Blancanieves

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Blancanieves

PG-13

2012

1h 44m

Drama

Fantasy

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Rescued from her evil stepmother (Maribel Verdú) by dwarves, a young woman (Macarena García) becomes a bullfighter like her late father.

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Critics Consensus

Smartly written and beautiful to behold, Blancanieves uses its classic source material to offer a dark tale, delightfully told.

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J. Hoberman

ARTINFO.com

Filmed in glamorous black and white, all dialogue furnished via intertitles, the movie is less a pastiche than The Artist and, at least initially, it's not as precious.

Feb 22, 2019

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Mar Diestro-Dópido

Sight & Sound

The pleasure resides as much in the layers upon layers of references to film history, to Spanish history, to fairytales, to Hollywood entertainment, as it does in its story of a little girl who loses everything.

Jul 31, 2018

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

It's like watching a gorgeous tragi-comic opera written by Dickens and co-directed by Fellini and Almodovar.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 8, 2014

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

It works decently when it adopts the formal properties of silent film, but I have the feeling that it is a dark fable adorned with facileness and that it lacks emotion in its folkloric notes on Spanish culture. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Mar 19, 2025

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

It's not just the people who look great. Most of these compositions look like photographs in an art gallery, yet manage not to forfeit their cinematic immediacy.

Mar 17, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

if you are an adventurous moviegoer able to fully surrender yourself to a full-on sensory experience then this is very likely one film that will completely sweep you away.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 3, 2020

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Tim M

Not just a unique Spanish reimagining of the Snow White fairy tale, Blancanieves backs up its artistic liberties with crisp cinematography and confident poise.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/02/25

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Rocio D

.sip no me gusta la verdad

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Nahin G

This is the worst movie ever.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/27/25

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Franklin Antonio R

This a joke of movie and a Waste of time

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Luis T

This a very bad movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/18/25

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Leaburn O

A brilliant retelling of Snow White set in 1920s Andalusia. We can still make great silent cinema it would seem but only if a director is daring and talented enough. Bought in DVD and finally watched after a year or so.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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Synopsis

Rescued from her evil stepmother (Maribel Verdú) by dwarves, a young woman (Macarena García) becomes a bullfighter like her late father.

Director: Pablo Berger
Producer: Ibón Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal, Pablo Berger
Screenwriter: Pablo Berger
Production Co: The Kraken Films, Nix Films, arte France Cinéma, Noodles Production, Arcadia Motion Pictures, Sisifo Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Violent Content|Sexuality)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 3, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $218.8K
Runtime: 1h 44m
Aspect Ratio: Academy (1.33:1)

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