Could “Mirror Mirror” be any different from the other Snow White film, “Snow White and the Huntsman”? I was not expecting this from director Tarsem Singh (“Immortals”), I expected an even darker tai on the Snow White fairy tale but he has decided to go completely the opposite direction and make a full on comedic family film. Does it work? If you read all of the comments about this trailer online, you would say no. However, I watched this trailer with my wife and 12 year old son and they both think it looks like a lot of fun and don’t like the look or tone of “Snow White and the Huntsman”, hmmm, food for thought.
As long as you put expectations at the door and take the film for what it is, a fun family comedy, I think Tarsem may have succeeded in what he was going for. I think this film is going to have a great deal of hate thrown at it even if it is good just because people are mad at the filmmaker for not giving them what they wanted.
“Mirror Mirror” opens in the US on March 16th 2012. The film is directed by Tarsem Singh and stars Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Sean Bean and Nathan Lane.