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.
At least it puts forth a sound message: Kids, avoid overdoing it on sweets -- especially candy that doubles as drywall.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
4 Feb 2013
rotten:
The whole kidding trope, which you can bet was ordered by McKay and Ferrell, is pretty lame, and defeats the leads' attempts to bring shadings to cardboard cartoon characters.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
4 Feb 2013
rotten:
The movie settles for showers of gore with intermittent moments of spoofiness.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
4 Feb 2013
rotten:
There isn't much to this beyond the poorly staged, rapidly edited violence; the witches, all but devoid of backstory, are basically canvasses for cartoon splatter.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
4 Feb 2013
rotten:
If this long-delayed and blatantly pandering CGI malarkey is anything to go by, Hollywood's current craze for fairy tales isn't going to have a happy ending.