Virag's Movie Reviews: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

Yikes, this flick was dumb.  Gleefully dumb, and damn near gloriously dumb.  I think that might be what they were goin' for, but they didn't quite get there.  Gemma Arterton would be fine, just fine reading the Cleveland phone book, and this thing had Famke Janssen AND Pihla Viitala as well, so it was certainly pretty much watchable.  Unfortunately, Jeremy Renner is pretty much a zero, and the humor and action were clumsy at best.  I see it, I see the silly popcorn movie they wanted to make, but I don't see it in the actual film they did make.  Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters makes Pacific Rim look like 2001: A Space Odyssey.