The greatest movie ever made..!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I've never been much for the 1920's silent films, but in the recent past with 2012's "The Artist" and 2007's Argentina's "La Antena", I am enjoying silent films. Now, 2012's "Blancanieves" (Snow White), I am in wonder how a black and white film with no dialogue can be so captivating. It is so nice not to hear dialog and let the film itself tell the story. It does have dialog inserts from time to time. I recommend this film.

According to IMDb, this film was submitted for contention for the Best Foreign Language Oscar...an odd one since this is a silent film with intertitle cards. My assumption is that they tried making a movie like this because of the success the year before of "The Artist" (which too the Best Picture Oscar).The story is essentially "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" re- imagined. It begins in Spain in the early 20th century. Don Antonio is a famous matador but he's doing something very dangerous- -taking on seven bulls, one after the other. With the seventh, his attention wavers and he's badly mauled. This causes his wife to go into labor...and she dies in the process. The baby is raised by her grandmother and Don Antonio marries his nurse. However, when grandma dies, the child, Carmen, is sent to live with her father. But the new wife is evil and won't let anyone see Don Antonio and forbids the girl from going to that portion of the house. Instead, she lives in squalor and is a servant in her own home. Eventually, the step-mother tires of the girl and orders her evil chauffeur to kill her. Inexplicably, she survives the attempt but loses all her memory. She's rescued by some bullfighting dwarfs and is befriended by them. Eventually, she becomes a famous matador herself...and her step-mom returns to destroy her with a poisoned apple.The film is lovely to look at and interesting...but not a whole lot more than that. Interesting but not exactly a must-see because it is too close to the old story...too close except for the inexplicably strange downbeat ending that is.

I saw it in TV and regretted not having seen it when it was released in the cinema 3 years ago.It's a film full of imagination that shows not only in the black & white of its photography but in it's being a silent film. I know that "The Artist" was first, but this one takes more risks being a drama that reaches peaks of tragedy in many moments.The best of it is, in my opinion, that you get not too involved in the story because it has light touches of black humor; besides, you know it's a very free version of and old children's tale so it is not meant to be realistic.Anyway the settings, locations and artistic direction are great and the cast is perfect, outstanding Maribel Verdú as the wicked step mother

you only have to look a bit further than your nearest blockbuster cinema complex or commercial-minded TV channel! 2012 clearly was the year of Snow White, with no less than 3 different well-financed and heavily promoted film versions of this fabulous and immortal fairy- tale originally created by the Grimm Brothers. But the contrast between this modest Spanish pearl and the atrociously bombastic Hollywood productions "Mirror, Mirror" (starring Julia Roberts) and "Snow White and the Huntsman" (starring Kristen Stewart) couldn't be more extreme! If you absolutely have to compare "Blancanieves" with another film, then please compare it to the equally masterful 2011 Academy Award winner "The Artist", as both films are wonderful homages (love letters, even) to the era of pure and indestructible silent cinema! The universally known plot of Snow White is transferred to the 1920s in Spain, more particularly Sevilla where all social layers of the population meet at the incredibly popular bullfighting arena. The Matadors are idolized by everyone, and the most famous and popular of them all – Antonio Villalta – dedicates his fight to his beautiful wife Carmen and to their daughter who's about to be born. But then tragedy occurs, as Villalta is bull- struck by surprise and paralyzed for life and poor Carmen dies whilst in labor and giving birth to young Carmencita. The now completely lackadaisical Villalate remarries a possessive and evil nurse, and when also her beloved grandmother passes away, Carmencita is forced to live in miserable conditions at her stepmother's house. During secret visits at her father's room, Carmencita learns to become a bullfighter as well. When she's left for dead in the woods by one of her stepmother's sleazy lovers, the amnesiac girl is taken in by a group of traveling midget- bullfighters and they gradually become successful all over the country. "Blancanieves" is a film that both my wife and I gazed at with our eyes and mouths wide open throughout most of its running time. Not only because the familiar plot elements are so brilliantly moved towards an entirely different setting but also because it's such a beautiful and professionally accomplished motion picture! This is the type of film that makes you wonder if we even need sound and dialog in cinema! The stylish cinematography and impressive decors speak for themselves and the stellar acting performances of the ensemble cast don't require sound, neither. Particularly the eyes and grimaces of lead actress Maribel Verdú (as the wicked stepmother) are unforgettable. This is the first film in many, many years that truly evoked emotions of empathy and tenderness within me (I really felt sorry for that poor girl) and the whole film just bathes in a dreamy and surreal atmosphere that is practically indescribable. I even worshiped the Flamenco music in this film, even though generally speaking I'm not a fan of this type of music! "Blancanieves" won several prices at numerous international film festivals, including one I personally attended in Brussels, and every single one is well-deserved.