Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the beloved story of a young girl who is trying to escape plots against her initiated by her evil stepmother, the Queen. The first of Walt Disney’s attempts at a full length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs contains all the elements of the charming fairytale. Film history buffs will appreciate the story behind the production of the film, and the way Disney introduced new techniques to the animation process. The animation is not the only appealing factor of this film, however—the story in itself is fun, entertaining, and inspiring. We empathize with Snow White as she struggles to escape her evil stepmother while still retaining her positive outlook and cheerfulness in life. We laugh with her when she meets the dwarfs, and by the time the film ends we know all seven of their names by heart—and we all have our own favorite dwarf, whether it be Doc, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Grumpy, or Dopey. Children and families may or may not appreciate the science and history behind the film, but they will remember Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as the film that taught us that vanity is a waste, to “whistle while you work” and that it is possible to live happily ever after. Films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs bring us back to the time when we were children—that magical time in our lives when fairytales were real, we were all princes and princesses, and playing imaginary games where we encountered numerous enchanted places and people remained the most important task of the day. It should be noted that some of the film sequences, especially the scene depicting Snow White’s flight through the woods, may be frightening to young children.
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