“Gretel & Hansel” (*1/2 out of four) was a lumbering horror adaptation of the famous fairy-tale set in the countryside in which the title characters (Sophia Lillis and Samuel Leakey) venture off into the dark woods and are confronted with evil of which they must psychologically and physically survive. Some of the imagery is stunning but it’s all for nothing, since story has almost no momentum and none of the characters are interesting or involving. Say what you will about 2012’s “Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters” but at least that movie moved and was very entertaining.

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