Mirror Mirror: A Family Friendly Film
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Let’s get the negative aspects out of the way:
Mirror Mirror is a convoluted retelling of Snow White. There is no exact Mirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all moment, and Snow is not offered a poisonous apple until the very end of the movie.
The set of the town looked like just that- a set- and Julia Robert’s reflection in the mirror strongly resembled something out of Sims.
But all that isn’t to say this isn’t a movie worth watching. On the bright side, Julia Roberts makes a fantastic Evil Queen. She gets all the best lines.
Also, the costumes were amazing. My favorite was Snow’s swan dress:
And Snow’s prince doesn’t just rescue a damsel in distress; instead, they end up saving themselves together, adding a bit of a girl empowerment streak to the movie.
Sitting near me at the theater were a couple of young girls around nine or ten, and they ate this movie up. They chattered their way out of the theater, talking about how great it was. Mirror Mirror is a great film for the family. It’s fairly clean, with the only potentially inappropriate content being some non-gory violence.
For the rest of us, it’s a cute film with a sweet, naive main character. If I were you, I’d wait for the DVD.
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Sounds adorable but like something that can wait for video.
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I never thought to compare Mirror, Mirror to Ella Enchanted (which I did like, although I see it as just a movie and not in any way resembling the book). That’s good that it’s not TERRIBLE like it seems… I’ll wait for the DVD to show up at my library then :)
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I love the trailer, it looks so great:)
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Just Another Musing Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
I really want to see this.
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Returning the stumble love :)
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I’m planning on seeing this sometime this week, hopefully, so that I can review it for FTF. =)
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Thanks for linking to your post! I’m glad I found you this way. I’m glad you’re reviewing MIRROR MIRROR. I’ve been on the fence with this one. Initially, I wanted to see it sooooooo badly. In fact, I planned to see this Day One and rent SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. And then I saw the trailers and now SW&TH is Day One and I still haven’t seen MM. I had heard it would be a lot like ENCHANTED, which I loved. It’s interesting that you were reminded of ELLA ENCHANTED. I guess maybe I was, too (esp. since I hear that they dance at the end), and the thing is…I didn’t like EE. At all. But that’s b/c I love the book so much! That Swan dress really is intriguing! I like that Snow helps save herself; that’s one reason I love EE and EVER AFTER so much! Thank you so much for the review. This is definitely a Redbox or Library Loan for me!
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Can’t wait to see this one! The previews DEFINITELY made it look good. Glad to hear it lives up to the hype. ^_^
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Sounds like an interesting retelling of the story.
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I want to see it but I was going to wait until it comes out on DVD. I hardly ever see anything in the theater anymore. Thanks for this post. I’m visiting from Thirsty for Comments Thursday.
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Can’t tell you how much I appreciate an honest review! Visiting you from the SITSgirls ShareFest. :-)
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Found you via SITS Sharefest, I must say I hadn’t heard of this movie before but it sounds really cute! I think I’ll heed your advice and wait for the DVD, but I love the “little bit of girl empowerment” and all. Great review!
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