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Spanish language silent drama about the daughter of a famous bullfighter who runs away with a troupe of dwarves after her life is threatened by her evil stepmother. Cast:Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Pere Ponce, Macarena García, Sofía Oria, Josep Maria Pou, Inma Cuesta, Ramón Barea, Emilio Gavira, Sergio Dorado, Jinson Añazco, Carmen Belloch, Manel Castillejos, Itziar CastroDirector:Pablo BergerRelease Date:March 29, 2013DVD Release: TBD From:Cohen Media GroupRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 45 min
Blancanieves opened in key cities to very good reviews. • Colin Covert wrote in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "There is a wry dash of self-aware melodrama in this movie, but also a strain of romantic, eerie fantasy akin to that other masterful Spanish fable, 'Pan's Labyrinth.' " More Reviews Below...
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "If 'The Artist' primed your palate for silent film, you're in luck... a darkly lyrical riff on 'Snow White' with Macarena Garcia as the orphaned daughter..."(See all of Chris Nashawaty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 68 words, 03/29/13
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...striking, visually stunning.... a wonderment, urged along by a full-throated romantic score.... The silents offer experiences and dimensions different from talking pictures."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 564 words, 04/26/13
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (9 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "Mr. Berger conjures lovely antiquarian images.... [but] the film never quite achieves the uncanny, haunting intensity of the silent films it so studiously and lovingly mimics."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 568 words, 03/29/13
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...self-consciously modern.... In an attempt to be both modern and traditional, this gorgeously made film ends up betwixt and between."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 615 words, 03/29/13
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...the purest, boldest re-imagining of silent cinema yet.... Classic cinema was always a kind of modern folklore; Berger makes that connection with splendid intelligence."(See all of Farran Smith Nehme's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 227 words, 03/29/13
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a miracle of fairy tale repurposing.... I was entranced by Berger's light-fingered confidence and the utter lack of facetiousness."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 360 words, 04/26/13
John Anderson, New York Newsday: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...possesses enough iconic tropes to make dialogue superfluous.... there's no lack of passion, charm, or gorgeously seductive imagery in this winning Iberian fairy tale."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 281 words, 04/05/13
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...striking, visually stunning.... a wonderment, urged along by a full-throated romantic score.... The silents offer experiences and dimensions different from talking pictures."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 564 words, 04/26/13
Chuck Wilson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...a silent, black-and-white film so witty, riveting, and drop-dead gorgeous that moviegoers may forget to notice that they can't hear the dialogue."(See all of Chuck Wilson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 179 words, 03/27/13
KEY CITIES (7 Reviews)
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "The story is rich and constantly evolving yet somehow manages to avoid feeling overly busy.... Good storytelling is what really matters."(See all of Stephanie Merry's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 503 words, 04/26/13
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "There is a wry dash of self-aware melodrama in this movie, but also a strain of romantic, eerie fantasy akin to that other masterful Spanish fable, 'Pan's Labyrinth.' "(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 412 words, 04/26/13
Peter Keough, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...by my count, the third rejiggered go-round of the Brothers Grimm tale over the past year alone. But Berger has outdone the other versions in inventiveness..."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 572 words, 04/19/13
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...accomplishes something that none of the other recent fairy tale updates have even come close to: It creates something new out of something old."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 489 words, 03/29/13
Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "This silent, black-and-white Spanish offering is imaginative and entertaining... likely to bring to mind Buñuel, Fellini, and Tod Browning..."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 437 words, 04/19/13
Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: EXCELLENT(cg) "...earnest and un-gimmicky. If not for some faintly disturbing imagery and a pleasingly feminist heroine, you could mistake this for a movie actually made in the 1920s..."(See all of Marc Mohan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 04/19/13
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD(cg) "...won 10 Goyas (Spain's equivalent of the Oscars)... has traces of a kinky undertone and an uncommon willingness to embrace the darkness inherent in this fairy tale..."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 470 words, 04/12/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Chuck Wilson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...a silent, black-and-white film so witty, riveting, and drop-dead gorgeous that moviegoers may forget to notice that they can't hear the dialogue."(See all of Chuck Wilson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 179 words, 03/27/13
Noel Murray, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "The film's plot is gimmicky, but Pablo Berger mainly uses it as a line on which to hang one craftily shot and cut setpiece after another..."(See all of Noel Murray's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 419 words, 03/28/13
Nick McCarthy, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "...supremely crisp and hermetically sealed... Berger digs for emotional intensity in his gothic retelling of 'Snow White' and only uncovers layers of gloss."(See all of Nick McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 669 words, 03/28/13
HIGHBROW PRESS (4 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "Mr. Berger conjures lovely antiquarian images.... [but] the film never quite achieves the uncanny, haunting intensity of the silent films it so studiously and lovingly mimics."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 568 words, 03/29/13
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: GOOD "...a feast for the film crazy.... Yet you sense that Berger is deploying a bevy of highlighting devices to insure a constant swell of melodrama."(See all of Anthony Lane's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 532 words, 04/01/13
Ella Taylor, NPR: GOOD "...grotesquely beautiful... extravagantly overwrought melodrama... piles on the pathology that's the birthright of any fairy tale worth its salt."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 598 words, 03/28/13
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...self-consciously modern.... In an attempt to be both modern and traditional, this gorgeously made film ends up betwixt and between."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 615 words, 03/29/13
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Dennis Harvey, Variety: VERY GOOD "Sweet without being sugary, the story's interpretation also hews close to late-1920s film conventions without being slave to them.... Perfs are excellent..."(See all of Dennis Harvey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 565 words, 09/14/12
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...inventive Andalusian reworking of Snow White is a love letter to 1920s European silent film, liberally mixing humor and melodrama."(See all of David Rooney's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 733 words, 09/07/12
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...self-consciously modern.... In an attempt to be both modern and traditional, this gorgeously made film ends up betwixt and between."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 615 words, 03/29/13
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "Mr. Berger conjures lovely antiquarian images.... [but] the film never quite achieves the uncanny, haunting intensity of the silent films it so studiously and lovingly mimics."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 568 words, 03/29/13
13.9 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Blancanieves's reviews are separated by an average 13.9 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Blancanieves (23 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Blancanieves's reviews cover 33.3% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 9,828 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 427 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 14.1 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Blancanieves's reviews on average broke 14.1 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Blancanieves's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Blancanieves (23 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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