A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
It is a classic, as important cinematically as The Birth of a Nation or the birth of Mickey Mouse.
– Frank S. Nugent,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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...the animation itself is top-notch, and in a number of darker sequences (Snow White's terrified entry into the forest, for example), Disney's adoption of Expressionist visual devices makes for genuinely powerful drama.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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You've probably seen it 15 times by now, so why not make it 16?
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
28 Jun 2007
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So perfect is the illusion, so tender the romance and fantasy, so emotional are certain portions when the acting of the characters strikes a depth comparable to the sincerity of human players, that the film approaches real greatness.
– John C. Flinn Sr.,
Variety,
28 Jun 2007
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To say of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that it is among the genuine artistic achievements of this country takes no great daring.