![]() ![]() Their loving father is dead, their mother is utterly unhinged with grief, and plague and famine have decimated their small village. Told from the perspective of 16-year-old Gretel (Sophia Lillis), Gretel and Hansel opens with the titular fairytale characters fleeing their cold, gray, home. The nightmare-inducing childhood tale gets an even darker twist in director Oz Perkins’s new fantasy-horror film, Gretel and Hansel. Check out our 2020 Release Schedule to keep track of all this year’s biggest movies.Published over two hundred years ago, there’s hardly a more iconic fairytale than the Brothers Grimm’s Hänsel und Grethel. Gretel & Hansel opens in theaters on January 31. ![]() So adjust expectations and make your theatrical choices accordingly. ![]() I suspect a not so great CinemaScore on this one. The main takeaway from the reviews so far though is that audiences going in expecting an edge of their seat horror film will be disappointed. If you’re a fan of beautiful imagery and don’t mind a slow film, you can probably get some enjoyment out of Gretel & Hansel.Īs of now Gretel & Hansel sits at 64% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews. This fairy tale adaptation makes for a sumptuously beautiful picture book, but perhaps lacks the story of a novel. It’s all very pretty, but it could have tasted better.Īll in all it sounds like there are things to like with Gretel & Hansel but perhaps not enough of them. Lastly we have Den of Geek’s Natalie Zutter, who gave Gretel & Hansel 3 out of 5 stars and succinctly stated: It’s a gorgeous and moody film that trusts the intelligence of its audience, a rare find for a studio release. Gretel & Hansel updates a classic fairy tale with impressive results. Trace gave Gretel & Hansel a B and wrote: Nevertheless, Gretel & Hansel stands out as something that is actually different, at least according to Consequence of Sound’s Trace Thurman. It sounds like audiences that are open to a slow burn style of storytelling will be rewarded with Gretel & Hansel, but it will definitely not be for everyone. But while the film certainly demands patience, it provides ample rewards with its lush stylization. Gretel & Hansel may alienate some horror movie fans with its extremely leisurely pacing and emphasis on atmosphere and mood rather than visceral shocks. The Hollywood Reporter’s Frank Scheck said: However, some critics found that there is a lot to like with Gretel & Hansel is you give it the chance. Gretel & Hansel is not a long film in terms of runtime, but it might feel long, especially to those expecting the kind of pacing more associated with this genre. Meanwhile, Hayes’ dialogue perhaps intends to sound like poetry written for children, but its simplicity and the actors’ delivery often make scenes fall flat. Gretel & Hansel is quietly and perfectly eerie, moving with a languorous grace that might put horror fans of jump scares to sleep. The Los Angeles Times’ Kimber Myers said of the film: But the main knock may be that what is ostensibly a horror movie may not really appeal to fans looking for one. It sounds like Gretel & Hansel might go to the well too many times with some tricks and that the film never truly engages with its deeper themes. At 87 minutes, it feels either too long or too short, returning to its more ominous imagery often enough that the impact starts to dull, but never properly digging into some of the richer veins it begins to tap. The problem is that so many of its virtues feel compromised. ![]()
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