Movie Review. Beware of old women with treats. Granted, in the grim land that 16-year-old Gretel and little brother Hansel are growing up in, “old women”. Gretel and Hansel review: Oz Perkins's new movie is a visually stunning folk-horror take on the classic fairytale. Gretel and Hansel review: Oz Perkins's new movie is a visually stunning folk.

Gretel and Hansel feels like Oz Perkins is trying to make his movie feel like a Robert Eggers film but it fails at that. The only aspects I really enjoyed were technical ones. The one element that I felt was great was the score by Robin Gretel and Hansel feels like Oz Perkins is trying to make his movie feel like a Robert Eggers film but it fails at that.

The only aspects I really enjoyed were technical ones. The one element that I felt was great was the score by Robin Coudert. It’s intense and is the only thing that causes some scenes to have some sort of tension. The cinematography was pretty good. It felt atmospheric and made some scenes look very visually interesting. The production design was pretty good also. The sets look interesting and unique.

As much as I enjoy the technical aspects, the rest of the film falls below average. The performances range from good to bad. Alice Krige did a good job as the witch. She had her moments but there really wasn’t a whole lot to it.

She was able to make her bad dialogue sound somewhat better. Sophia Lillis was decent as Gretel and Sam Leakey as Hansel was pretty bad. Their performances are made a little worse by the script. The script is pretty bad. The dialogue spoken between characters is extremely awkward and poor and can cause you to look at the screen and think, “what the hell?”. The characters were uninteresting to me. There wasn’t a lot to them that made me want to care about their struggles.

The story and flow of events was very boring to me. Besides the visuals, there wasn’t anything that was getting me invested with what was going on. The good thing though is that the film isn’t even an hour and a half long so it isn’t a pain to sit through but it felt a little bit longer due to pacing issues. The first act of the film goes by very quickly but the rest of the film is very slow. It attempts to set up the characters and then drags out their encounter with the witch a little too much. Overall, Gretel and Hansel may have some great technical aspects but its performances, story, script, and pacing really drag the film down for me.

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This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.Gretel and Hansel provides a different thriller/horror experience that Robert Eggers would not be too fond of. Although its aspect ratio, cinematography, and acting contain noticeable accomplishments, its lackluster narrative can leave audience members wanting to take a nap halfway through the film. I believe Gretel and Hansel's biggest accomplishments were through cinematography and acting. With Eggers being a prime influence, this was shot in an abnormal aspect ratio that was definitely unique to watch. The cinematography is great in my opinion.

There were plenty of scenes that were shot to perfection and it kept the movies pace going even though it felt too long. The acting was great, I believe everyone killed it (specifically Sophia Lillis). Some areas of these had faults though. The CGI of the witch's younger form was really hard to watch coming out of the drain. I actually laughed out loud while watching. That whole scene was just rough.

Really rough. That is the main issue. There was some good paces throughout the movie, but they always led to dull, uneventful, and mediocre moments that were not scary but just weird to view as an audience member.

I mean, seriously, there are a few scenes in this movie that are absolutely awful and hard to watch. You almost think it is a different movie. Almost as if the writers ripped off part of the script and made up the missing pieces overnight. The plot, screenplay, etc. That was the ultimate downfall.

The movie was not even at 2 hours, but I felt like I was sitting there for at least 4. I just wanted it to be over. The plot was not progressing and it already seemed to be predictable beyond belief. I like the twist of enhancing Gretel's role, but it just led itself down some bad trails. Overall, I may have talked about positives and negatives fairly equal here, but the negative took this one for me. The plot was bland and had no strength to run and achieve a better satisfaction for its audience.

This hurts the most because I feel Gretel and Hansel had some potential with its story. Unfortunately, with its flat climax I find myself wanting to take a few naps pretty early in.

'Hansel and Gretel' is a surprise low-key gem that horror fans are always looking for but rarely find. The plot is smartly conceived, the visuals are intriguingly stylish, and the tone of the film is genuinely creepy. Cinematographer Galo 'Hansel and Gretel' is a surprise low-key gem that horror fans are always looking for but rarely find. The plot is smartly conceived, the visuals are intriguingly stylish, and the tone of the film is genuinely creepy.

Cinematographer Galo Olivares lends a hypnotic and immersive feel to the inspired production design by Jeremy Reed, bolstered by an assertive third effort from director Osgood Perkins, who is surely set for bigger and grander projects to come. The best part about this movie is the run time of 90 minutes. I should not be bored at 60 minutes. The narration is completely unnecessary in the movie. Plot holes are distracting to the viewer experience.

This is a watch for free on The best part about this movie is the run time of 90 minutes. I should not be bored at 60 minutes. The narration is completely unnecessary in the movie. Plot holes are distracting to the viewer experience. This is a watch for free on streaming service after there is nothing else on your list type of movie. Don't waste your hard earned money on it.

I will give an up for some solid visuals but its too little, too late. What they did well, they did very well.

Cinematography, production, score and the performance of the leads, Gretel and the Witch, were excellent. What they did poorly was a slow story that meandered and mumbled too much. What they did What they did well, they did very well. Cinematography, production, score and the performance of the leads, Gretel and the Witch, were excellent.

What they did poorly was a slow story that meandered and mumbled too much. What they did terribly was the embarrassingly woke casting of minor characters. This kind of thing is just eyerollingly stupid. Do a Ghanian version of Hansel and Gretel with Ghanaian actors and we’ll go see it. Don’t shoehorn diversity in for the sake of it where it is obviously out of place. It detracts and diminishes minorities and Europeans alike.

Some scary, shocking moments. Creepy nightmare scenes. A zombie-like monster attacks the kids; Gretel knocks its eye out with a rock, and it's shot in the head. A bucket of guts and body parts is dumped on a table, with a severed baby's arm tossed on top. A character is burning/on fire, screaming in pain. Blood seeps through sheets during a nightmare. A character inserts a red-hot poker into his mouth with the intention of killing himself (nothing is shown).

A horse keels over and dies. Black, blood-like goop shown in several scenes. Parents need to know that Gretel & Hansel is a horror movie based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, but it's not for young kids. Expect plenty of scary moments and nightmare scenes.

A zombie-like monster attacks, its eye is knocked out with a rock, and it's shot in the head. A witch who's being burned screams in agony. A bucket of guts and body parts is dumped on a table, and some blood is shown seeping through a sheet. Other black, goopy, blood-like stuff is shown. A character puts a red-hot poker into his mouth, and a horse keels over and dies. A man asks a teen girl about her virginity (he inquires whether her 'maidenhood' is 'intact'), and she gets her period.

Language is quite mild, with just a couple of uses of 'hell.' Hungry children eat mushrooms in the forest and experience a brief, mild drug trip. Casual horror fans may find this one a bit too arty and not scary enough, but for bolder viewers, it will hit the spot. In GRETEL & HANSEL, it is a time of famine and hardship. A widow, at her wits' end, throws her children out of the house to fend for themselves. Older sister Gretel takes charge of her younger brother, Hansel , but it's not long before they get hungry.

A hunter helps them along, and soon they find a house with an inviting feast laid out on the table. An old woman invites the children in and allows them to stay, for a little while, in exchange for doing some chores. Gretel fears that something is wrong, but then the old woman starts teaching her about how to unleash her inner, hidden strengths. Everything seems to be going fine. until Hansel disappears. This strange, austere, artful, violent retelling of the old fairy tale is one of those movies that's more moody than scary. It won't be to every taste, but it's weirdly poetic and mesmerizing. With Gretel & Hansel and two previous chillers ( The Blackcoat's Daughter, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House), director - the son of star Anthony Perkins - has established himself as a confident, patient creator of chills who takes risks and is decidedly out of the mainstream.

His focus on framing, textures, shapes, silences, and music - rather than jump scares, shocks, or screaming - makes his films a little harder to sell.His Gretel & Hansel, with Gretel now coming first in the title, is also a story about women. Triangles permeate the film, suggesting the strength of both the witch and Gretel, and Perkins plays around with other recurring themes and symbols, too. The overall tone can feel a bit academic and perhaps a bit chilly, but the casting saves the day.

Lillis, who was so delightful and spunky in the two films, warms up her scenes with her character's younger brother, and Krige (the Borg Queen in ) has a slithery quality that makes her witch somehow hypnotic. The throwback electronic music score by French composer Rob also helps create an unsettling, otherworldly quality.

But overall, this is a movie about a young woman moving from a defensive position in the world to a more powerful offensive one.Families can talk about Gretel & Hansel's. How much is shown and not shown? How did it make you feel?.Is the movie? What's the appeal of horror movies?.How does this movie compare to the fairy tale? Why do we tell fairy tales, and why are they passed on from generation to generation?.Gretel says, 'nothing is given without something being taken away.'

Do you think that's true? Why or why not?.Do you think the movie has strong female characters? In what ways are their strengths shown? Do you consider them?