Review of Into the Woods (2014) by Ansatsu83 — 03 Jan 2015
This film tried to tie four classic series together with a story that no one had heard. It tried to tie Little red riding hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and jack in the bean stalk, together... but... only 10 minutes of The Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel were really shown, the rest is trying to tie in both Cinderella and Jack in the Beanstalk, while the little red riding hood and Cinderella are kept in the background with minor roles.
The film is a musical... these can be good to a certain point... however two hours in and you will be wishing and praying for spoken dialogue instead of singing. The film cast quite a few b-list actors and Johnny Depp as the big bad wolf (only a-list actor in the movie).
The film obviously had an incredibly high animation budget but an incredibly low casting budget... with the exception of Depp. This having been said, Depp played the big bad wolf, his entire performance lasting less than 10 minutes.
With a massive animation budget they could have easily created an animated wolf and cut the middle man, saving their budget, which leads me to believe they only had enough money for him to briefly appear.
All in all I would recommend you watch it on netflix.... or not at all... and save your money.
This review of Into the Woods (2014) was written by Ansatsu83 on 03 Jan 2015.
Into the Woods has generally received mixed reviews.
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