Synopsis
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.
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Cast
- Jeremy RennerHansel
- Gemma ArtertonGretel
- Famke JanssenMuriel
- Pihla ViitalaMina
- Derek MearsEdward
- Robin Atkin DownesEdward (voice)
- Ingrid Bolsø BerdalHorned Witch
- Joanna KuligRed Haired Witch
- Thomas MannBen
- Peter StormareSheriff Berringer
Recommendations
- 42
Entertainment Weekly
An intermittently fun, but overexcited and predictable mish-mash. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is smart enough not to wear out its welcome. But that's the only sign of true intelligence in this juvenile caper. - 40
Variety
While the film rarely provokes any strenuous eye-rolling, it also can't drum up even the slightest interest in the fate of its characters, let alone suspense. - 40
New York Daily News
Even if he's slumming, Renner gets it best: his dry delivery fully acknowledges the movie's ridiculousness. If you're planning on entering this fractured fairy tale, you'll want to follow his lead. - 30
New York Magazine (Vulture)
If the similarly situated "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" took itself too seriously, the problem with Hansel & Gretel is that it doesn't quite take itself seriously enough - which sounds insane, but it's not too much to ask that the movie go beyond its one and only joke. Instead, amid all the fake Sturm und Drang, all we hear is the movie giggling to itself. - 25
USA Today
This genre stew throws in so many ingredients - including sundry body parts that are cut off and go flying, and heads that explode - that the result is a tasteless mash-up that's hard to stomach. - 25
The Playlist
Not only is not even a single character more than one-dimensional, but every line falls flatter than a witch dispatched with a Gatling gun. - 0
New York Post
An exceedingly dull and stillborn attempt to update the Brothers Grimm.
