Rating of
1/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 02/10/13
Hansel & Gretel is a weird film and none of it is really very good. The film tries to be a snarky steampop adaptation of a fairytale world, a la (the equally bad) League of Extraordinary Gentleman, but, unlike that film, it's missing the necessary taste for black humor. The plot itself is ridiculous fantasy (something about a Blood Moon ritual that is complete tired mumbo-jumbo,) but the film doesn't take the opportunity to poke fun at itself and, rather, plays the material straight, which accents the fact that the script and plot are simply not very compelling. The action is gore-oriented and frequent, but, without interesting characters or comic relief to break up the action, it just feels dark.
