Into the Woods (2014)
Country: US/GB/CAN
Technical: col/2.39:1 125m
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Tracey Ullman, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine
Synopsis:
The tales of Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood are interwoven when a witch offers to reverse the spell cast on a childless baker and his wife.
Review:
Sondheim's Broadway success gets the Rob Marshall treatment, and it is all very well done by the cast, singing their own roles. The message, that no one is alone, seems a little trite after all the running about after props, but the metaphorical baggage of the titular woods is adeptly carried from one meaning to the next, just as the stories are juggled about. Definitely one for the grown-ups rather than the children, but not as much fun as The Princess Bride.
Country: US/GB/CAN
Technical: col/2.39:1 125m
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Tracey Ullman, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine
Synopsis:
The tales of Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood are interwoven when a witch offers to reverse the spell cast on a childless baker and his wife.
Review:
Sondheim's Broadway success gets the Rob Marshall treatment, and it is all very well done by the cast, singing their own roles. The message, that no one is alone, seems a little trite after all the running about after props, but the metaphorical baggage of the titular woods is adeptly carried from one meaning to the next, just as the stories are juggled about. Definitely one for the grown-ups rather than the children, but not as much fun as The Princess Bride.
Country: US/GB/CAN
Technical: col/2.39:1 125m
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Tracey Ullman, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine
Synopsis:
The tales of Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood are interwoven when a witch offers to reverse the spell cast on a childless baker and his wife.
Review:
Sondheim's Broadway success gets the Rob Marshall treatment, and it is all very well done by the cast, singing their own roles. The message, that no one is alone, seems a little trite after all the running about after props, but the metaphorical baggage of the titular woods is adeptly carried from one meaning to the next, just as the stories are juggled about. Definitely one for the grown-ups rather than the children, but not as much fun as The Princess Bride.