Classic Tale New Twist
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala, Derek Mears |
| Director |
Tommy Wirkola |
| Screenplay | Tommy Wirkola |
| Music | Atli Örvarsson |
| Cinematography | Michael Bonvillain |
| Editing | Jim Page |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2013 |
| Produced by | Paramount Pictures, MGM, Gary Sanchez Productions |
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| Genre | Action |
| Language | Moderate, with some strong, fairly frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong, strong bloodletting, frequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Hansel and Gretel, the children's fairytale is re-interpreted and adapted for mature viewers and action lovers. The brother and sister team up to hunt evil witches. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Hansel and Gretel lose their breadcrumbs. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Rozanne Els | 5 | |
| Cape Times Stephen Farber Juvenile fairy tale farce is just too fanciful to be truly revolting. | 5 | |
| iAfrica.com Justin Hess The classic fairytale gets an assk-kicking action hero makeover, but has all the nutritional value of a Happy Meal. | 1 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers What to say about this lame-brained, limp dick attempt to update a classic Brothers Grimm tale into an f-bomb throwing vomit-inducing 3D franchise? I say, screw the damn thing and run the other way. | 0 | |
| Metacritic.com 23 critics | 4 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 88 critics | 8 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Alternately bloody and silly, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters fails as both a fantasy adventure and as a parody of same. | 3 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 8 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 30 critics | 7 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 16321 Netizens Good straight-forward entertainment packed with action. | 13 |  |
Average .. 27% | 5 | |