A wicked queen envies her stepdaughter, Snow White, because the magic mirror considers her the fairest of them all.

The next scene switches to Snow White cleaning the area by the well. She sings a song, “I’m Wishing/ One Song,” hoping for things to change. Then a prince comes and joins her in the song. But she runs away from him, maybe worried that she’ll get in trouble with her stepmother.

The queen meets with the huntsman and asks him to kill Snow White. And to show proof, she demands that he brings back her heart.

Snow White is walking outside, presumably looking for that prince. The huntsman comes and tries to kill her. But he is unable to. Instead, he tells her to run away into the woods.

Snow White gets scared and cries. But some animals help her out. They even find a cabin in the woods for her to stay in.

When she gets inside, she is shocked with how unclean and untidy it is. She assumes that orphaned children live there. So, she and the animals clean the place up.

The scene switches to the dwarves, who are working in a mine finding diamonds. Then it’s time for them to leave. So, they go home.

When they arrive at their house, they are confused to why everything has been tidied up. They also get suspicious of a scary intruder. Grumpy is particularly suspicious.

But when they go up to their room and find Snow White sleeping on their beds, they no longer worry. Snow White wakes up and guesses each dwarf’s name.

Later, they all have fun together, singing “The Silly Song.” Then the dwarves want to know more about Snow White. She shares her desire in the song, “Some Day My Prince Will Come.”

Meanwhile, the queen finds out that the huntsman failed to murder Snow White. So, she brews a potion that will alter her appearance and voice. She also poisons a red apple. That way, she’ll kill Snow White herself.

I must admit that this movie turned out to be better than I thought. I think it was because of the fast pacing, and how this film is not even an hour and a half long. After all, it was Disney’s first feature-length movie.

I was impressed with how many lines Snow White got. I also liked how the dwarves would let her be in charge of them because she was the princess.

That being said, her portrayal was not always relatable to those her age. Although not stated in the film, she is only 14. But she doesn’t really act like someone as old as her.

For example, when she cleans the dwarves’ home, an animal puts dust underneath a rug and Snow White tells it not to. Another moment was when she was cooking dinner for the dwarves and she told them that they needed to wash up before they could eat.

I know that it’s set in the 1500s and was made and released in the 1930s. But I feel that those depictions of a young teen girl are not what you’d find now. If you’re a teenager or a parent of a teen reading this, could you imagine yourself or your kid doing those things, especially without being told to? Probably not.

Another part that I feel is dated is when the prince kissed Snow White while she was “dead” without hesitation. That’s not only creepy, but also hard to believe.

I also found it odd that Snow White would trust a scary “stranger” (not knowing this was her stepmother in disguise) and believe her when she says that the apple she bites will make her wish come true. This might also be a depiction of a female character that likely wouldn’t work today. The animals were even worried and would go to the mine to warn all the dwarves.

Aside from the flaws, though, there were other strengths. For instance, the songs were good. I particularly love, “Heigh Ho.” “The Silly Song” was also fun.

Dopey was the most memorable dwarf. He was the only one without a beard and who didn’t speak. I loved when he put diamonds in his eyes during the “Heigh Ho” number, right before work was over.

I do wish Sneezy would cover his nose when sneezing. I found it gross that he’d sneeze on the other dwarves. I would constantly say out loud, “Cover your nose,” just because I was getting impatient.

Despite how some aspects haven’t aged very well, the character development remains strong. I do, however, wish that the dwarves were more distinguishable in appearance. I often struggled to tell all of them apart, except for Grumpy and Dopey.

And while on the topic of physical appearances, I strongly admire the aesthetic design on the backgrounds. It was clearly done with paint and was quite beautiful.

Overall, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was not so bad after all. I thought it was going to be worse.

But in spite of the strengths, the issues were almost as strong.

I give this film 3.5 out of 5 stars.