Snow White is a classic fairytale that seems to be coming back into pop culture.

“Once Upon a Time” focuses on the life of Snow White and the Evil Queen and Kristen Stewart stars in this summer’s upcoming blockbuster, “Snow White and the Huntsman.” “Mirror, Mirror” is the latest Snow White installment. The question is, what makes this retelling different from all the rest?

The lack of a strong Snow White, a jerk of a Prince Charming and a not-so-scary evil queen keep this film far from the fairest of them all title. My biggest issue with this film is the amount of potential it had and how little enjoyment the movie gave me.

We all know the story — Snow White has an evil stepmother, the Queen, who tries to kill Snow because a magic mirror said the Queen’s wrinkles are increasing compared to the fair princess. The Queen sends Snow White into the woods to be killed, but because of Snow’s kind heart, or in this case, the henchman’s cowardly manner, she is sparred and finds a house of seven adorable dwarfs. In the original, the Queen comes to the cottage disguised as an old hag and offers her a poisoned apple. She dies, she gets kissed by the prince and they live happily ever after. Blah, blah, you know the story.

But in this one, Snow and the dwarfs, now bandits, try a Robin Hood approach, steal from the Queen and give to the starving townspeople. Sounds like a great, girl-power take, right? You’d think so. Instead, a pompous, self-obsessed prince continually spanks Snow, leaving her helpless and pathetic.

You would think that Academy Award winner Julia Roberts could save the day, but no. Her lines make the Queen sarcastic and snarky, but no one I know would be afraid of her — definitely not as afraid of the hag in the Disney movie that haunted my dreams for years to come.

To end this train wreck, someone had the idea to add a lip-synched song. Sure, I’m all for that. Many fairytale retellings end that way. But no, this was another hope of mine that was quickly handed a poison apple and fell over dead. I don’t know what the director was thinking, but it’s not OK to put a Bollywood song in a film that has absolutely nothing to do with India, Bollywood or any other international themes.

Children may be able to overlook these major issues but as a moviegoer and fairytale lover, I am disheartened and appalled that this classic tale is reduced to this.