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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Mirror Mirror’ is eye candy without the filling

The film has gorgeous scenes and action, but it tails off in pointless story and dialogue

By Ty Burr

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 30, 2012

Only in the fairyland known as Hollywood is age the greatest curse of all, and only in Hollywood would a 44-year-old woman be considered old. In “Mirror Mirror,’’ an overstuffed, undercooked omelet of a “Snow White’’ revamp, a curiously taut Julia Roberts frets about her nonexistent wrinkles as the evil Queen, cracking wise and trying to make the best of the situation. This is what a youth-obsessed pop culture does when its beauties are no longer young - puts them out on the raft of evil mothers and conniving harpies. Next stop, “Driving Miss Daisy.’’

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