section_path: Reception/Critical response
section_name: Critical response
paragraph_text: Critical response
  
  The film received mixed reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 39% of 259 critics' reviews are positive; the consensus reads: " Snow White is hardly a grumpy time at the movies thanks to Rachel Zegler's luminous star turn, but its bashful treatment of the source material along with some dopey stylistic choices won't make everyone happy, either." Rotten Tomatoes also reported that critics thought Zegler was "one huge highlight" of the film, but "Gadot's reception is mixed as are the CGI Dwarfs." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 50 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it an average rating of three out of five stars, with 43% saying they would definitely recommend it. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Disney's previous theatrical remakes earned CinemaScores around the "A" range. The BBC reported that British film critics have mostly panned the film, while US critics were more positive.
  
  Katcy Stephan of Variety lauded Zegler's performance, praising her as a "shining supernova " and her character as having "newfound depth through her fervent desire to become the leader her father believed she could be." Siddhant Adlakha of IGN called the film "the best Disney live-action remake in a decade" and said that it "adapts the broad strokes of the original, while fleshing out its themes." Brian Truitt of USA Today wrote that it "finds modern relevance amid the old material." Patrick Gomez of Entertainment Weekly described the film saying: "Disney's best live-action remake is the fairest of them all."
  
  Nicholas Barber of the BBC wrote, "The story is cluttered, the tone is muddled, and the pacing is off. Again, that doesn't make the film a disaster. In some ways, the identity crisis is what makes it worth seeing." Witney Seibold of /Film wrote, "It's hollow, but unlike some more recent remakes, it seems to have thoughts in its head." David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote of the premise, "If that sounds like the standard female-empowerment template that's almost obligatory in contemporary fairy-tale retreads, it more or less is. But the incandescent Zegler sells it with conviction and heart." Daniel Bayer of AwardsWatch wrote, " Webb gets the job done with minimal muss and fuss, and whenever Zegler is onscreen, the film manages to conjure up some of that good old Disney magic." Dan Rubins of Slant called it "a fairly paint-by-numbers exercise in updating a quintessential but unquestionably quaint property for modern consumption." Amy Nicholson of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film is "a fascinating case study in today's impossible contradictions—a magic mirror reflecting the tensions of the current times." Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Some parts of the film work better than others, but none of it has the sweetness and imagination of the animated feature. This Snow White is not the fairest of them all. It's just, well, fair."
  
  Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called it "exhaustingly awful", with "tiresome pseudo- progressive additions", and criticized Zegler and Gadot's roles as "the dullest performances of their lives". Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post wrote, "The timeless classic, a groundbreaking achievement for animation, has been turned into another pointless and awkward live-action automaton that vanishes from your mind the second it's over." Tyler Taing of DiscussingFilm wrote, "Aside from Rachel Zegler's powerhouse performance, there is little else to enjoy from this clumsy, poorly conceived, and cynical live-action Disney remake. Even Gal Gadot's hilariously bad line reads are not worth the trip to the theater." Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist wrote, "While interjecting its social commentary, Snow White otherwise tackles much of the same ideas—the notions of true love, the power of friendship, and the triumph of good over evil—but it's all put together in a very familiar and garish package." David Fear of Rolling Stone said it "may not be the worst live-action adaptation of an animated touchstone, though it's a strong contender for its blandest."
  
  The film received mixed reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 39% of 259 critics' reviews are positive; the consensus reads: " Snow White is hardly a grumpy time at the movies thanks to Rachel Zegler's luminous star turn, but its bashful treatment of the source material along with some dopey stylistic choices won't make everyone happy, either." Rotten Tomatoes also reported that critics thought Zegler was "one huge highlight" of the film, but "Gadot's reception is mixed as are the CGI Dwarfs." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 50 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it an average rating of three out of five stars, with 43% saying they would definitely recommend it. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Disney's previous theatrical remakes earned CinemaScores around the "A" range. The BBC reported that British film critics have mostly panned the film, while US critics were more positive.
  
  Katcy Stephan of Variety lauded Zegler's performance, praising her as a "shining supernova " and her character as having "newfound depth through her fervent desire to become the leader her father believed she could be." Siddhant Adlakha of IGN called the film "the best Disney live-action remake in a decade" and said that it "adapts the broad strokes of the original, while fleshing out its themes." Brian Truitt of USA Today wrote that it "finds modern relevance amid the old material." Patrick Gomez of Entertainment Weekly described the film saying: "Disney's best live-action remake is the fairest of them all."
  
  Nicholas Barber of the BBC wrote, "The story is cluttered, the tone is muddled, and the pacing is off. Again, that doesn't make the film a disaster. In some ways, the identity crisis is what makes it worth seeing." Witney Seibold of /Film wrote, "It's hollow, but unlike some more recent remakes, it seems to have thoughts in its head." David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote of the premise, "If that sounds like the standard female-empowerment template that's almost obligatory in contemporary fairy-tale retreads, it more or less is. But the incandescent Zegler sells it with conviction and heart." Daniel Bayer of AwardsWatch wrote, " Webb gets the job done with minimal muss and fuss, and whenever Zegler is onscreen, the film manages to conjure up some of that good old Disney magic." Dan Rubins of Slant called it "a fairly paint-by-numbers exercise in updating a quintessential but unquestionably quaint property for modern consumption." Amy Nicholson of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film is "a fascinating case study in today's impossible contradictions—a magic mirror reflecting the tensions of the current times." Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Some parts of the film work better than others, but none of it has the sweetness and imagination of the animated feature. This Snow White is not the fairest of them all. It's just, well, fair."
  
  Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called it "exhaustingly awful", with "tiresome pseudo- progressive additions", and criticized Zegler and Gadot's roles as "the dullest performances of their lives". Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post wrote, "The timeless classic, a groundbreaking achievement for animation, has been turned into another pointless and awkward live-action automaton that vanishes from your mind the second it's over." Tyler Taing of DiscussingFilm wrote, "Aside from Rachel Zegler's powerhouse performance, there is little else to enjoy from this clumsy, poorly conceived, and cynical live-action Disney remake. Even Gal Gadot's hilariously bad line reads are not worth the trip to the theater." Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist wrote, "While interjecting its social commentary, Snow White otherwise tackles much of the same ideas—the notions of true love, the power of friendship, and the triumph of good over evil—but it's all put together in a very familiar and garish package." David Fear of Rolling Stone said it "may not be the worst live-action adaptation of an animated touchstone, though it's a strong contender for its blandest."