Cinderella’s Prince Charming and Rapunzel’s Prince are played by Chris Pine and Billy Magnussen, both handsome, shallow, stylish, self-absorbed, chivalrous, and chauvinistic pigs -- I loved them.

| May 9, 2023

The film version doesn’t feel as playful or revisionist as the stage musical.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 16, 2022

Survives the script meddling through strong staging, good performances and sheer wish fulfillment to make end up at it's own kind of happily ever after.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2021

When the story's consequences are just a little less dire and the darkness of the woods just a little less threatening, the hard-won redemption at story's end doesn't seem nearly as sweet.

| Jan 22, 2021

Unlike classic musicals, the sequences here blend together, rather than presenting individual moments for show-stopping performances.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 4, 2020

It was missing something... missing energy, missing ideas.

| May 27, 2020

I wish... this movie was better.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Mar 26, 2020

Wonderfully cast, beautiful scenes, detailed costumes, breathtaking singing, and a sprinkle of Disney magic.

| Feb 5, 2020

As you might expect with a Disney movie, director Rob Marshall sands off Sondheim's rough edge of satire, but under the pen of Lapine, who wrote the screenplay, the strength of the original material remains.

| Jan 9, 2020

Story structure is well defined...Tonal shift is beautifully executed not only due to [James] Lapine's script, but the work of cinematographer Dion Beebe and editor Wyatt Smith who seamlessly transition lighting and lensing.

| Dec 14, 2019

It is also necessary to give props to the amazing music and congratulate all the actors who took on very complicated songs and made them their own.

| Aug 2, 2019

Though it's fairly pedestrian in places, the songs in Into the Woods are so delightful and well executed that it's a risk that seems to have paid off handsomely for Disney.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 17, 2019

Hollywood's latest stab at the Broadway musical adaptation, Disney's Into the Woods, is mostly great, even brilliant, except when it isn't.

| Original Score: B | May 2, 2019

With so many big studio cash-in adaptations poisoning our theaters and stealing our money, it's nice to see one come along that actually deserves our attention.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 20, 2019

While these tales stand up individually, they intersect and weave into a delightful new story.

| Jan 31, 2019

[T]he movie spends such a wonderfully long time on the first act material, only to skimp on the second act.

| Jan 9, 2019

Into the Woods is very good, engaging as it runs and admirable afterwards, but it somehow misses being brilliant. Perhaps this is congruent with its message about the hidden cost of fairytales, which makes sense.

| Dec 20, 2018

Overall, INTO THE WOODS is just fine and doesn't justify the presence of all the stars that are showcased.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 8, 2018

The acting is wonderful. Not surprisingly, Meryl Streep was made for the part, and Emily Blunt is particularly charming.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 2, 2018

After an hour or so being spoiled by the light-speed storytelling when we go through the tales, the film drags a little bit.

| Oct 10, 2018