Find out the three things you need to know before going to see Into the Woods! Make sure to read out Into the Woods Movie Review before heading out today.
A couple weeks ago my daughter and I attended the media premiere of “Into The Woods.” I really had no idea what to expect or what the movie was about except for a few commercials I had seen. I knew it was about several fairy tales all woven together, but that was about it. Three things you need to know before you go:
1. It’s a musical! I had no idea…it’s based off a Broadway play.
2. The story lines are very, very loosely based on the stories you know. There are elements that keep the story line the way you know it, but there are lots of changes too.
3. Johnny Depp has a very small part. This made both my daughter and I sad because we are huge fans, but we got over it quickly!
Once I was able to wrap my head around these things that I was not expecting, I really enjoyed the movie. My 10 year old daughter also enjoyed it, but she did think it was a bit too long {good thing we bought the large popcorn and drink}.
SYNOPSIS
“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, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel —all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has put a curse on them.
Rob Marshall, the acclaimed filmmaker behind the Academy Award®-winning musical “Chicago” and Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” directs the film, which is based on the Tony®-winning original musical by James Lapine, who also penned the screenplay, and legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, who provides the music and lyrics. Produced by Marshall, John DeLuca, “Wicked” producer Marc Platt and Callum McDougall, “Into the Woods” opens TODAY.
CHARACTERS
The Witch (Meryl Streep), whose hideous appearance and threatening manner masks a secret pain, longs for beauty and companionship. Placed under a curse which has made her hideous, she has become bitter and resentful. By enlisting the Baker and his Wife, she makes a deal to lift the evil spell she placed on the Baker’s household if they in turn, can collect the necessary items to help restore her beauty.
The Baker and his Wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt) are ahard-working, loving couple who dream of starting a family of their own. But a Witch has placed a curse on the Baker’s home, cruelly insuring they will forever be incapable of having a child. When they learn of the curse they must venture into the Woods and seek out the items which will reverse the spell.
Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) is the young woman tormented by her stepmother and stepsisters who wishes to go to the King’s Festival, and unknowingly embarks on a journey of self-discovery instead.
Cinderella’s Prince (Chris Pine) is charming and utterly fascinated with himself. The handsome young man, who was raised to be charming, not sincere, is on an endless quest to find his bride, and he is used to getting his way.
Jack (Daniel Huttlestone) is an absent-minded and carefree boy who trades his treasured cow, Milky-White, for five magic beans.
Jack’s Mother (Tracey Ullman) is the poor and exasperated woman at her wit’s end with her dim-witted son, who dreams of a life free from poverty.
Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford) is the smart, spunky and fearless young girl with a seemingly-endless appetite who journeys into the Woods and finds unexpected adventures along the way.
The Wolf (Johnny Depp) is the lustful, predatory animal who sets his sights on Little Red Riding Hood.
The Stepmother (Christine Baranski) is the cruel guardian to Cinderella who dreams of seeing one of her two daughters married off to a Prince.
Florinda and Lucinda (Tammy Blanchard and Lucy Punch) are Cinderella’s vile stepsisters, who taunt Cinderella and take pleasure in causing her pain and humiliation.
Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy) is the beautiful, yet sheltered, young woman confined to a tower who longs to be treated like an adult and to experience life.
Rapunzel’s Prince (Billy Magnussen), the two-dimensional, fiercely-competitive younger brother to Cinderella’s Prince, is a dashing and eager young man who courts Rapunzel.
Into The Woods is rated PG and is in theaters beginning 12/25/14!
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Disclaimer: I was invited to attend the media movie screening.
