Hansel & Gretel (2012)

Hansel & Gretel is a 2012 American 2D hand drawn-animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the German fairy tale of the same name in the collection of folk tales published by the Brothers Grimm.

Featuring an ensemble of voice casting such as Max Charles, Elsie Fisher, Ashley Gerasimovich, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Meryl Streep.

The film tells the story of two siblings named Hansel & Gretel, and their new friend Frieda (the new girl they meet and later Hansel's girlfriend). One day, they get lost in the dark woods, due to a man named "Rainer" just leaving them out there, without them knowing. One morning, Hansel, Gretel & Frieda stumbled across a gingerbread-house inhabited by a kind lady named Brigitte, and her small & enchanted gingerbread men. She welcomes them to her house, and due to the kids hungers, they get to eat the sweet stuff they were given. However, when Rainer finds out that they are alive and that they found a safe place, he tries his best to make sure Hansel, Gretel & Frieda doesn't come home.

The film's songs is once again done by Alan Menken and the film score is also once again composed by Michael Giacchino, whom both worked on the score & songs for Red Riding Hood the year before.

Hansel & Gretel premiered on October 5, 2012. The film was well received by critics and audiences alike. The film grossed $5.006.2 billion in worldwide box office revenue, including the $1.241 billion domestic gross and the $3.765 billion overseas gross. It also broke the October opening weekend record of $314M, beating the previous record of $278M by Disney's own "The Nightingale" four years ago. It is the highest grossing film of 2012, beating the summer superhero-film "The Avengers".

TV-Tropes:

General tropes

Children Voicing Children: Every kid character in the movie are voiced by kid actors & actresses.

The Kids Are American: All of the adults (Hansel & Gretel’s parents (Hilda & Emmerich), Rainer, Brigitte, Frieda’s parents, etc) have German/Austrian accents, but all the kids (Hansel, Gretel, Frieda & the boy group, led by Hansel himself, etc) have American accents. Word of God is that this was intentional to make the younger generation more relatable to the western (read: American) audience.

Tropes regarding Hansel:

Big Brother Instinct: Justified since he’s one year older than his sister, Gretel. Whenever Gretel or any other kid feels sad or is in a certain danger, Hansel will always be there for his little sister. That makes him the more mature & protective sibling. He also comforts his friend, Frieda (his girlfriend/love interest) when she gets lost in the forest with the siblings as well.

The Leader: Of his company that consists of other boys, since he's the oldest.

Tropes regarding Gretel:

All-Loving Heroine: Justified.

Cheerful Child: The most joyful, happy-go-lucky and innocent of all the kid characters. Justified, as she's the younger sister of Hansel.

The Cutie: Both she and Frieda are adorable girls, but Gretel’s considered the cutest one.

Kid-Appeal Character: She’s among the characters that kids love and young girls can even relate themselves to her, since Gretel herself is a young girl.

Tropes regarding Frieda:

Canon Foreigner: In this Disney version, she serves as the other young girl character, besides Gretel. Frieda is added to be the love interest for Hansel, similarly to how Leon from the previous Disney animated film “Red Riding Hood” was added as the love interest of Roux (the main female protagonist).

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