The witch tries to convince Hansel and Gretel that she's really a friendly old soul.
So, with a frightening "Hocus Pocus, " the witch freezes Hansel and Gretel in their tracks.
Using the Witch's own spell, she frees herself, and Hansel, from the magical bonds.
"Like Hansel and Gretel, we follow the crumbs through the woods, " he says.
The film picks up with Hansel and Gretel 15 years after their abduction when they have become bounty hunters.
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Hansel and Gretel have had only berries to eat since their mother sent them off into the woods the day before.
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She intends to fatten Hansel up, to make him tastier to eat.
Hansel and Gretel cheer themselves up with some lively songs and dancing.
Audiences issued the film a lukewarm "B" CinemaScore grade, so it seems unlikely that Hansel and Gretel will achieve strong word of mouth.
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Hansel and Gretel are alone in the woods, cheerfully picking berries.
Hansel is tying brooms for his dad, while Gretel is knitting.
The act ends with another orchestral passage, the Dream Pantomime, depicting 14 angels who come down from heaven to protect Hansel and Gretel while they sleep.
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The gingerbread figures surrounding the house turn back into the little children they once were and Hansel and Gretel's parents arrive just in time to celebrate the children's freedom, and the Witch's demise.
This is also the land of the deep, dark woods that Little Red Riding Hood skipped through, the land of towers tall enough for Rapunzel, and charming chocolate-box houses to tempt Hansel and Gretel.
Stories like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel might be fantasy, but in the days when wolves and outlaws patrolled the forest, they were a warning for children to keep out of the woods.
For a chance to dine inside a gingerbread house Hansel and Gretel style, the River City Casino and the Lumiere Place Casino and Hotel in St Louis, Missouri have both built 140sqft gingerbread houses in their restaurants.
Although "Hansel and Gretel" can hardly be called a fairy-tale success at this point, it proved far more bewitching than fellow newcomers "Parker" and "Movie 43, " which were left with only bread crumbs in their sad debut frame.
But that's what this film is -- the old Grimm folktale spruced up with state of the art visual effects and maximized battle action, coupled with a more playful, family-friendly approach than filmmakers took in "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" and "Snow White and the Huntsman".
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