Last week, critics were impressed by a sweeping trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman, a dark, epic take on the classic fairy tale in which the Evil Queen's (Charlize Theron) hit-job on Snow (Kristen Stewart) backfires. This week's news: The colorful and campy trailer for Hollywood's other Snow White film, Mirror Mirror, has hit the web. (Watch both clips below.) The comedic Mirror Mirror stars Julia Roberts as a sassier Evil Queen and the cherubic Lily Collins as Snow. Both characters vie for the attention of a daffy Prince Charming, played by The Social Network's Armie Hammer. Mirror Mirror will be released March 16, months before Huntsman's June 1 launch. Now that both trailers are out, which film looks to be the fairest of them all?
Huntsman slays the competition: Mirror Mirror did itself no favors by releasing its trailer so soon after the "genuinely impressive teaser" for Huntsman, says Kyle Buchanan at New York. The latter film promises to be an "epic adventure;" Mirror Mirror looks like small-scale, chintzy camp. After a glimpse of Charlize Theron's deliciously seductive and villainous Queen, Julia Roberts' "broad comedic take" is jarring.
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