Saw this at the World Premiere last night. Quite a dark interpretation of the classic fairytale, but then again those children's tales of old were pretty dark before Disney had produced animated movies of them with as much sickly sweet syrup interlaced with the core narrative, which has for the most part been good versus twisted evil.
Without giving any of the story away, it keeps you glued for the most part and has a fair amount of heart in it. It is a tad too long and a could have done with a few more snips around the good band's journey to the wicked Queen's castle.
Charlize Theron is expectantly excellent in her intensely evil, but equally beautiful wicked Queen role, whilst the dwarves of Hoskins, Winston and McShane bring some much needed lighter moments.
A cross between Alice and Wonderland and Lord of the Rings in the main and worth a watch if you like fantasy, CGI and lots of battles.
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It is darker/ more violent than the Avengers and probably more akin to Lord of the Rings (parts 2 and 3). Very few really bloody scenes, but the odd empalement and a dark Queen with serious anger management issues would likely have a more senstive 5-10 year old losing some sleep. It's 12A and I would say that is about right. Hope that helps.