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Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 4, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Uninspired fairy tale with Snow White as a teenybopper.

Themes in this movie include:   family relationships, growing up
updated 10.08.09

Why We Rated This on for Ages 6 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Message is "True beauty comes from helping others." Rudeness, selfishness, and shallowness are all seen as negative traits; compassion, helpfulness, and generosity are seen as positive traits. The movie says that even the worst villains can be guided toward better values and behavior.

     

  • Role models:

    Characters change for the better. Snow in particular starts out as materialistic and then learns what true beauty and wealth are. Traditionally white characters are now depicted as multi-ethnic.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    It's all cartoon action: falls, explosions, clouds of green smoke, noisy crashes. Evil queen threatens to "kill" Snow White. Sir Peter takes an explosion-hit for Snow White, but recovers immediately.
  • Sexy stuff:

    Not an issue.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White

Parents need to know that early in the movie Snow White's beautiful, good-hearted mother dies. One cough and seconds later, her eyes close and she's dead. Snow White weeps and grieves by the coffin. The traditional poisoned apple is no longer "poison." It has been modified so that taking "the bite" now makes Snow White rude and selfish. The evil step-mother-to-be tries to get rid of Snow White, but there is never any serious threat. All of the action is cartoony: clouds of smoke, explosions, pratfalls. No one is injured.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about what Snow White learns about herself.
  • How do the filmmakers show that Snow White and her friends are more modern than the traditional storybook characters?
  • Lady Vain has a different outcome from the wicked stepmother in the original tale of Snow White: do you think it's possible for someone that bad to change?

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  1. I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Negative message

    Individuality!

    What I didn't like was that the king kept on saying your mother , your mother , your mother! Snow White is an individual not her motherand she should be treated like an indivual.Also she should be herself not what her father wants to be. Snow may be a princess but she should be her own person . This movie is a kids movie so that is why I set the age so low.

  2. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Negative message

    Goldilocks, Red Riding Hood, Bo Peep, and Snow White are shallow, vain, selfish late-teen celebutantes. The king, Snow White's father, lets her walk all over him. If you enjoy constant teachable moments about how not to behave (both "children" and adults), this movie is full of them. Snow White eventually learns her lesson -- she's not "all that," and happiness can be found in serving others instead of herself -- but it's too little, too late. The formulas fall flat, and there aren't enough laughs to make up for the disappointing characters and plot.

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