Gretel & Hansel

Right now you can watch Gretel & Hansel in Australia on MGM Amazon Channel, and in the UK on MGM Plus Amazon Channel — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. Its 6/10 TMDB score, built from 1,581 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Sophia Lillis anchors it with a performance that grounds the bigger ideas in something human. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on MGM Amazon Channel.

Gretel & Hansel arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The world-building is meticulous, but it is the characters who carry Gretel & Hansel through its more ambitious moments. A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil. Sophia Lillis and Samuel Leakey lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2020. What separates Gretel & Hansel from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For late-night viewing or a proper weekend binge, Gretel & Hansel fits the bill. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Sophia Lillis anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract moments feel personal. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.