By the time you emerge from the cinema, you will be wondering if entire seasons have passed by since you went in. At over two hours long, the classic fairy-tale gets a serious make-over, and as a result every line is delivered in such a weighty and ponderous manner that you frequently wish the movie would just move along and get on with it. This new 'vision' of the Snow White tale is The Lord Of The Rings via Narnia, with Charlize Theron in grand form as the Wicked Queen/Stepmother character, conveying a real sense of evil, control and despair as required, Kristen Stewart providing a level-headed if unspectacular heroine, and Chris Hemsworth again showing strength and confidence on-screen in a demographic-widening beefed-up male role of The Huntsman for this traditionally female-centric story. Design work is glorious - there is always something interesting to look at - and the melodramatic score sometimes matches the scale of the visuals,with a suitably frenetic final battle, but overall the film is overlong and it is not such a radical re-working as expected.
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