Review: Grettle and Hansel (2020)
By William Pattison
This time I have a feminist reimaging of a famous Grim
fairytale…
Siblings, Gretel and Hansel live in the countryside with
their mother. When times are hard and Gretel can’t find work, their mother
sends them out to fend for themselves. As they journey through the dark forest
without clothes nor supplies, they come upon a house with good-smelling food,
and decide to temporarily stay there in care of an old woman. As they recover
from fatigue, they uncover odd things which might prevent them from getting out
alive.
I know what some of
you assholes are going to say…This film was directed by Osgood Perkins, who is
obviously a man so it can’t be a
feminist film. My answer to this is obviously you haven’t heard of male feminists. Yes, there are males
that are so up the female asses they practically have vaginas themselves.
Osgood Perkins I. Most definitely one of these beings.
But unlike so many filmmakers during this period during the
WOKE era Osgood did preach “The Message”. There was a tiny bit of WOKE content
but it quickly got over and done with and the story could continue.
I was so thankful that this male feminist still showed some
respect for the sibling relationship, which was the center of this story. It
could have easily deteriorated into super female/bad male situation.
Thankfully we got Grettle as the big sister protecting her
dependent little brother who she loved very much. It came off very real and
very honest.
The late great Alice Krige was awesome as the witch. She
could have easily been miss used but she came out as one of the high marks of
this film.
Yes, when I saw the change in the story title I cringed and
was unsure of this film. But Osgood and crew did a great job. I actually have
to say that this film is definitely AWESOMETACULAR!!!
