home. Eventually, the step-mother tires of the girl and orders her evil chauffeur to kill her. Inexplicably, she survives the attempt but loses all her memory. She's rescued by some bullfighting dwarfs and is befriended by them. Eventually, she becomes a famous matador herself...and her step-mom returns to destroy her with a poisoned apple.The film is lovely to look at and interesting...but not a whole lot more than that. Interesting but not exactly a must-see because it is too close to the old story...too close except for the inexplicably strange downbeat ending that is.

zetes The best film I've seen in a long while. A modern silent film, it's a true visual masterpiece. Words definitely would have just gotten in the way. Based on the Snow White fairy tale (though it's at its best when it's not following that story closely), the film follows a young girl, Carmen, after her mother dies in childbirth and her father (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) is made a paraplegic in a bullfight. As a child (played by the lovely Sofia Oria), she lives with her grandmother. When she dies, though, Carmen goes to live with her father and his new wife (Maribel Verdu, one of the most photogenic people on Earth). Of course, her stepmother is wicked. Her wheelchair-bound father is restricted to his bedroom. She's forbidden to see her father, but eventually she sneaks up to his room, where he teachers her the art of bullfighting. When Carmen grows up (now played by Macarena Garcia), her stepmother tries to dispatch her. She's saved by six bullfighting dwarfs, who, teaming up with the girl in their shows, bill themselves as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (the tale is known to them). This film isn't much about the story, although it is actually quite involving. The images are astounding. It's the kind of film where you could take any frame and hang it on your wall. The three main actresses are stunning. Verdu in particular - man, can that woman wear some clothes! The actresses playing Carmen both have these amazing eyes. I was swept along and absolutely amazed.

jaygeejaymus I saw this movie as a sneak preview and had an open mind as to what to expect. I was disappointed!Blancanieves is compared in some reviews to "the Artist". Beware, it's nothing like it. It's humorless, grim (or is it Grimm in this case) and black (and white, but only in it's colors). Some say it's artistic. My criticism is that it's pretended. It's not that the movie never touches you, but it's hard to stay focused on this movie. The way one scene melts into another was condemned in movies like Highlander and is arty now, because it's silent and black and white? The only part that really was good, was the end.When you want to come out of the movie theater depressed, this is the movie for you.