Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven. The film begins in a modern home with two children, Andrew and Katie , about to go to bed during a thunderstorm. They ask their father to read them a story to help them feel better about the storm. The father finds a dusty, old book and decides to read the story of Hansel and Gretel. Hansel and Gretel are living with their father and stepmother in a very tiny shack. The... children know their stepmother is evil, but the father does not. Since they are very poor, the father decides to sell Hansel and Gretel's biological mother's necklace, but the stepmother substitutes a pebble. The next day the stepmother forces the children into taking a walk in the scary forest. Once they get far enough into the forest, the stepmother abandons them. Afterward, Hansel and Gretel go looking for food and are tricked into going to a lazy troll's house.
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| Release date: | 2002 |
| Directed by: | Gary J. Tunnicliffe |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Music by: | Bob Mothersbaugh |
| Estimated budget: | $10,000,000 |