The film has been embroiled in controversy because the plot has been modernized — but that's not the real problem.

Loathed even before its release, the latest live-action version of an animated classic embodies many of the cynical moves of the remake racket.

The 2012 film debuted amid a wave of fairy tale reboots, following 2011’s Amanda Seyfried-led Red Riding Hood and coming two months before Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman, which starred Kristen Stewart,

Culture critics Cristina Escobar and Adam Nayman break down the many tensions surrounding the lead up to the film’s release.

Disney's controversial Snow White movie remakes the classic in several ways, but the most dramatic change is that the movie doesn't have a prince. Instead, according to USA Today, Snow White falls in love with a bandit who is leading a group that steals from the monarchy to give to the poor.

Any remake of a nearly 90-year-old movie will need an update, but some of the adjustments were more successful than others.