YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR TOON!

Disney's live-action version of animated classic sees tale given a modern twist

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SNOW WHITE (PG)
REVIEWS BY DAMON SMITH

Rachel Zegler whistles while she works in an enchanting live-action reimagining of Disney's 1937 animated fantasy based on the tangled tale spun by the Brothers Grimm.

Screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson adheres to core narrative elements of the animated incarnation, including the magic mirror, the fateful bite of a poisoned apple and wickedness undone by true love's kiss.

In other respects, director Marc Webb hitches a royal carriage to modern sensibilities and political correctness, empowering another Disney princess to become the architect of her destiny and redefining Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy as magical creatures.

There is no charming paramour on a steed - the romantic interest is a forest-dwelling bandit, who questions the idea of Snow White waiting for a dashing prince to ride to the rescue when she can affect change if she will only “stop thinking, start doing”.