Into the Woods, a Stephen Sondheim musical recently made into a Disney movie, is a mish-mash of several fairy tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack and the Beanstalk. Tying these all together is a baker and his wife, who are unable to have children due to a witch's curse. She visits them one day and promises a child if they can collect four items: a golden slipper, blonde hair, a white cow, and a red cape. In the course of their collecting, they run into characters from the aforementioned tales in the woods.
An all-star cast isn't enough to save this movie. I love musicals (don't know if I should admit that), but this film, for whatever reason, was utterly uninteresting and failed to draw me in. The songs were okay but not great. The plot dragged on interminably. Some small parts were inexplicably morbid, leading me to question the PG rating (and intended audience). Halfway through, I thought/hoped it would be over, and ended up fast-forwarding to the end in hopes that it might redeem itself. It didn't.
Rating: C
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