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.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Revenge is sweeter than candy.
2013 · 1h 28m · R
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Directed by
Tommy Wirkola
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Overview
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.
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17%
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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
Rotten
The movie settles for showers of gore with intermittent moments of spoofiness.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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
Rotten
At least it puts forth a sound message: Kids, avoid overdoing it on sweets -- especially candy that doubles as drywall.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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