History Film / IntoTheWoods

* HypocriticalHumour: Jack's mother tries to reprimand him from stealing the Giant's gold - and putting himself in danger - but she can't quite hide her pleasure at the newfound wealth.

** A small case for the steward. In the stage show he kills [[spoiler: Jack's mother]] by clubbing her over the head. In this, he only pushes her to the ground and she hits her head off a log. He's shown to instantly regret it as well.

** [[spoiler:Jack ultimately stole from the Giantess after she took care of him and killed her husband. He's kind of at fault too. In all fairness, he is a child, and even if he weren't simpleminded children tend to do thoughtless things and make up as they go along. Plus his age in the film makes him seem less culpable than he does onstage, where he is typically played by at least a teenager, if not a twentysomething actor]].

* TimeStandsStill: This occurs during "On the Steps of the Palace".

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Rapunzel is actually the Baker's long lost sister, having been taken by the witch when he was a toddler. The Baker never finds this out in the stage show, and it's the same case here. The PlotHole comes from the fact that the Narrator is a separate character in the stage show. For [[CompositeCharacter convenience purposes]] the Baker also serves as the Narrator in the film. And the film ends with the Baker narrating the story to his newborn son. But since he never finds out Rapunzel is his sister, it begs the question of how he knows this in narration.[[note]] Though there is a small possibility [[spoiler: since Rapunzel [[SparedByTheAdaptation survives in the film]], that she and the Baker eventually do reconcile some time after the events of the story]] - as the narration says a lot of things the Baker wasn't witness to, so it could be assumed that the narration we hear is him telling the story much later after getting the rest of the information.[[/note]]

** Related to the above, the Baker's Wife comes off looking a fair amount worse because of [[spoiler:her affair with Cinderlla's Prince]], as the movie cut most of the marital issues that she and the Baker had throughout the story, especially during the second act. As a consequence, [[spoiler:her infidelity comes more out of nowhere.]]

''Into the Woods'' is a 2014 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods critically acclaimed James Lapine/Stephen Sondheim musical of the same name]]. Under the direction of Rob Marshall (who had previously worked on ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' and the 1999 MadeForTV adaptation of ''[[Theatre/{{Annie}} Annie]]'' respectively), the film features an AllStarCast led by Creator/MerylStreep (the Witch), James Corden (the Baker), Creator/EmilyBlunt (the Baker's Wife), Creator/AnnaKendrick (Cinderella), and Creator/ChrisPine (Cinderella's Prince), AndStarring Creator/JohnnyDepp (the Wolf). It also features newcomer Lilla Crawford (who had starred in the recent Broadway revival of ''Annie'') as Little Red, and Daniel Huttlestone (of ''[[Film/LesMiserables2012 Les Miserables]]'' fame) as Jack. The film was released on Christmas Day, 2014, and distributed by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].

Not to be confused with the 2016 Canadian drama film ''Film/IntoTheForest''.

** The Witch, when aged and ugly, also fares better than in most stage productions. She's generally a complete hag, but onscreen just has neglected skin and teeth plus scary hands.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the stage show but only marginally. Gruesome parts like the Baker cutting The Wolf open and the stepsisters getting their feet cut up are given a GoryDiscretionShot. The death of [[spoiler: Jack's mother]] is softened, while [[spoiler: Rapunzel lives]]. Some of the more adult themes of the story such as the Baker's Wife's boredom at domestic life are cut too.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the stage show but only marginally. Gruesome parts like the Baker cutting The Wolf open and the stepsisters getting their feet cut up are given a GoryDiscretionShot. The death of [[spoiler: Jack's mother]] is softened, while [[spoiler: Rapunzel lives]].

-->'''Rapunzel's Prince'''': [[OhCrap Bad idea!]]

* HideYourPregnancy: Emily Blunt was around 4-6 months pregnant throughout the shoot, so there were many scenes of her lower section being hidden. Amazingly, Blunt's face doesn't look as full as most pregnant women's faces are, so it was hard to tell if she was at all.

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** Little Red's costume, apart from the cape, consists of a blue dress, red shoes and pigtails... so basically, [[TheWizardOfOz Dorothy]].

* MusicalWorldHypothesis: Unlike Rob Marshall's [[{{Film/Chicago}} previous]] [[{{Film/Nine}} two]] musicals - which used the All In Their Head theory, this runs on the Alternate Universe. It's clearly a fantasy world where costumes are a mishmash of various time periods, and a bunch of nationalities (mostly British and American) live in an ambiguously European village. The Baker's Wife clearly overhears the song "Agony", "No One Is Alone" gets interrupted before it can finish, and the Wolf changes his tone when he's singing to Red Riding Hood versus his own inner desires in "Hello Little Girl".

** Subverted with the Wolf. In the original play, the Wolf has a fake rubber penis with no pants. The Disney movie adaptation didn't include it, but there was still a sexual vibe in his voice, actions, and facial expressions during "Hello Little Girl." The added pimp suit and the fact that JohnnyDepp plays the Wolf just puts more gasoline on the fire.

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[[caption-width-right:220:[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Be careful what you wish for...]]]] ''Into the Woods'' is a 2014 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods critically acclaimed James Lapine/Stephen Sondheim musical of the same name]]. Under the direction of Rob Marshall (who had previously worked on ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' and the 1999 MadeForTV adaptation of ''[[Theatre/{{Annie}} Annie]]'' respectively), the film features an AllStarCast led by Creator/MerylStreep (the Witch), James Corden (the Baker), Creator/EmilyBlunt (the Baker's Wife), Creator/AnnaKendrick (Cinderella), and Creator/ChrisPine (Cinderella's Prince), AndStarring Creator/JohnnyDepp (the Wolf). It also features newcomer Lilla Crawford (who had starred in the recent Broadway revival of ''Annie'') as Little Red, and Daniel Huttlestone (of ''[[Film/LesMiserables2012 Les Miserables]]'' fame) as Jack. The film was released on Christmas Day, 2014, and distributed by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].

%% * CoolBigSis: Cinderella becomes this to Little Red Riding Hood.

* MusicalWorldHypothesis: Unlike Rob Marshall's [[{{Film/Chigago}} previous]] [[{{Film/Nine}} two]] musicals - which used the All In Their Head theory, this runs on the Alternate Universe. It's clearly a fantasy world where costumes are a mishmash of various time periods, and a bunch of nationalities (mostly British and American) live in an ambiguously European village. The Baker's Wife clearly overhears the song "Agony", "No One Is Alone" gets interrupted before it can finish, and the Wolf changes his tone when he's singing to Red Riding Hood versus his own inner desires in "Hello Little Girl".

%% * [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Cinderella gains this towards Jack and Little Red Riding Hood.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three main female fairytale leads respectively; Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood and Cinderella.

* BrickJoke: When the Baker's Wife insists that she needs Cinderella's shoe to have a child, Cinderella says that that doesn't make any sense. Then, during the wedding, when Cinderella and her Prince are riding in the carriage, the Baker's Wife yells, "Thanks for the shoe!" and the Baker points to the baby. Cinderella gives the most hilarious look of befuddlement.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jack's mother, Red's family, and the Baker's wife are dead. Cinderella has left her philandering prince. The Witch is either dead or gone off to parts unknown, and much of the country has been destroyed by the giantess stomping around. The Baker even never gets to meet his long-lost sister, Rapunzel, even though his wife did. But Jack, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, the Baker, and his child are alive, and all of them having emotionally matured and plan to become a family. Also, unlike the stage show, Rapunzel and her prince presumably survive and stay together.]]

* BiggerOnTheInside: During "I Know Things Now", a flashback shows Little Red plunging into the Wolf's belly, which appears to be the size of a large pit. Since the song is portrayed as a story that she tells the Baker, this could be interpreted as being part of her imagination. On the other hand she and her grandmother were both alive and intact inside it's stomach, and the wolf is only human size, so this has to be at least ''somewhat'' the case.