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'{{Short description|2012 comedy fantasy film by Tarsem Singh}} {{for|films with a similar title|Mirror Mirror (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox film | name = Mirror Mirror | image = Mirror Mirror 2012 film poster.png | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Tarsem Singh]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Ryan Kavanaugh]] * Bernie Goldmann * [[Brett Ratner]] * [[Kevin Misher]] }} | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Marc Klein * [[Jason Keller (playwright)|Jason Keller]] }} | story = [[Melisa Wallack]] | based_on = {{based on|''[[Snow White]]''|[[the Brothers Grimm]]}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Julia Roberts]] * [[Lily Collins]] * [[Armie Hammer]] * [[Nathan Lane]] * [[Mare Winningham]] * [[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]] * [[Sean Bean]] }} | music = [[Alan Menken]] | cinematography = Brendan Galvin | editing = {{Plainlist| * Robert Duffy * [[Nick Moore (film director)|Nick Moore]] }} | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[Relativity Media]] * Yucaipa Films * Goldmann Pictures * [[Ratpac-Dune Entertainment|Rat Entertainment]] * Misha Films * Mel's Cité du Cinéma * Misher Films }} | distributor = Relativity Media | released = {{Film date|2012|03|30|United States}} | runtime = 106 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $85–100 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo">{{cite web|title=Mirror Mirror (2012)|url= https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=untitledsnowwhite.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="LA Times">{{cite web|title=Movie Projector: 'The Hunger Games' to dominate box office – again|url= https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/03/box-office-hunger-games-dominate-again.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref> | gross = $183 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo" /> }} '''''Mirror Mirror''''' is a 2012 American [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[comedy film]] [[:Category:Films based on Snow White|based on]] the fairy tale "[[Snow White]]" collected by the [[Brothers Grimm]]. It is directed by [[Tarsem Singh]] and produced by [[Ryan Kavanaugh]], Bernie Goldmann, [[Brett Ratner]] and [[Kevin Misher]]. It was written by Marc Klein and [[Jason Keller (playwright)|Jason Keller]], with music by [[Alan Menken]]. It stars [[Lily Collins]], [[Julia Roberts]], [[Armie Hammer]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Mare Winningham]], [[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]], and [[Sean Bean]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Tarsem-Singh-Snow-White-Film-Titled-Mirror-Mirror-27743.html |title=Tarsem Singh's Snow White Film Titled Mirror Mirror|first= Kelly|last= West|work=Cinema Blend|publisher=cinemablend.com|date= 2011-11-04|access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> It was released theatrically by [[Relativity Media]] on March 30, 2012. The film received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] and earned $183 million on an $85–100 million budget but received generally mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo" /> ''Mirror Mirror'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] by [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] on June 26, 2012.<ref name="Mirror Mirror @ ETA">{{cite web|url=http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=129214|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205114703/http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=129214|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-05|title=Mirror, Mirror (2012)}}</ref> == Plot == A widowed king marries an evil enchantress named [[Queen (Snow White)|Clementianna]], who is the most beautiful woman in the land. One day, the king leaves to fight a great evil that has invaded the land, but never returns. Clementianna becomes Queen and rules in his absence, while confining her young stepdaughter, Snow White, to the palace. Ten years later, Snow White, now a young lady, desires to explore the kingdom and sneaks out. Walking through the forest, she meets the visiting Prince Andrew Alcott, a prince from the Kingdom of Valencia, who has been robbed by a band of [[seven dwarfs|Dwarves]]; she and the prince are instantly smitten with each other. Snow White arrives in the town, and finds the people are destitute due to the Queen's heavy taxation. Meanwhile, Clementianna is introduced to Alcott and plans to marry him for his wealth. Clementianna throws a ball to woo the Prince, and Snow White secretly attends, planning to ask the prince to help her restore the kingdom. Clementianna notices Snow White and the prince dancing and orders her manservant Brighton to take the princess into the forest and feed her to the beast. Brighton leaves Snow White in the forest, but she runs away from the beast, collapsing at the door to the dwarves' hideout. The dwarves take her in and introduce themselves as Grimm, Butcher, Wolf, Napoleon, Half Pint, Grub, and Chuck. When Brighton collects more taxes levied by the queen to pay for her expensive parties, the dwarves rob him. Snow White takes the money and returns it to the townspeople, crediting the dwarves, whom the people hail as heroes. Clementianna informs Alcott that Snow White is dead. When the prince finds out that the bandits have robbed Brighton, he goes after them. In the forest, Alcott discovers that Snow White is alive and in league with the dwarves, who have trained her in combat. Each believing the other to be in the wrong, Snow White and Alcott duel. Alcott returns to the palace defeated and informs the queen that Snow White is alive. Clementianna enters her [[Magic Mirror (Snow White)|Mirror House]], within which lives her reflection, the Mirror Queen. Clementianna has the Mirror Queen temporarily turn Brighton into a cockroach, and requests a love potion so she can make the prince fall in love with her. The potion turns out to be a 'puppy love' potion and the prince becomes devoted to her like a puppy dog. Under this spell, the prince agrees to marry her. Using [[Black magic|dark magic]], the queen attacks Snow White and the dwarves with two giant [[marionettes]]; but Snow White defeats them by finding and cutting their strings. On the day of her wedding, Clementianna arrives to find that Snow White and the dwarves have robbed the party and abducted the Prince; for her inability to handle bandits and for lying about Snow White's death, the aristocrats demand the queen be deposed. Back in the forest, Snow White manages to break the spell on Alcott with true love's kiss. Snow White encounters Clementianna, who sends the beast after her. Prince Alcott tries to save Snow White, but the Beast captures her. However, the beast hesitates in killing her and Snow White sees that it wears a necklace with a moon charm on it similar to the one the queen wears. Snow White cuts the necklace off, breaking Clementianna’s spell, and restoring the beast to its true form: Snow White’s father. Clementianna begins to age rapidly and the Mirror Queen explains this is her punishment for using dark magic. Grateful to Alcott for his assistance, the king agrees to let him marry Snow White. At the wedding, an old hag appears and offers Snow White an apple as a wedding gift. At first, Snow White accepts the apple; but, as she is about to bite it, she realizes that the old hag is Clementianna. Snow White cuts a piece from the apple with her father's dagger and gives it to Clementianna, who reluctantly accepts it. The Mirror House shatters declaring it Snow White's story after all. Snow White, Prince Alcott, the King and the dwarves live happily ever after. == Casting == Roberts was the first to be cast, because very early on Tarsem Singh wanted an [[Queen (Snow White)|Evil Queen]] with whom audiences could relate. He stated that in the film, the queen is not evil, but rather insecure. He also suggested that the Queen's true ugliness may be revealed at the very end of the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bibbiani|first=William|title=EXCLUSIVE: Tarsem Singh Reveals 'Snow White' Plot Details!|url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/177133-exclusive-tarsem-singh-reveals-snow-white-plot-details|work=[[CraveOnline]]|access-date=April 2, 2012|date=October 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231111603/http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/177133-exclusive-tarsem-singh-reveals-snow-white-plot-details|archive-date=December 31, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Originally [[Saoirse Ronan]] was considered for the role of Snow White but the age difference between her and Armie Hammer was too large (he was 25 and she was 17). [[Felicity Jones]] was offered the part but turned it down.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grant|first=Olly|title=Felicity Jones: rising star|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8668333/Felicity-Jones-rising-star.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=January 17, 2012|date=July 31, 2011}}</ref> Collins was eventually cast in the role.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alison Schwartz, Kristin Luna|title=Lily Collins 'So Excited' to Play Snow White Opposite Julia Roberts |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478906,00.html |work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=People.com|access-date=April 2, 2012|date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> Collins said in an interview that her casting happened in 24 hours after she met Tarsem Singh and read for him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lily Collins Is Hollywood's Latest 'go To' Girl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4t9SFCg7co|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Youtube|access-date=April 2, 2012|date=June 1, 2011}}</ref> Hammer was cast as the prince who is at first drawn towards the Queen and then towards Snow White. He beat out [[James McAvoy]] and [[Alex Pettyfer]] for the role. === Cast === * [[Lily Collins]] as [[Snow White|Princess Snow White]] * [[Julia Roberts]] as [[Queen (Snow White)|Queen Clementianna]], Snow White's evil stepmother. * [[Armie Hammer]] as Prince Andrew Alcott, the Prince of Valencia. * [[Nathan Lane]] as Brighton, the Queen's executive bootlicker. * [[Mare Winningham]] as Margaret, the royal [[baker]] who was Snow White's friend since childhood. * [[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]] as [[Baron|the Baron]], an elite member of the kingdom who is often recommended for Queen Clementianna to get engaged to. * [[Sean Bean]] as [[King (Snow White)|the King]], the father of Snow White, who went missing. * [[Danny Woodburn]] as Will Grimm, the leader of the Seven Dwarfs. He is named after the [[Brothers Grimm]]. * [[Martin Klebba]] as Butcher, a dwarf who used to work as a [[butcher]]. * Sebastian Saraceno as Wolf, a dwarf in a [[wolf]]-skin cape. * [[Jordan Prentice]] as Napoleon, a dwarf who wears a hat similar to [[Napoleon]]'s. * [[Mark Povinelli]] as Half Pint, a dwarf who has a crush on Snow White. * Joe Gnoffo as Grub, a dwarf who is always eating. * Ronald Lee Clark as Chuckles, a dwarf who chuckles a lot. * Lisa Roberts Gillan as Mirror Queen, the reflection of Queen Clementianna who is much wiser, kinder, and somewhat younger than her. ** Gillan's image is replaced with the digital likeness of Julia Roberts who voices the mirror. * [[Robert Emms]] as Charles Renbock, Prince Alcott's faithful [[valet]] and confidant. * Alex Ivanovici as Town Magistrate, the magistrate of the town that collects the taxes for Brighton. * [[Frank Welker]] as the voice of the Beast, a [[Chimera (mythology)|chimeric]] creature with a [[lion]]/[[dog]]-like head, the antlers of a [[deer]], [[chicken]] leg-like arms, the wings of an [[eagle]], and the body and tail of a [[snake]] with a tail-claw at the end of the tail. ** Welker also provides the vocal effects of the giant puppets. == Production == Filming for ''Mirror Mirror'' began on June 20, 2011, in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], under the working title ''Untitled Snow White Project''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Relativity starts shooting its 'Snow White' on Monday|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2011/06/relativity-starts-shooting-its-snow-white-on-monday.html|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|access-date=April 2, 2012|date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818220146/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2011/06/relativity-starts-shooting-its-snow-white-on-monday.html|archive-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref> Production on the film wrapped in mid-September.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maison|first=Jordan|title='Mirror Mirror' The Official Title of Tarsem Singh's Snow White Movie|url=http://www.themoviepool.com/audience/newsroom/item/1679-mirror-mirror-the-official-title-of-tarsem-singhs-snow-white-movie.html|publisher=themoviepool.com|access-date=April 2, 2012|date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> The film was officially titled ''Mirror Mirror'' on November 4, 2011. The first trailer was released on November 30, 2011, in partnership with Relativity Media and Trailer Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/mirrormirror/|title=Mirror Mirror – Movie Trailers – iTunes|first=Apple|last=Inc.|website=trailers.apple.com}}</ref> The teaser poster was released the same day. ''Mirror Mirror'' was the last film which Tarsem's regular costume designer, [[Eiko Ishioka]], worked on before her death. The visual effects were designed by Tom Wood and executed by Wayne Brinton, Tim Carras, Sébastien Moreau and Amanda Dyar. [[Relativity Media]] announced the movie's final cost as being $85 million, though an article in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said the true budget was closer to $100 million.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/03/box-office-hunger-games-dominate-again.html |title=Movie Projector: 'The Hunger Games' to dominate box office – again|first= Amy|last= Kaufman|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= 2012-03-29|access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> == Release == The film was released in theaters on March 30, 2012.<ref name="delay">{{cite web|last=Beard|first=Lanford|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/01/26/mirror-mirror-release-delay-march-30/|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|title='Mirror Mirror' release delayed two weeks as new trailer hits the Internet |access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> === Box office === On its opening day, ''Mirror Mirror'' made $5.8 million, coming in at the No. 3 spot behind ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' and ''[[Wrath of the Titans]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Subers|first=Ray|title=Friday Report: 'Hunger Games' Easily Tops 'Wrath,' 'Mirror'|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3405|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 2, 2012|date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> For its opening weekend, the film earned $18.1 million while holding onto the No. 3 spot at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ray|last=Subers|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3406&p=.htm |title=Weekend Report: 'Wrath,' 'Mirror' No Match for 'Hunger Games'|website=Box Office Mojo|date=April 1, 2012|access-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> During its theatrical run, ''Mirror Mirror'' grossed $64.9 million in North America and $118.1 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $183 million.<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo /> === Reception === {{Anchor|Critics|Critical response}} The film received generally mixed reviews. [[Review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a rating of 50% with an average score of 5.60/10 based on reviews from 197 critics. The site's general consensus is that "Like most of Tarsem Singh's films, ''Mirror Mirror'' is undeniably beautiful – but its treatment of the age-old Snow White fable lacks enough depth or originality to set it apart from the countless other adaptations of the tale."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mirror_mirror_2012/|title=Mirror Mirror (2012)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango]]|access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted mean]] rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, it has an average score of 46 from the 34 reviews, which indicates "Mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mirror-mirror|title=Mirror Mirror |work=Metacritic |publisher=[[CNET Networks]]|access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> Robbie Collin from British newspaper ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' gave the film four stars describing it as "an exuberantly charming fairy story that owes as much to the gnarled folk tale illustrations of [[Arthur Rackham]] as the stagey, saturated lunacy of that half-loved, half-feared East German fantasy ''[[The Singing Ringing Tree]]''. It's a Grimm piece of work, but far from a grim one: without rehashing the seminal Disney animated version, it radiates gorgeousness and good humour with a near-nuclear intensity." Collin praised costume designer [[Eiko Ishioka]]'s work, saying "every outfit in ''Mirror Mirror'' is a masterpiece". He concluded the film is "the opposite of [[Tim Burton]]'s brash, chaotic, dispiritingly popular ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'': here, the artistry of the cast and crew leaps off the screen, not 3D computer graphics."<ref>{{cite web|last=Collin|first=Robbie|title=Mirror, Mirror – review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9175658/Mirror-Mirror-review.html|work=[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=March 30, 2012|date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> === Home media === ''Mirror Mirror'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] by [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] on June 26, 2012.<ref name="Mirror Mirror @ ETA" /> === Awards and nominations === {{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Recipients ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |rowspan="2" |[[Teen Choice Awards|2012 Teen Choice Awards]] |[[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Sci-Fi/Fantasy|Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy]] ! |{{nom}} |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/first-wave-of-teen-choice-2012-nominees-announced-special-airs-sunday-july-22-on-fox/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203145226/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/first-wave-of-teen-choice-2012-nominees-announced-special-airs-sunday-july-22-on-fox/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2017|title=First Wave of 'Teen Choice 2012' Nominees Announced; Special Airs Sunday July 22 on FOX|date=18 May 2012}}</ref> |- |Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy |[[Lily Collins]] |{{nom}} |- | [[2013 Kids' Choice Awards]] | Favorite Villain | [[Julia Roberts]] | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/nickelodeon-unveils-2013-kids-choice-awards-nominees/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203145312/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/nickelodeon-unveils-2013-kids-choice-awards-nominees/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2017|title=Nickelodeon Unveils 2013 'Kids Choice Awards' Nominees|date=13 February 2013}}</ref> |- | [[85th Academy Awards]] | [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] | [[Eiko Ishioka]] | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/01/10/oscar-nominations2013/|title=Oscar 2013: The nominations revealed ...|date=10 January 2013}}</ref> |} == Soundtrack == The song "I Believe in Love" was originally written in 1970 by Nina Hart, a singer-song writer and stage and TV actress (then working at New York City music-publishing company, Golden Bough Productions.) The song was one of several written by Hart for director [[Miloš Forman]] to consider for his film ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]''. She performed the song in Forman's film, playing a character at an audition; Hart's recording was a hit in Italy and was later covered by Iranian singer [[Googoosh]]. Tarsem Singh—who was unaware that it had previously been used in a film—chose the song for the [[Bollywood]]-style musical finale of ''Mirror Mirror'' because his daughter had enjoyed the song when he had played it for her the previous year.<ref name="Calautti">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/mirror-mirror-song-i-believe-in-love_n_1387609.html|title='Mirror Mirror' Song Mystery: The Missing Woman Behind 'I Believe in Love'|first=Katie|last=Calautti|work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> * I Believe In Love (Mirror Mirror Mix) – Performed by [[Lily Collins]] * All Music – Written and composed by [[Alan Menken]] == See also == {{Portal|Film}} * ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'', another 2012 film based on the tale of ''Snow White''. * ''[[Snow White (upcoming film)|Snow White]]'', an upcoming film based on the [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|1937 animated film]], starring [[Rachel Zegler]] as [[Snow White]] and [[Gal Gadot]] as the [[Queen (Snow White)|Evil Queen]]. == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb title|1667353}} * {{Mojo title|untitledsnowwhite}} * {{Metacritic film}} * {{Rotten-tomatoes|mirror_mirror_2012}} * [http://vimeo.com/43195919 Opening Sequence Animation] {{Tarsem Singh}} {{Snow White}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirror Mirror}} [[Category:2012 films]] [[Category:2012 fantasy films]] [[Category:2012 romantic comedy films]] [[Category:2010s adventure comedy films]] [[Category:2010s fantasy-comedy films]] [[Category:American adventure comedy films]] [[Category:American fantasy adventure films]] [[Category:American fantasy-comedy films]] [[Category:American romantic comedy films]] [[Category:American children's comedy films]] [[Category:American children's fantasy films]] [[Category:Films about dwarfs]] [[Category:Films about royalty]] [[Category:Films about witchcraft]] [[Category:Films based on Snow White]] [[Category:Films directed by Tarsem Singh]] [[Category:Films scored by Alan Menken]] [[Category:Films shot in Montreal]] [[Category:Films using motion capture]] [[Category:Relativity Media films]] [[Category:2010s English-language films]] [[Category:2010s American films]]'