Into the Woods

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Into the Woods

PG

Released Dec 25, 2014

2h 4m

Musical

Fantasy

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As the result of the curse of a once-beautiful witch (Meryl Streep), a baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) are childless. Three days before the rise of a blue moon, they venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will reverse the spell and restore the witch's beauty: a milk-white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood-red cape, and a slipper of gold. During their journey, they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack, each one on a quest to fulfill a wish.

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Critics Consensus

On the whole, this Disney adaptation of the Sondheim classic sits comfortably at the corner of Hollywood and Broadway -- even if it darkens to its detriment in the final act.

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Sarah Marshall

Bitch Media

When the story's consequences are just a little less dire and the darkness of the woods just a little less threatening, the hard-won redemption at story's end doesn't seem nearly as sweet.

Jan 22, 2021

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

... somewhere along each character's traipse through the foreboding forest, the story just loses its way.

Rated: C-

Sep 1, 2017

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

It's not, in any easily describable way at least, a terrible movie. It's just a woefully forgettable one, staged with all the depth and flair of a halfhearted community theater production.

Jun 7, 2016

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Jerry Cunningham

OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver)

Cinderella’s Prince Charming and Rapunzel’s Prince are played by Chris Pine and Billy Magnussen, both handsome, shallow, stylish, self-absorbed, chivalrous, and chauvinistic pigs -- I loved them.

May 9, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The film version doesn’t feel as playful or revisionist as the stage musical.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 16, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Survives the script meddling through strong staging, good performances and sheer wish fulfillment to make end up at it's own kind of happily ever after.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Audience Member

its a bad movie and to top it off james corden is in it

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Alex H

Started out ok and just gets worse is one of those films for me where your sat at the end going wtf

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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TROY S

Into the Woods is great-looking stuff, loved the beautiful but creepy and colourful but foreboding woods setting as well as the cinematography.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Linden D

A relatively mid musical that might entertain tweens while they’re watching it but you won’t remember much about it just weeks later. It has a great, if slightly overstuffed cast who kind of just wander around the woods for the whole movie. There is a plot for the first half but I think they didn’t have any story for the second half so they just “Jurassic Park III’d it”. Overall, it’s an uneven, messy, okay Disney movie that you can easily live without ever watching. If you want to watch a 2010s live action Disney movie, I highly recommend Tomorrowland, which is a lot better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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Emily J

The first act is wonderful, but am I the only one wondering why the bakers wife wants a child so bad and then makes out with the prince after they’ve had a babe? I mean it pulls me out of it so much I have hardly any sympathy for the baker or their predicaments. Kinda ridiculous I’m not sure if that’s in the play but other than the main storyline falling flat the second act misses the mark.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/06/24

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jim b

Countless people have said how dreadful this movie production is and makes me wonder why Sondheim gave permission for it to be made with such dreadful cuts, particularly in the second act, which are the reasons, presumably why, this magnificent music, lyrics and book were written.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/17/24

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Synopsis

As the result of the curse of a once-beautiful witch (Meryl Streep), a baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) are childless. Three days before the rise of a blue moon, they venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will reverse the spell and restore the witch's beauty: a milk-white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood-red cape, and a slipper of gold. During their journey, they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack, each one on a quest to fulfill a wish.

Director: Rob Marshall
Producer: John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt, Callum McDougall
Screenwriter: James Lapine
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Lucamar, Marc Platt Productions
Rating: PG (Some Suggestive Material|Fantasy Action and Peril|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Musical, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 5, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $128.0M
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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