For the most part, I enjoyed this 2011 one-shot. There were some unique takes on Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and the Three Bears that resulted in chuckles. I was disappointed that despite having Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and a zombified Captain Hook on the cover, they don't appear anywhere inside. But like most anthology comedies do, this special made the mistake of having 1 long story that wasn't all that funny and ruins the flow of the work.
The Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon both fell into this trap. They had fantastic, rapid fire skits that left you dying laughing; only to slow everything down with a very long, and nowhere near as hilarious segment that ruins everything!
That's exactly what happens here. In a parody of the Disney Princesses, Prince Charming is about to break Snow White from her sleeping spell with a kiss when a couple of sidekicks approaches him with alternate options. The Little Mermaid and Jasmine are also in need of smooches. Whomever the Prince awakens will make him a very wealthy and powerful man. But just who will Charming select?
There were a few chuckles. But it was also a story that seemed to cross several lines. Hermaphrodite ( or trans- not sure which) jokes aren't funny. They clearly aren't jokes that would fly today... Or would they? Considering how the pendulum has shifted politically in the last year or so, it's hard to tell. Regardless, when they started mingling in characters from Resident Evil, they really overcrowded the stew and like those longer segments from comedic cinema history, it fell flat.
Not sure if I wanna keep this one. It started so well. It ended so poorly. Can't win them all I guess.
Rating 5 out of 10 stars.
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