Following the success of some of the other well-received live-action adaptations, Disney has finally released its new version ofSnow White, but the reception has been much more mixed. The 2025Snow Whitehas faced controversiesand production troubles from the start, already giving the movie bad press leading up to its release. As a result,Snow White’s opening weekend fell far below expectations, bringing in only $87.3 million worldwide and providing little to no chance for Disney to make a profit at this point in time.
Whilereviews ofSnow Whitehave identified positive aspects of the film, particularly Rachel Zegler’s talent as Snow White, the movie has failed to win people over. In contrast to Zegler,Gal Gadot’s performance as the Evil Queenhas largely not been looked upon favorably. Disney movies can often be seen as a pretty sure bet for success since they have broad audiences who are already familiar with the material, but it seemsSnow Whitehas joined the ranks of Gadot’s previous Rotten movies instead, continuing a grim career trend.
Snow White Is Another Rotten Movie For Gal Gadot During A Pretty Awful Rotten Tomatoes Stretch
The New Disney Adaptation Has Faced Criticisms
Gal Gadot has been in multiple big-name movies in recent years, but many of them have received Rotten scores fromRotten Tomatoes. The same is now true for 2025’sSnow White, which currently holds a 42% critical approval rating on the site. While some critics pointed out that Zegler deserves better than what she is given withSnow White,critics are more divided on Gadot’s performance as the Evil Queen and almost altogether negative about the animated dwarfsthat have faced previous controversy.
At their kindest, critics of the film have argued that Gadot’s character was not written with enough depth for her to truly make much of the Evil Queen. More commonly, though,reviewers of the film are completely negative about the roleand the movie as a whole. Indeed, critic Nadira Goffe fromSlateargued that Gadot’s portrayal of the Evil Queen was “easily the biggest failure of the movie” and other reviews echoed similar sentiments.
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Unfortunately for Gadot, the reception ofSnow Whitematches several of her most recent movies. Following her 93% success withWonder Womanin 2017, Gadot has struggled to maintain that same level of critical success. Of the nine movies that Gadot has been in sinceWonder Woman,five have been Rotten. While movies likeRalph Breaks the Internet, Between Two Ferns: The Movie, andZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguehave been fairly successful with critics, the original theatrical version ofJustice League, Red Notice, andHeart of Stonehave not, all being below 40% approval.
Wonder Woman Remains Gal Gadot’s Best Movie On Rotten Tomatoes By A Good Margin
Gadot’s Superhero Movie Has Been Her Most Successful
Gal Gadot’s 2017 superhero movie,Wonder Woman, has remained by far her most well-received movie in the eight years since its release. While she has played the character in both versions ofJustice Leagueand inWonder Woman 1984and had previously appeared as the character in 2016’sBatman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, all of those films have failed to surpass the character’s first stand-alone movie. At the time thatWonder Womanwas released, it was a massive deal to have a woman-led superhero movie, soit is unsurprising that it fared so well.
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Wonder Womanwas also a box office success, grossing $824 million on a budget of $149 million (viaBox Office Mojo). In addition toWonder Woman’s 93% critical approval rating,it also holds an 83% audience approval rating, surpassing Gadot’s next closest movie on both fronts. Following the success of her 2017 movie, Gal Gadot lent her voice toRalph Breaks the Internetin 2018. While the animated movie was also met with critical and commercial success, it still failed to topWonder Woman.
Across the board, Gal Gadot’s movies are much higher rated among audiences than critics, includingSnow White, which has more than a 30% difference between the two.
Interestingly, despite the low critics scores of several of Gal Gadot’s recent movies,her work has fared much better with audiences.Wonder Womanmay still be her best work to date, but the audience scores forRed NoticeandZack Snyder’s Justice Leagueare both higher. Across the board, Gal Gadot’s movies are much higher rated among audiences than critics, includingSnow White, which has more than a 30% difference between the two. This may be due to many of her roles relying on exciting action sequences or IP that audiences are already familiar with.
Several Of Gal Gadot’s Pre-Wonder Woman Movies Are Even Worse Than Snow White
Many Of Her Early Movies Were Not Well Received Either
ThoughSnow Whiteis sitting at a pretty rough 42% approval rating right now, several of Gal Gadot’s pre-Wonder Womanfilms are actually rated even lower. Gadot made her movie debut in 2009 inFast & Furiousas Gisele Yashar, a character whom she reprised inFast Five, Fast & Furious 6, andFurious 7. While the later films in the series are rated quite highly,Gadot’s debut film sits at a 29% critical approval rating. Likewise, her initial appearance as Wonder Woman inBatman V. Supermanhas received the same score.
Outside of her appearances in some of theFast and Furiousfilms, all of Gal Gadot’s pre-Wonder Womanmovies have received Rotten scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
Outside of her appearances in some of theFast and Furiousfilms, all of Gal Gadot’s pre-Wonder Womanmovies have received Rotten scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Though some of her films sit around the 50% mark, showing that there is some disagreement among critics and some positive aspects of the movies, Gadot’s lowest,Keeping Up With the Joneses, holds a lowly 20% approval rating.
Why The Majority Of Gal Gadot’s Movies Are Rotten On Rotten Tomatoes
Critics Are Divided On The Star’s Movies
The current critical reception ofSnow Whiteis simply one part of a larger career trend for the actor, though there are always numerous reasons why a movie might not be well-received.Especially in her earlier movies where her roles were fairly minor, Gal Gadot herself is not really an object of criticism, which is largely aimed at the predictability of movies likeFast & FuriousorKnight and Dayon the whole. Likewise,Batman V. Supermanand the first version ofJustice Leaguefaced issues and criticisms beyond the individual actors.
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However, looking at Gadot’s more recent leading roles, many of the criticisms center on the movies feeling flat. Even for those that are pure action movies, the characters and plots often seem too thin to really grab audience attention. Some critics have praised Gadot in various roles, but the majority of critics have been left underwhelmed by her performances. Whether this criticism that runs throughout Gadot’s career is actually due to Gadot’s skills as an actor or just a symptom of bad writing or direction is not always clear, but it seemsSnow Whiteis not the movie to break her bad luck streak yet.
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A live-action adaptation of the classic fairy tale. The film follows Snow White as she escapes into the forest and seeks refuge with seven dwarfs to elude her jealous stepmother, the wicked Queen, who is threatened by Snow White’s surpassing beauty.
