Into The Woods (Starring Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt) Movie Review
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- Into The Woods starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp, and Chris Pine is reviewed by Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Matt Atchity (Editor-in-chief Rottentomatoes.com), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Christy Lemire (www.ChristyLemire.com).
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"Into the Woods" is a modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy)-all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife (James Corden & Emily Blunt), their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch (Meryl Streep) who has put a curse on them. (C) Disney
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So Matt is acting like the stage play was some X-rated musical that's completely dark and inappropriate. No, the messages in the film still hit you and other than that complaint, he didn't go into depth at all about why it was "terrible" because he didn't care.
I wouldn't say X rated, but there was a ton of innuendo.
Matt didn't like it because they changed the themes that made the play so good.
JozieLeePro They really didn't. The dark themes were still there as well as the magic. They just toned down the sexual overtones on some of it.
Nick Peek
I thought more was missing than just the sexual themes. The funny beats in the musical that they left in, fell flat in the movie. The irony and wit was gone, at least for me.
lovelylady1014 The humor was very much there for me
I love when matt goes bonker
But he's the only one that's right this movie fucking sucks.
same lol
I also liked Sweeney Todd alot, the music in that movie is great.
One of my favorite musicals.
Matt is so articulate btw. He's really good at putting his points across. Anyhow, I'm still really excited to watch this movie haha.
"Eleven year olds" Well, Dan is fifteen, but okay. Yeah, Lilla singing about the Wolf was a bit creepy still, but Dan's "youngness" could be overlooked way more than Lilla.
I keep hearing from people that they hated what came after the ever-after scenes in the movie and after hearing the info from the 2 in this vid who knew of the original play it makes sense. They didn't show/hint at enough of the more grounded/darker tone that would be coming. It makes the later scenes make less sense. I like musicals but I found this one to be just ok.
I've seen a kids/teens production of Into the Woods that was more mature, realistic, and dark than this popcorn movie version. I hate this "kid friendly" idea. How long are we going to keep belittling children? How long are we going to try to shield them from the world? (sorry for the quote) But seriously, sex, violence and death are parts of life. They can handle it. An eight year old I babysit is reading Hamlet. He loves it and he gets it more than some kids in my University. We need to stop treating children like they're mindless fragile idiots, and then maybe they won't grow up to become mindless fragile idiots!
You know what is worth a 3.5? Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. You know what definitely does not deserve a 3.5? Into the Woods.
Rotten Tomatoes is now at 69% (giggity).
72% now!
I never understand why movie review videos often start with showing the movie trailer. Most likely people looking to watch a review already seen the trailer. We didn't click on the video to watch another advertisement, we clicked only to hear your opinions of the movie.
I seriously don't get why people find this movie "bad. Is a well acted movie, entertaining, and most important different, is a very good movie, watch this instead of Annie, like they said, or Tak3n.
I have no idea what they were tying to say in the last 20 minutes of the movie. It killed the experience for me. It must have been massacred in editing.
imo, the main two issues with this movie is that it didn't translate well to screen and they didn't go further with the darker elements of the show.
I don't know what movie they saw. I saw the original stage musical as well. The movie really stays true to the dark aspects of the story. Treating these characters like real people? Check. Sexual Awakenings? Check. Real peril and danger and threats? Check. True that the kids are actual kids int he film, but that doesn't take anything away from their stories. On the contrary, the sexual awakenings, especially for Red Riding Hood, seem more real. And the way Depp plays the wolf is very much like a sexual predator. I thought the movie really did go the distance with the dark aspects of the story. So much so, that many closed minded people have come out outraged by the movie. I think Atchity went with a pre conceived notion that since Disney was doing this, it wasn't going to be as edgy or whatever, but, other than the fact that there are less deaths in the film, it really does stay edgy.
Let me just point out that Lilla Crawford is 13 soon to be 14 and Daniel Huttlestone is 15 to me the fit perfectly still young enough to fit their (traditionally) child roles and old enough to keep the innuendos. Just to be clear when I say traditionally I mean the fairytale not traditionally for the stage production the original cast Little Red was 16. I'm aware that not everything remained personally I missed Rapunzel's death and the princes ending up with sleeping beauty and snow white but overall they kept it as true as it was reasonable to expect. it was a musical about fairytales being adapted by disney to expect that parents wouldn't assume they could bring children to it is ridiculous they had no choice but to tone it down for the audience they anticipated.
I expected that I wouldn't like this movie, but I actually really liked it. All the actors had great voices and the songs had a great tune to it. I really liked Emily Blunt in this movie and Meryl Streep but they were all good!
Um, Little Red was the same age on stage. Snow White and Sleeping Beauty were merely "mentioned" in the stage version (no reason for them in the film) It's blatantly obvious that the guys do NOT know the stage version, maybe "heard" some parts "about" it....but they do not know the script. It's obvious. Don't comment if you don't know the play that you KNOW what was cut out...because barely anything was cut out. The revival, on Broadway, Little Red WAS eleven. You don't know what you are talking about....on Broadway, they merely kissed and there were just implications. They never made it OBVIOUS that the wife and the prince had an affair. You obviously did nOT see it. So shut up!
It's funny about Annie (the movie) coming out the same time as Into the Woods since the actress who played Red Riding Hood played Annie in the last revival of that show on Broadway. She could kill it in both films!
I rather see a film version of Porgy & Bess.
will never happen.
I would die of happiness, but that is one show that keeps new people going to the theatre
First of all tons of people know Into the Woods. It's a very popular musical. And like one of the reviewers pointed out and it's also been filmed and was available on Netflix recently. I feel most of the main actors did a great job on this. Meryl Streep just could not pull it off for me. I felt like they just tried to make her scary because they didn't know what else to do either her. She talked through most her songs.
Go see this movie, I've seen it last night it was so much fun! I thought I wouldn't like it because it has all the music, but the lyrics are so funny at the times. And the movie has a message. Liked it so much!
5:40 ... I _own_ the DVD of the PBS broadcast of this musical and I don't like musicals in general.
Matt's score makes no sense, he wasn't even judging the movie for what it was. This is really not how critiquing works
I have to say this show wasn't softened all that much at all. I was in this a few years ago and still have most of the whole show memorized. They took out No More and Maybe They're Magic, etc, but overall the things they cut weren't the darkest parts of the musical at all.
Anna Kendrick in it so ill see it
Here's the deal. I don't care that much about the parts of the plot they trimmed down. What made this movie a mediocre adaptation (and Matt touched on this a little bit) is the tone. The stage musical is more self-aware---it's in on the joke, but the movie doesn't feel like it is. The show treats violence differently---it's more casual about tragedy, while the movie doesn't have the same harsh glibness. Without that violence missing from the movie, especially in the scene where the giantess shows up, the Witch's reasons to want to let Jack die don't have as much emotional weight.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one who wasn't in love with this film. It was okay. The cast was good and the music was great, however thats derivative, but the overall production felt underwhelming. The cinematography was uninspired and the editing led me to think they didn't get enough coverage...and this is hollywood! Everything just felt too muted, too gritty but lacking the write amount of umph to make me care! But I digress
Huge fan of this movie!
My brain was screaming at me to run out of the cinema and light myself on fire the entire time
The Mysterious Man being nicked was my main issue because of who you come to find out he is later on in the musical and the role in the stage production is a duel role as Mysterious Man/Narrator...crazy quick costume changes might I add..other than that I loved it
The thing about the affair is, I read somewhere that there was a scene filmed for the movie that better illustrated it, but it was cut for time and to avoid the movie getting a PG-13 rating, since Disney needs to make money off of this for showing it as a family film. Over all, this movie did the musical justice, and if you like musicals you should check it out. If you don't like musicals than don't go see it. And if you're like a couple people I've seen in the comments, and you have not idea what goo music sounds like, than this movie is also not for you.
I don't know why they're being horrible about Daniel Huttlestone. I thought he was great in Les Mis and I liked him in this, too. As they say, those who can't do criticise those who can.
I auditioned for this play in High School and it was pretty raunchy still. And because of that I'm familiar with the DVD too. In the movie I only wish they played up the jokes more. This musical is Hilarious! Some of those key funny moments weren't fulfilled by the actors. For instance, after the snogging in the woods the Prince's line of I must leave you should have been said very abruptly. I felt there were tons of missed comedic timing.
This is my most anticipated film of the year! I'm so excited to see it.
I feel like they just cut Cinderella and Snow White for simplicity and time although, at just 125 minutes, the movie isn't long. I would say Giants in the Sky is harder to sing then On the Steps of the Palace but neither is easy. Sondheim is brilliant but takes an experienced singer.
I think it was a tonally wierd movie. It became sort of like a post-apocalyptic allegory in the last 45 minutes. It was some wierd stuff at the end. The first half is happily ever after, the second half is when it all falls apart, but I don't think it captured it all that well. I think the second hour needed a little more lightness and if terrible things are gonna happen, why not mean those events and the first hour could have used a bit of satire thrown in.
Into The Woods (Starring Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt) Movie Review
I watched that movie yesterday and SPOILER
SPOILER
That movie hit me in the feels so much ;-; LIKE WHY DID THE BAKERS WHY HAd to DIE? And it's too much death for one disney movie! And jack and little red orphans!? I tried not to cry so much
Omg I so agree with you so so so much I liked it everyone hates it so much it makes me upset
Hannah Winter Ikr its annoying
I saw the play at the Fox in Atlanta, over 20 years ago. Strong themes; uneven musically, as I recall.
didn't anyone else get frustrated that they said 'Play' when it's a MUSICAL!
Stephen Sondheim makes me want to jam icepicks into my ears.
What's stopping you?
I'm out of icepicks.
All my dildos are dull :(
Don't you mean ear?
Movie critics are in a review disarray over this film. And it is definitely not for everyone. On Christmas day matinee screening the theater was packed, and so far I see the majority of the audience is loving this magnificent Disney version and very moved at the end (because 'children will listen')...life lessons, etc. So keep arguing away folks...or save your $$ and see the controversial "The Interview" instead...a fairy tale with no singing!
I wish Disney would admit this was a musical in the trailer
It's pretty obvious. in the trailer, especially when it says "From the producers of Wicked."
Matt HAS been consistently rating the movies lower than the rest of them in this week's batch, but I've tended to buy his reasons for doing so. He seems a lot more perceptive than the rest, who tend to get carried away by their various hobbyhorses.
I haven't watched this, but i felt this was a fair review
Overall I'd say that if some group other than Disney did the film it wouldn't have been too different what we actually got here. A lot of the so called edgy adult stuff was cut, I suspect, largely due to a need to shorten the picture from the musical length just like countless other musical to movie adaptions. I felt as an adult viewer that there was certainly a sexual implication to the Bakers wife and the Prince, and honestly enjoy how much they left for the audience to visual what happened. Too often things are shown or said that are better imagined. But that scene left a lot of room to image their betrayal. Some of the deaths weren't portrayed the same as the musical, but you still got the sense that all 4 of the key characters had been dealt a deep personal blow, due to their actions. And that ultimately was the point of their deaths in the musical version. Overall, if anything, the subtitling down of the adult content was more beneficial, because it didn't feel like it was trying to be preachy or adult as the musical seems. Kind of similar to how the Rent Movie seemed edgy enough without some of the musical content.
he said " These People are wrong " ????? Nobody is wrong. It is just their opinion.
Here's what I wrote to my sister about this movie: Saw "Into the Woods" and hated the singing. It's almost all singing and except for one segment, all the songs aren't songs at all but irritating notes that don't relate like some disgusting note salad. I can't believe people green-lighted the melodies to these songs. They aren't pretty. There are no hooks, no tunes that resolve. It's just wandering notes. Talking would have been better. If the actors had given soliloquies like actors did with Shakespeare then I could have followed their thoughts without cringing. The only "song" that was pretty was by the two princes while hanging out at the top of the waterfall. The story was strange. I wasn't ready for it to keep on going after the happy ever after part. The cheating prince was really a shock. But basically, the non-music singing ruined it all.
I could hardly disagree with you more. How anyone can say Sondheim's music is non-melodic is beyond me, it's kind of like saying Shakespeare's sonnets aren't good because they're not articulate (the point is that Into the Woods and Sondheim in general is famous for melodies).
TheSpiritOfTheTimes
I suppose people can disagree on what is melodic. But generally, good songs, songs with original pleasing melodies, get covered and talked about. None of these will be. I'd bet my life on that.
Archie Merwin Let It Go was covered many times and that song was massively overrated and overplayed. So that statement is not true for all. The song could be catchy but not great at all. I find some songs in ITW very hummable. Your Fault, Stay With Me, Last Midnight, Into the Woods Prologue, Children Will Listen, No One is Alone, On the Steps of the Palace and Agony. "If the actors had given solilquies like actors did with Shakespeare then I could have followed their thoughts without cringing". This is a MOVIE, not a play. That happens with plays usually, not film. What do you mean the songs aren't "pretty"? That makes no sense whatsoever. Your "review" just sounds ridiculous to me.
"The story was strange. I wasn't ready for it to keep on going after the happy ever after part."- That is the whole point of Into the Woods. The consequences of wishes and that not everything is a HAPPILY ever after.
"The cheating prince was a shock"- How old are you? You sound five. There are TONS of films where this is cheating. As I said, that happens in real life. It's reality.
"The non-music singing ruined it all", What the fuck are you talking about? There was clearly melodies and music added to the songs. "No tunes that resolve", what?? Your review makes zero sense and it sounds like you didn't pay attention to the film at all and was expecting another Frozen just because it was Disney.
Nick Peek
OK, Nick. We just have different taste in what is melodically pretty.
Guess so
I am not familiar with the musical can someone tell me everything they left out?
*****SPOILERS******
In the musical, Rapunzel became mentally unstable and died. There was a reprise of the song "Agony" where it was revealed that both princes became bored with their women and were already searching for new girls (namely Snow White and sleeping beauty) The narrator was a character (who dies). In the musical, a mysterious man appears to all of the characters in the woods who, at the end of the first act, is revealed to be the bakers father. He then dies, but his ghost(?) reappears at the end of act 2 where they both sing a song, "No More". They cut out "Maybe They're Magic", which is sung after they buy Milky White. And they cut out "Ever After" which is sung at the end of Act 1. They also cut out the Act 2 prologue solely for the sake of flow. The story overall remains exactly the same, besides Rapunzel's and her prince's fates.
I'm a fan of the play, and I thought the movie was just okay. It lacked the humor and subtext. I only laughed once and that was during Agony. Too watered down for my tastes.
in Matt's seven and a half minute wait he is so visibly unimpressed it's hilarious
I hated it , it had great effects and a list cast but it just wouldn't end. It one of those movies that had huge potential but ended up being a huge flop .
Leave Johnny Depp and the little girl alone.
I love this musical so much I think it was an alright thing about it! Like. 50/50 people are so so so rude
Ikr I hate when people r so rude about it
just saw the film and even though I still prefer the play I enjoyed it a lot. was really impressed by the performances especially Emily blunt cause I just don't like that girl and she is just not memorable to me but in this film she really stood out in a good way. my girl anna Kendrick was the bomb. that is a Cinderella film I would love to see, a remake the Cinderella musical with anna kendrick
Once Upon A Time only works because it's a rip off of Fables
No. That's why it doesn't work. Fables is just too awesome.
Yeah.. I wanna see Oh! Calcutta!
I love the musical. I have watched the show many times online. Love the songs. Can't wait for this to get to my theatre.
I myself have seen the one with Bernadette Peters. Yes I am only 29, but still I loved that one. I thought this one was good. Disney didn't do too bad. Thoe they did leave out two deaths and cut part of one song. Yes I do think the two acters where a little young, but still they pulled it off before well.
Oh and yes I was a litte surprised the cut the Sleeping Beauty and Snow Whight. Oh and with that cut the second Agony song. I almost forgot about that.
I'm so sad about not the secound half of agony but I wish they kept it all
I agree with Matt.
The fact that they pronounced Gavroche "Gavr-OH-sh" instead of "Gavr-AH-sh" *facepalm*
Matt really hated it . . . that's a surprise. ITW will be up for Oscars so guess I'll have to see it.
This movie was better when it was called The Brothers Grimm.
It's not a play. It's a musical.
it's still not kid-friendly at all, and the effort to make it marginally acceptable to kids results in too much compromise
Weres rapunzel at the end
Omg, Ben did watch the movie this time jajaja, just kidding. great review guys, now I'm more hyped about this film.
I am so looking forward to this. It's one of my favorite plays.
alonzo gets real angry at 5:26 lol.
What the hell dirt has James Corden got on Hollywood? I really don't understand why he's getting all these plum gigs all of a sudden. He's mediocre at best.
I don't think it's surprising, since a lot of British actors enter into Hollywood. I don't really know him but I know that he could sing, like in "Begin Again." But hey, did you know he's replacing Craig Ferguson in the late late show?
well the only one's in the this film i know of/heard sing are anna kendrick and meryl streep and only ONE of them can sing (anna) so....doubt it has annie beat in that department by much.
the play is great so i have no high expectations for it so we will see what they do it. based on what you are saying its going to be what i think: a watered down version of the orignal and whats the point in that. got the original play on dvd and will be watching it for the third time after i see this film to compare
Are you serious? Annie has it beat in the singing department? Gtfoh. You lost all credibility. And Meryl Streep CAN sing, are you deaf? If you want to hear more, the soundtrack is out. And no the film is not watered down. Things are more toned down, but it is still dark for a Disney movie. It's rated PG, of course things are going to be more light.
learn to read with comprehension. i said that into the woods has annie beat barely cause from my knowledge they each only have one singer, that could change once i see the movie as i said i only have heard two of the actors sing. im not deaf at all but you seem tone deaf if you think what meryl can sing. lol. hwayobi? THAT is a singer. meryl streep? not even fit to do her ah ah ahs. but to each their own. i mean someone has to like the like of the britney spears i guess
serenityq26 Well you have no knowledge whatsoever. "They each have one singer". It's a whole fucking cast and they sound MUCH better than Annie. Into the Woods has Annie barely beat? You are all kinds of stupid. Meryl Streep CAN sing. Did you not see Death Becomes Her, Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge, A Prairie Home Companion etc. You are obviously deaf if you think Annie sounded better.
I liked Nine.
Into the Woods..Too much singing like frozen because frozen songs didn't go over the top
Into the Woods is just like Broadway musical on a small screen
So just like the song in frozen
*******LET IT GO*******
I didn't care for red riding hood. I feel bad for that part but she was a little annoying but maybe it was the character. Meryl Streep Meryl Streeped that shit though. She did so well. I didn't like her death though.
I liked the first 2/3rd of this movie and the last 1/3 lost me. Great singing though.
This was actually a really good, REALLY confusing movie
Not surprised that they "pulled all of the teeth." Catering to the family for sure.
Christy, I love you girl, but you need to stop tucking your boot cut jeans into your shoes. Untuck and wear over or wear them with leggings or slim cut....c'maan.
Who's the woman with the blue hair at 1:46?
She is but, strangely, I didn't buy her in this. She seemed to lack the 'bite' I expect from fairytale witches.
I have seen the play :/
3.5?! Seriously?!
This apparently bombed in the box office more than strange magic
+Dinobunyy24 :3 Actually, no. It didn't. It cost $50 million to make and grossed over $200 million worldwide.
They totally did it in the woods. This movie was whatever. Anna Kendrick was the only good thing.
its still to adult for kids i think
DON'T SEE THIS MOVIE IT FUCKING SUCKS
Why is it so important for you to tell us not to go see this film? Let people make their own decisions about what they want to see.
And it sucks because........??
And it sucks because........??
You're in the wrong video, man. This is not "Annie."
I don't want to spoil it ..but.......
When the wolf eats the grandma, he eats red riding hood too and then you see some guy rip the stomach open. And it looks gross.
SUCH A DARK AND SAD MOVIE AFTER A HAPPY ENDING.
After "happily ever after" the prince makes out with the wife of another main character(THAT HAVE A BABY) and she dies.
The kids are soooooooooooooooo annoying!!!!!!!
Especially Jack and Red riding hood.
Another mother dies.
A new born baby almost dies.
A man almost dies.
The main witch gets sucked up what looks like the depths of the underworld. After she turns good.
Almost everyone dies at the end
don't get the undercurrent of sex stuff. must be an adult thing
They should have just made it PG-13
Is Matt always the Debbie Downer of the group?
I wish I could thumbs down just one person in this review.
My rating for this is low like Matt's. This movie was awful.
Wow. For once Matt's opinion was not shit.
THE MOVIE SUCKS DONT SEE IT.
I looked at everybody behind me and they were listening to music with both headphones in their ears. the only thing that made me stay and watch it was the with and emily blunt they made this movie go from 1 star to 2 stars. i'm just saying they talk once or twice the whole thing is singing. 2 hours and 5 minutes of shitty music.
Agreed, this movie sucks, when it first started I thought they were just going to sing in the intros, boy was I wrong! They sang through the entire movie!, my mom and I couldn't stop laughing at it because it was horrible XD, people left the theatre after like 20 minutes of the movie because it was so bad. I give this movie 2/10 because it was ok at some parts, I also think the witch was the best :) Also, If you like this movie I didn't mean to offend you, I'm just saying my opinion, peace.
Any review where Cenk gets razzed is made of win....
I can't stand Matt.
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