Overview
Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods is adapted in this musical from director Rob Marshall and Walt Disney Studios. Inspired by a choice selection of Brothers Grimm fairy tales, this plot centers on a baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) who incur the wrath of a witch (Meryl Streep) while attempting to start a family. Subsequently cursed by the vengeful hag, the hapless couple find their fates linked with those of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick),Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy) and Jack (Daniel Huttlestone) of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, and Lucy Punch co-star.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Rob Marshall - Director
Johnny Depp
Meryl Streep
Anna Kendrick
Tammy Blanchard
Lucy Punch
James Corden
Chris Pine
Daniel Huttlestone
Lilla Crawford
Jake Gyllenhaal
Details
- Format: DVD (AC-3, Dolby)
- Run Time: 125
- UPC: 786936845884
- Genre: HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY
- Rating: PG (MPAA) (For Thematic Elements, Fantasy Action and Peril, and Some Suggestive Material. Bonus material not rated.)
- Release Date: March 2015
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[Marshall] wraps all of his love for Broadway musicals around his cast, pulling out performances that have already drawn awards nominations for Streep and Blunt." - 12/24/2014 Los Angeles Times
"[I]t does capture the show’s emotional intimacy—no small task in a field that favors razzle dazzle." -- Grade: B - 12/23/2014 A.V. Club
"With its ominous gnarled trees and enchanted look, INTO THE WOODS is a place worth exploring....The songs in this re-imagining of Grimm fairy tales are well-orchestrated and, for the most part, strikingly sung." - 12/24/2014 USA Today
3 stars out of 4 -- "Some of the best musical moments come when the characters are singing on their own, yet as part of a larger number....Marshall is an old pro, and he makes these numbers work." - 12/22/2014 Chicago Sun-Times
"Meryl Streep is a hoot....It's the peerless Sondheim score, however truncated, that makes this Woods a prime destination." - 12/23/2014 Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The singing is often splendid. The bits of humor are deftly handled." - 12/24/2014 RogerEbert.com
"[T]his witty and touching mash-up of several Grimm fairy tales viewed through a post-Freudian prism reimagines Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and other fairy tale figures as complex, self-aware human beings in transition." - 12/25/2014 New York Times
"[The performances] are largely on song, with Streep digging to find pain in the pantomime, Blunt licking her comic chops and Chris Pine attacking his puffed-up Prince with appropriate gusto..." - 01/05/2015 Total Film
"This twisty fairy-tale mash-up shows an appreciation for the virtues of old-fashioned storytelling, along with a welcome dash of subversive wit." - 12/17/2014 Hollywood Reporter
"[The] witty duet, 'Agony,' performed in the midst of a babbling brook, is one of the film’s most dynamic numbers." - 12/17/2014 Variety
"[S]ince it's a Sondheim joint, it's stuffed cheek by jowl with songs so infectiously peppy you'll be humming them for weeks." - 12/25/2014 Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- "There are brilliant, bewitching moments allied to hilarious and touching ones." - 01/02/2015 Empire
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