Mirror Mirror: A Honey Glazed Version of a Classic Telltale.

Tarsem Singh, director of the film, continues his latter and budding legacy and remains animated in what he does best: glorifying the imagery while letting the storytelling trip. It is much evident with his latter film, 'Immortals' that sumptuously attracts our eyes but wastes our time in boring us with a sleepy storytelling. Now, in his latest, Singh seemed to be just earning money without doing any film 'good' direction-wise; evidence is 'Mirror Mirror', like the rest three of his films, a honey glazed in imagery but tripped story telling cheapens things out for him.

The punishingly honest magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the wicked step mother, the cuddly seven dwarfs and the handsome prince re-appears in this version of Snow White with a wink. Snow White (Lily Collins) is on exile and finds herself determined to take back the kingdom that was took over by her wicked step mother (Julia Roberts) who don't give an eff about her subject even if they suffer from poverty.

The same routine is followed. Snow White on her quest meets a group of dwarfs, kind enough to help her in her journey towards earning back her father's kingdom. Events are fateful and Snow White's wicked stepmother takes mad measures to put her in an unthinkably miserable plight.

There's nothing much to tell about 'Mirror Mirror'. So I'd try my best to keep my thoughts detailed, a handful of scenes I might mention so the post will be long enough as usual.

The acting is faring between the lines of satisfactory and annoyance. Julia Roberts does fine in this humor, hooking some moments that she owned. She is fine as a hilariously lunatic step mom to Snow White, but isn't "bad" enough to translate the "wicked" in the "wicked step mother". Lily Collins is a cute choice for Snow White but the spark that she possesses don't yet qualify to a bigger scale of feature like this. Armie Hammer from "The Social Network" plays the Handsome Prince with genuine charm but drab propulsion that pulls him downward. The dwarfs are expected-ly slapstick; in one scene in particular (which I can commend Singh on doing), they transform into Circus De Soleil-like performers resulting to a fantastic stuntwork.

A delightful imagery yes, this film serves. The costumes were above colorful yet breezy to the eyes. Landscapes are distinctly beautiful; as though we are watching the cartoon turned to life.

Humor is fine, albeit there are inevitably missed shots. With a director who favors looks more than the way a movie must be told, 'Mirror Mirror' will only stay as a honey glazed version of a classic telltale.