Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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2013

1h 28m

Fantasy

Horror

Action

Adventure

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Fifteen years after Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) defeated the wicked witch who planned to have them for her dinner, the siblings have come of age as skilled bounty hunters. Hell-bent on retribution, they have dedicated their lives to hunting down and destroying every witch still lurking in the dark forests of their homeland. As the notorious blood moon approaches, the siblings face a great evil -- one that could hold the secret to their terrifying past.

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Critics Consensus

Alternately bloody and silly, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters fails as both a fantasy adventure and as a parody of same.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Sep 5, 2017

2/5

Treat yourself: buy the pick'n'mix but skip the film.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Mar 1, 2013

2/5

There's no reason in the world for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters not to be good, clean, trashy fun. But it isn't.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Mar 1, 2013

1/5

It's an appalling, insulting and cynical mess from start to finish.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Dec 26, 2022

2/5

Is it the worst movie you’ll see? Hardly. Does it have a few moments that work? Well, yes. But are there a number of better ways you could spend your time? Most definitely.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Sep 20, 2022

0/4

Be it the fault of the filmmakers or the concept itself, something about leather-clad badasses who trek through antiquated Eastern-European countries to fight monsters with an elaborate, modernish arsenal just never seems to work.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 1, 2021

2.5/4

...more entertaining than one might've anticipated...

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER 5 days ago

Alternately bloody and silly, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters fails as both a fantasy adventure and as a parody of same.

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Maxsuel S

@Maxine191 Oct 21, 2026

O filme apresenta uma proposta interessante e um design criativo para as bruxas, mas decepciona na execução. Os personagens parecem pouco desenvolvidos e sem carisma, enquanto a história não surpreende nem desperta grandes emoções. No geral, tinha potencial, mas não conseguiu aproveitar suas boas ideias.

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 17, 2026

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a 2.5 star Movie!

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Gnm 5

@Gnm597 Oct 14, 2026

Today is 10/13/2026, Rt numbers. 17 / 53 I will always watch the movie with this sort of ratio. After years of seeing critics score high, and normies low, that tells me EVERY time the movie sucks. And the other way around means make it a priority! Like this!

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L S

@LS253 Aug 3, 2026

There's a joyless energy to a lot of the negative reviews of this. Is it perfect? No. Is it a rollicking nifty fun ride through a brilliantly realised fairy tale land that stands up? It absolutely IS that. It's plot thin and at times heavy handed with the action, but perfectly solid entertaining fun. Would recommend.

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TJ M

@TjLanadelrey Aug 2, 2026

The critics reviews whining about how this glorifies violence against women is pathetic. Don’t listen to these uber sensitive cry baby feminists who don’t rate on the quality of the film, but only on a few scenes that tug at their panties. It’s actually hilarious how upset they are getting and giving it a one start rating only because of a few scenes. The fight scenes and effects, (actually a lot of what looks like special effects, isn’t),are amazing. Famke is STUNNING in her witch and human form. And obvsiously violence against witches does not count as violence against women. But these low iq feminists and pansies can’t differentiate I guess

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Synopsis

Fifteen years after Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) defeated the wicked witch who planned to have them for her dinner, the siblings have come of age as skilled bounty hunters. Hell-bent on retribution, they have dedicated their lives to hunting down and destroying every witch still lurking in the dark forests of their homeland. As the notorious blood moon approaches, the siblings face a great evil -- one that could hold the secret to their terrifying past.

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Producer: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin J. Messick, Beau Flynn
Screenwriter: Tommy Wirkola
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions, MTV Films
Rating: R (Fantasy Horror Violence/Gore|Brief Sexuality/Nudity|Language)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 31, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.7M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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