Disney Movie Review: Into the Woods



Into the Woods is Disney's first attempt at adapting a Broadway Musical into a movie and boy did it not fail to make me laugh. From the songs from the Broadway musical to the design of some of the characters, the movie is a charming adaption of the Broadway musical and thats a strong statement from someone that didn't actually see the musical that its based on. 

Fans of the Musical will have a jolly good time seeing the songs on the big screen while some will be left wondering "Why am i laughing so hard at these songs?!"

One of the interesting things in the movie was the very short screen time of Johnny Depp although his character, the Wolf does die in the actual "Red Riding Hood" story so that was to be expected unless the musical twisted the story so that he lived (which didn't happen). The movies i've seen Depp in, he was a main character but in this movie, he's a minor character so Depp fans should not expect him to be in the entire movie. 

But for all its comedic tones, it does a good job on adapting the story of 2 bakers trying to achieve their dreams of having a child, Cinderella wanting a love life and a boy wanting to keep his cow friend and a witch wanting to be free of a curse. But just like the musical its based on, there is no ordinary "happy ending" and you should see for yourself.

There are some weaknesses and though its hard for me to say what those were, you should expect them and probably to be a small oversight. So enjoy this wonderful adaption of a musical but those unfamiliar with a broadway musical should prepare for 95% of the movie to be filled with the characters singing the songs most of the time.

Overall I give this a solid 8/10



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