her co-stars, the demonstrably (and from a plot point of view, problematically) less fair Kristen Stewart, and the curiously accented Chris Hemsworth, fail to gild the lilly with excess personality. It's a thankless job in any fantasy adventure, yet character actors can usually give something of themselves to aid the cause. Perhaps Saunders should have cast some. If demure and gruff is all we get, the disappointment reaches fatal levels once it's clear that the trailers money shot, Theron screaming in a room of airborne black shards, has been cut from the theatrical version. So much for happy endings.