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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmePablo Berger’s Blancanieves is the purest, boldest re-imagining of silent cinema yet.
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe new film from Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger is a silent, black-and-white film so witty, riveting, and drop-dead gorgeous that moviegoers may forget to notice that they can't hear the dialogue.
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe silents, as this film suggests, achieved aesthetic marvels before sound came along to set things back for a while.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayBerger also shows a dark wit and a faith in old-fashioned melodrama that puts Blancanieves more in the camp of Pedro Almodóvar than Guy Maddin’s golden-age pastiches. (And aside from being silent and a period piece, the movie has almost nothing in common with "The Artist.")
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfExpressively (Berger knows his grammar), a white communion dress is dipped in black dye as her custodial grandmother passes away and an evil castle beckons.
- 75NPRElla TaylorNPRElla TaylorBrimming over with sadism and the occasional touch of kink, Blancanieves piles on the pathology that's the birthright of any fairy tale worth its salt. Yet it's still a tale of lost innocence, and Berger keeps faith with a prototype revered by the Disneys and the Grimms alike: the resilient, enterprising girl who overcomes wave after wave of adversity.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottIt communicates the delights of pastiche rather than the thrill of original creation, a secondhand movie love that is seductive but not entirely satisfying.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIn an attempt to be both modern and traditional, this gorgeously made film ends up betwixt and between.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazinePablo Berger digs for emotional intensity in his gothic retelling of Snow White and only uncovers layers of gloss.