Review – Snow White: A Tale of Terror

Sigourney Weaver stars as the evil stepmother in this retelling of the classic tale. Though set in Medieval Europe, the sensibilities are strictly 20th century America. For starters, the antagonism between our heroine and the villain starts when the kid has trouble adapting to daddy’s new wife. The dwarves aren’t little people (well, one of them actually is). The handsome prince is a jerk. Indeed, the movie relies heavily on the whole what-new-twist-will-they-add-next? thing for most of its entertainment value. Unfortunately, the result isn’t clever enough to avoid becoming dull. See if desperate