Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

Gina Gershon

Patrick Warburton

Jim Rash

***Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs*** is a 2019 South Korean computer-animated fantasy film produced by Locus Corporation. It is based on the German fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm and its name is derived from the Danish fairy tale *The Red Shoes* by Hans Christian Andersen, with Princess Snow White seeming to be similar to Cinderella from *Cinderella* by Charles Perrault due to the main prince finding out who was really through "her" shoes. The film features the voices of Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Claflin, Gina Gershon, Patrick Warburton, and Jim Rash.

## Plot

A group of heroic princes called the Fearless Seven - Merlin, Arthur, Jack , Hans and identical triplets Pino, Niko and Kio save a Fairy Princess from a dragon. However, once they see her green face, they assume that she is a witch and attack her. To teach them a lesson, she curses them to transform into green dwarfs whenever people look at them, and the only way to undo the curse is if they receive a kiss from "the most beautiful woman in the world".

Seven years later, the King's overweight but strong daughter, Princess Snow White ,returns to the parents, where her stepmother, Queen Regina , has taken over. She finds a diary about how Queen Regina had taken over the kingdom and her father's message about finding the seven. The diary warns her to not touch the shoes she finds hanging on a tree. Snow wears the shoes despite her father's warning, and they transform her into the prophetic beautiful woman with a slim figure. Queen Regina suddenly attacks her, unaware that she is Snow White. She manages to flee but crashes at the dwarves' house, alerting the seven nearby. They prepare to attack, thinking Snow White is the Fairy Princess, but welcome her into their home upon seeing her.

In the dwarves' house, Snow White is shocked when she sees herself in the mirror, so she renames herself "Red Shoes". The seven are immediately smitten by her and strive to impress her so she might kiss them. Regina hires the selfish Princess Average of a neighboring realm. Prince Average's soldiers chase Red Shoes, but she is saved by Merlin. Prince Average attacks the dwarves and tries to abduct Red Shoes but fails. That night, Red Shoes and Merlin grow closer to each other. Regina gives Prince Average and his bodyguards an apple and turns them into monsters. In a secluded forest, Red Shoes tries to give Merlin a hint about her real self but instead confesses her feelings for him, and they kiss. Merlin is shocked to see that the kiss did not undo his curse as he still thinks Red Shoes is the prophetic woman. Merlin fights off an attack by Prince Average, but as Average falls into a river, he takes Merlin with him. Red Shoes saves Merlin but accidentally loses her shoes, exposing herself as Snow White. She tells Merlin that he would not have helped her real self, so Merlin leaves, ashamed. She then puts on her shoes again, knowing Merlin likes her for her looks more than herself. Merlin talks with his dwarf self and, realizing that Snow White likes him for himself, decides to help her. In the forest, Queen Regina disguises herself as Merlin and asks Red Shoes to eat the apple and take off her shoes, but the real Merlin arrives, and the exposed queen escapes with Red Shoes.

Queen Regina tries to force Snow White to eat a magic apple. When her stepdaughter refuses, she threatens to kill a captured Merlin. Snow White tells Merlin to save her father and eats the apple, transforming her into an apple tree. Merlin fails to escape from queen's mirror until the other dwarves save him. Merlin sacrifices himself by falling down the castle with Regina in order to save Snow. Pino, Noki, and Kio take him to Snow White, and he tells her that she is the most beautiful woman even if his eyes are open or closed. Merlin dies in Snow's arms. Snow White gives Merlin a one last kiss, transforming him back into a prince. Merlin and Snow White happily accept each others' appearances, while the other dwarves remain confused by Snow White's true appearance.

In the end credits, Snow and Merlin marry, while the other princes find their own unusual-looking girlfriends. The Fairy Princess fishes Prince Average out of a river and turns him into another green dwarf after he makes a rude remark.

## Cast

* Chloë Grace Moretz as Snow/Red Shoes
* Sam Claflin as Merlin