Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
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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.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were nearly united in dismissing this as thin, repetitive, and gore-saturated past the point of fun, with the action sequences wearing out their welcome long before the credits roll. The main fault line, though, runs between mainstream critics who found the self-aware campiness more tedious than clever, and genre-press writers who embraced exactly that dumb-but-knowing energy as the whole point — an audience split the film practically invites.
“inconsistently acted, and somehow both underwritten and overplotted”
Andrew Barker·Variety
“after a while it's easy to become numb to the repulsive sights and bored by action that once seemed intense and exciting”
Stephanie Merry·The Washington Post
“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”
Bilge Ebiri·Vulture
“aside from some very clunky editorial missteps in the film's second half, there's a good deal of wit, enthusiasm, energy, and amusing attitude to be found in the dumb-yet-self-aware Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”
Scott Weinberg·FEARnet
“it isn't a movie meant to scare or make you think but it is one of the most entertaining and enjoyable movies of its kind that I've seen in years”
Bloody Disgusting
Genres
Fantasy, Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Tommy WirkolaDirector
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
Bjørn SundquistJackson
Rainer BockMayor Engleman
Atli ÖrvarssonComposer
Michael BonvillainCinematographyHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
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.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics were nearly united in dismissing this as thin, repetitive, and gore-saturated past the point of fun, with the action sequences wearing out their welcome long before the credits roll. The main fault line, though, runs between mainstream critics who found the self-aware campiness more tedious than clever, and genre-press writers who embraced exactly that dumb-but-knowing energy as the whole point — an audience split the film practically invites.
“inconsistently acted, and somehow both underwritten and overplotted”
Andrew Barker·Variety
“after a while it's easy to become numb to the repulsive sights and bored by action that once seemed intense and exciting”
Stephanie Merry·The Washington Post
“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”
Bilge Ebiri·Vulture
“aside from some very clunky editorial missteps in the film's second half, there's a good deal of wit, enthusiasm, energy, and amusing attitude to be found in the dumb-yet-self-aware Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”
Scott Weinberg·FEARnet
“it isn't a movie meant to scare or make you think but it is one of the most entertaining and enjoyable movies of its kind that I've seen in years”
Bloody Disgusting
Genres
Fantasy, Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Tommy WirkolaDirectorJeremy RennerHanselGemma ArtertonGretelFamke JanssenMurielPihla ViitalaMinaDerek MearsEdwardRobin Atkin DownesEdward (voice)Ingrid Bolsø BerdalHorned WitchJoanna KuligRed Haired WitchThomas MannBenPeter StormareSheriff BerringerBjørn SundquistJacksonRainer BockMayor EnglemanAtli ÖrvarssonComposerMichael BonvillainCinematographyRent & Buy