Hansel and Gretel (2002 film)

Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm childrens 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.

Hansel and Gretel Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen are living with their father Gerald McRaney and stepmother Delta Burke 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 Gretels biological mothers 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 trolls Bobcat Goldthwait house. They get caught, but are then saved by the Sandman Howie Mandel, whom they befriend. They also let Wood Fairy Alana Austin free, whom they also befriend. Throughout the story the Sandman and the fairy are always bickering which causes problems at times. ........

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