UHD Review Snow White (2025) UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Todd Erwin]

Snow White, Disney’s live action remake, arrives on 4K physical media looking and sounding great, but that’s about it.



Snow White (2025)



Released: 21 Mar 2025
Rated: PG
Runtime: 109 min




Director: Marc Webb
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy



Cast: Rachel Zegler, Emilia Faucher, Gal Gadot
Writer(s): Erin Cressida Wilson, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm



Plot: A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs and a group of rebels to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen.



IMDB rating: 1.9
MetaScore: 50





Disc Information



Studio: Disney
Distributed By: Sony
Video Resolution: 2160p HEVC w/HDR



Aspect Ratio: 2.39.1
Audio: Dolby Atmos, English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD...

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[Todd Erwin]

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[benbess]

Thanks for your insightful review.

I'm in a small minority here in that I mostly like these Disney remakes. Part of it is that I sometimes feel discouraged about some current releases. I'm not into zombie movies, don't especially care for superhero movies (although I watch a lot of them anyway), and I'm fatigued by empty action movies (ditto). So a movie musical like this, even though it's a remake of a beloved animated film, seems somewhat refreshing. I thought the cast was good, and the new songs were ok. The box office was weak compared to the colossal cost of the movie, and so apparently it lost a hundred million or more for Disney. Most of their remakes, however, have made healthy profits, and so I understand why they keep making them.

I still miss hand-drawn Disney animation, and so this movie is a poignant reminder of what has been lost. Anyway, my spouse and I enjoyed this in the theater and might someday watch it again on Disney+. But because of Disney+ I've mostly stopped buying Disney blu-rays/UHD discs, except for hand-drawn animation titles.

 

[Robert Harris]

There is a rumour out there that the Grimm brothers were hired by Disney to produce a first draft, which was apparently rejected as “too close to the source material.” Everything apparently went down from there.

 

[TravisR]

I went into this film with very low expectations expecting a complete disaster and it ultimately exceeded those expectations. But that’s not saying much.

That pretty much summed my thoughts on it too. It's not great and it's forgettable but it's nowhere near as bad as its most ardent detractors (a 1.9 on the IMDB? That's ludicrous) led me to believe.

 

[Jeff F.]

I thought the film was much better than expected, but I felt that it completely started to fall apart in the second half, which is too bad because it had some potential to it.

 

[DarkVader]

I also found this film much better than I expected. I liked Zegler's performance and her singing voice is gorgeous.

 

[beatlebriane]

Emma Myers should have been cast as Snow White. Hands down. IMO.

 

[John Maher_289910]

I don't recall anyone finding the kiss in the original masterpiece, "creepy", other than Rachel Zegler. At least she's the only person I ever heard say that, until this review. Although I've read several reviews that name her as the only good thing about this film, I've seen her in two films, West Side Story and whatever that sequel to Shazam was called, and while I thought she had a good singing voice, I found her a complete cipher on screen. While I find the review of the disc's quality impressive, nothing could compel me to ever see this film.