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Is Snow White (2025) Woke? chudrank Score and Reception
- Type
- Film
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Family, Fantasy
Is Snow White (2025) woke? Above is its live chudrank score; below, the facts, why it scores the way it does, and what critics said. Disagree? Every vote moves the score.
What it is
Disney's Snow White, or simply Snow White, is a 2025 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
Wikipedia, Snow White (2025 film), quoted verbatim · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why it scores leaning WOKE
Snow White is seen as WOKE because of its casting and its updated story, and because its star clashed with the right in public long before release.
Before release, the film drew controversy over its color-blind casting, changes to the story, and the reimagining of the Seven Dwarfs. (Wikipedia)
Rachel Zegler said the original has "a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her." Some criticised the changes as overly feminist, while others accused Zegler of misrepresenting feminism. (Wikipedia)
Zegler faced pushback from conservative circles who thought the role should be played by a white woman. She said: "I refuse to assimilate for anybody else's comfort." (Variety)
After the 2024 US election Zegler posted "May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace", which led Republican supporters to call for a boycott. She later apologised. (Wikipedia)
The 250 million dollar film opened to "a disappointing $43 million" in North America. (Fortune)
Why it is not higher
The anger did not only come from the right, and the film itself got mixed reviews and so-so audience scores.
Actor Peter Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism, criticised the remake for retelling a "backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together". (Wikipedia)
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) called for a boycott over co-star Gal Gadot's past service in the Israel Defense Forces and pro-Israel stance, so calls for boycotts came from both political sides. (Wikipedia)
Box-office analysts largely disagreed that politics caused the flop, and blamed its failure to resonate with critics and audiences. (Wikipedia)
So: the casting rows and its star's politics pull it well left, while boycott calls from the other side and lukewarm reviews keep it short of the top. Disagree? Vote, and the score moves.
What critics said
The film received mixed reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 39% of 277 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10; the consensus reads: "Snow White is hardly a grumpy time at the movies thanks to Rachel Zegler's luminous star turn, but its bashful treatment of the source material along with some dopey stylistic choices won't make everyone happy, either." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 50 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
Wikipedia, Snow White (2025 film), quoted verbatim · CC BY-SA 4.0