INTO THE WOODS is a BRILLIANT, EXCITING and ENCHANTING musical written by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine back in the mid 80’s. Disney & Rob Marshal did an awesome job at putting this stage musical on the big screen. Normally I would never write a review of a movie, but I actually felt the need to write something in defense of this masterpiece after reading all of the 1 star idiotic, asinine & inane negative comments that various folks felt the need to post here. Who are these people anyway!?! For it seems that most of them were just completely destroyed & quite appalled that someone in the film might actually cheat on their spouse, or worse yet, that a great deal of the characters in this tale met with an untimely death due to the actions of others in the story. HELLO?!! Last time I checked, people cheat & people die!
The last thing I want to do is be one of those blowhards who starts some sort of war of words here, but jeez folks… you have to know from all the trailers & advertising Disney did that preceded the release of this movie that this fairy tale was by no means some rated “G” kid’s Pollyanna fluff piece where in the end everyone ends up hand in hand, circling a fire and singing “Kumbaya”!!! So if you have your little children watching this, shame on you! (again, doesn’t anyone bother to read the ratings before you plop your kids down to watch a film?)
All in all this movie musical has an incredible amount to offer a thinking/feeling individual & so much to say about real life in relation to what happens to each of the characters after “Happily Ever After!” ENJOY THE JOURNEY!!!
P.S. Do take a moment to read some of the 1 star reviews below because most of them really are quite comical, especially when it comes to spelling! God bless them!