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Hansel & Gretel

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During a thunderstorm, the father of Katie (Dakota Fanning) and Andrew (Thomas Curtis) reads a story to help calm their nerves. The one he chooses is "Hansel and Gretel," in which the little boy (Jacob Smith) and girl (Taylor Momsen) of the title are left in a dangerous forest by their evil stepmother, but they make several magical friends. Then Hansel and Gretel are wandering alone when they stumble across a house made of candy -- but the woman inside is a witch who plans on eating Hansel.

Critics Reviews

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Luke Sader The Hollywood Reporter 10/31/2002
It would be hard to imagine a more feeble rendering of the 19th century Grimm Brothers tale. Go to Full Review
Nancy Churnin Dallas Morning News 10/24/2002
C
What it lacks is a coherent point of view or consistent tone. Go to Full Review
Robert Koehler Variety 10/21/2002
While the picture stays to basic outline of the original story in opening and closing sections, the large middle is stuffed with badly staged slapstick and painful stabs at hip dialogue in an arch attempt to cater to modern kids. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/17/2005
2/5
Chuck Wilson L.A. Weekly 10/24/2002
For trashing a classic, [Tunnicliffe] and his writing cohorts deserve a Grimm-style fate -- perhaps a long, slow boil in the witch's vat? Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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L A 09/17/2024 i grew up on this movie as a kid now watch it with my baby and still absolutely love this awfully made movie. very surprised with all the famous people in it, it didn’t do better See more Ed P 02/28/2024 i liked it because it was the only hansel and gretel moves that showed hansel getting fat unlike hansel and gretel 11987 See more 05/05/2022 Watched this on accident because amazon prime had this labeled as the 80s version. It most definitely was NOT that. The acting was quite odd and not very good, and I mean this towards the adult actors as I don't expect kids to be great actors (although they did alright for kids honestly). The sandman was by far my least favorite part, as were the rest of the strange added characters, they were unnecessary and didn't add any sustenance to the movie. I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention the audio yet as i thought it was pretty bad. The dialogue was weirdly loud and every time a character was "whispering" they would talk at the same volume as always, and the only real indicator that they were whispering was either them speaking into someones ear or the camera would zooming towards their face more. In summary this movie was bad, and not even "so bad its good", just bad. It wasn't just a cringey kids movie with outdated humor or kids jokes, it was a badly made, low quality nightmare. See more 04/10/2022 Original and so ****ing sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more steve d 07/01/2020 Unwatchable take on the classic that is shocking bad. See more 10/27/2019 You know, Hansel & Gretel 2002 could've been just your average run-of-the-mill faux-whimsical family film were it not for the cringy early 2000's lingo, poorly executed sequences of slapstick comedy, a blatant disregard for the Brothers Grimm fairy tale and the awful-looking production design. This looks more like a glorified school play rather than a professional 21st-century adaptation. Though I've never seen the Witch Hunters movie from 2013, I'm sure that even that movie is much, much better than this mess. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis During a thunderstorm, the father of Katie (Dakota Fanning) and Andrew (Thomas Curtis) reads a story to help calm their nerves. The one he chooses is "Hansel and Gretel," in which the little boy (Jacob Smith) and girl (Taylor Momsen) of the title are left in a dangerous forest by their evil stepmother, but they make several magical friends. Then Hansel and Gretel are wandering alone when they stumble across a house made of candy -- but the woman inside is a witch who plans on eating Hansel.
Director
Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Producer
Steve Austin, Jonathan Bogner
Screenwriter
Jonathan Bogner, Timothy Dolan, Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Production Co
Majestic Film Partners, Innovation Film Group (IFG), Helkon Filmverleih GmbH
Rating
PG (Some Crude Humor|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 18, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 16, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$148.2K
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround