History YMMV / IntoTheWoods

** Milky White from the 2022 revival became an online fan favorite due to her unique design and Kennedy Kanagawa's puppeteering.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The musical adapts the lesser known Grimm version of Cinderella - which features the golden shoes, a ball for three nights, a tree at her mother's grave that grants the dress, and the stepsisters getting their toes cut off to try to fit into the shoe, and subsequently have their eyes pecked out by birds. The general public is more familiar with the Perrault version (which, to be fair, is the older of the two, at least in print form), which has the FairyGodmother and a ball for only two nights.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The musical adapts the lesser known Grimm version of Cinderella - which features the golden shoes, a ball for three nights, a tree at her mother's grave that grants the dress, and the stepsisters getting their toes cut off to try to fit into the shoe. The general public is more familiar with the Perrault version (which, to be fair, is the older of the two, at least in print form), which has the FairyGodmother and a ball for only two nights.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The musical adapts the lesser known Grimm version of Cinderella - which features the golden shoes, a ball for three nights and a tree at her mother's grave that grants the dress. The general public is more familiar with the Perrault version (which, to be fair, is the older of the two, at least in print form), which has the FairyGodmother and a ball for only two nights.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The Witch comes across as much more evil in the 2014 movie adaptation, to the point where Rapunzel seems like just another one of her victims than anything else. While at the same time one could also look at The Witch's actions towards Rapunzel as an old woman desperately wants appreciation but doesn't quite know how to express it properly.

** This is also what happens when you have Anna Kendrick playing Cinderella. "On the Steps of the Palace" really shows off how quirky the girl is, as well as other adorably awkward interactions with the Baker's Wife.

** Creator/EmilyBlunt wasn't nominated for an Academy Award, despite many reviews acclaiming her as one of the best, if not ''the'' best, part of the 2014 movie. She ''was'' nominated for a Golden Globe, but that was the biggest award she was nominated for.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Despite his small role, Creator/JohnnyDepp as the Big Bad Wolf in the 2014 movie has been divisive. Some don't mind him and feel he had a good mix of creepy and funny that the role requires but others decry him as the weakest of the cast and he's often compared to Creator/RussellCrowe's jarring performance in ''Film/{{Les Miserables|2012}}''. Not to mention the constant criticism of Depp [[TypeCasting repeating his eccentric roles]].

* CriticalDissonance: Critics are mixed on the 2014 movie but overall are leaning more on the positive side. Audiences, on the other hand, are even ''more'' mixed on the movie, with a 53% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: While Chris Pine had been proving his acting chops for years prior to this, he impressed people with his singing as Cinderella's Prince. Some even call foul that he didn't receive any major nominations for the role.

** Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt would reunite in a musical directed by Rob Marshall four years later - ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns''. This time it's Emily playing the powerful one, but again Meryl's character requires her help.

** Before this movie came out, it had been announced that Creator/JamesCorden was going to replace Craig Ferguson as the host of ''Series/TheLateLateShow'', but he still wasn’t very well-known to American audiences yet when he was in this movie.
* SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery: Anna Kendrick! While there was some fear when her casting was announced, as her only musical film experience was ''Film/PitchPerfect'' (people forgot she had a Tony nomination at the age of twelve), but her performance ended up being acclaimed. Much praise went to her version of "On the Steps of the Palace", where they actually ''raised'' the key (Kim Crosby sang it in D major, Anna Kendrick sings it in Eb major), and her soprano note at the end.

* RuleOfSeanConnery: Anna Kendrick! While there was some fear when her casting was announced, as her only musical film experience was ''Film/PitchPerfect'' (people forgot she had a Tony nomination at the age of twelve), but her performance ended up being acclaimed. Much praise went to her version of "On the Steps of the Palace", where they actually ''raised'' the key (Kim Crosby sang it in D major, Anna Kendrick sings it in Eb major), and her soprano note at the end.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The Witch comes across as much more evil in the 2014 movie adaptation, to the point where Rapunzel seems like just another one of her victims than anything else. While at the same time one could also look at The Witch's actions towards Rapunzel as an old woman desperately wants appreciation but doesn't quite know how to express it properly.

** Rapunzel's fate is averted in the movie. According to Sondheim, he tried to get Rapunzel to die in the 2014 movie like she did in the play. However, most likely due to the more family-oriented audience, they decided they wanted Rapunzel to live. Some are ok with the change and like her getting a [[EarnYourHappyEnding happy ending with her prince,]] but some argue that Rapunzel's death was very significant for the Witch's arc. Check [[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/sondheim-reveals-plot-changes-for-disney-into-the-woods-film-322631 here]] for the article. A counter point to this says that Rapunzel's death makes more sense in the show - where she's left to fend for herself while pregnant in the desert. In the movie, she's found the next day and so there's less time for her to go mad.

* ValuesDissonance: Given that the story of Little Red Riding Hood is generally accepted as being a cautionary tale about rape, it's becoming precarious in our post-Me-Too, hashtag-rape-culture society that the musical's ultimate statement on the matter is that it is up to potential victims to take responsibility for keeping themselves out of danger ("Don't be scared ... just be prepared") due to the reality that wishful thinking won't actually do anything to provide safety ("Do not put your faith in a cape and a hood; they will not protect you the way that they should").

* RetroactiveRecognition: Lilla Crawford, who plays Red Riding Hood in the 2014 film, later voices the title character in the Nickelodeon series ''Sunny Day''. She's also a regular on Netflix's ''The Who Was? Show''.

** Although it had been announced before this movie came out that he was going to replace Craig Ferguson as the host of ''Series/TheLateLateShow'', Creator/JamesCorden still wasn’t very well-known to American audiences yet when he was in this movie.

** Creator/JamesCorden wasn’t very well-known to American audiences yet when he was in this movie.

* MagnificentBitch: [[WickedWitch The Witch]] catches the Baker's father stealing her greens years before the Baker himself is born and demands to him that as payment for doing so that she let him take his newborn daughter Rapunzel to raise as her own. While treating Rapunzel well, the Witch is [[KnightTemplarParent so overprotective]] to the point that she locks her in a tower and temporarily blinds Rapunzel's prince on one of the occasions he comes to see her. Years after taking Rapunzel, needing to break the curse [[AbusiveParents her own mother]] set on her, the Witch goes to the Baker and his wife revealing she placed an infertility spell on them and that they will only be able to reverse it if they retrieve the necessary items to help her reverse her own, while noticing when the white cow they get is [[PaperThinDisguise disguised with flower]] rather than being the right color. This ultimately is successful for all parties and things are well, until the Witch insists that [[WouldHurtAChild Jack be sacrificed to the Giant's wife]] when she wants vengeance for her husband's death.

* AwardSnub: The original production lost the "Best New Musical" Tony to ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', and many theater snobs are salty about it to this day.

* TheWoobie: When he was at a very young age, The Baker lost his entire family due to his father angering The Witch. She steals away his sister, which causes his mother to die out of grief, [[DisappearedDad and his dad to abandon him due to his guilt]]. The Baker goes on to grow up into a highly insecure man who mourns his inability to make a family with his wife. The Witch spitefully tells him of their history together, refusing to let him know anything about his sister, and goes on to reveal that his lack of children is due to a curse she placed on him, making him sterile, [[SinsOfOurFather all because of his father's actions]]. The Witch gives him an opportunity to lift this curse, sending him on a journey where [[ButtMonkey he's scared, out of his depths, and has to deal with her constant physical and verbal abuse]]. During this journey, he comes across [[spoiler: his supposedly dead father several times, only realizing the man’s identity mere minutes before he actually passes away, cutting their reunion short.]] Succeeding in his quest, The Baker finally gets his child, who he feels unfit to parent. Some time later, over the course of a single day, The Giant destroys his home, his wife cheats on him (which he never finds out), and [[spoiler: she ends up dying due to the attack on the kingdom, with their last interaction being an argument]]. Overcome with sorrow, after initially lashing out at those around him, he gives into despair and [[spoiler: abandons his son, only being broken out of his despair when his dad's ghost convinces him to not make the same mistake he did all those years ago. Even after returning and saving the day,]] his insecurity still hasn't disappeared, as he briefly contemplates that he was never meant to have children. [[spoiler: [[ThrowTheDogABone Luckily he finishes the show on a happy note]], when he takes in Jack, Red Riding Hood, and Cinderella as his new surrogate family, with his wife's spirit also reassuring him that he’ll be a good father, bringing him newfound hope for the future.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** The Princes (especially Cinderella’s) are quite beloved for being hilariously hammy jerks, who get to sing what’s arguably the show’s most popular song.
** Lilla Crawford's portrayal of Red Riding Hood in the 2014 movie. As she had only done Broadway before this, many were impressed that she could work so well in front of the camera too - especially at the age of twelve.
* FanPreferredCouple: A weird example, as Baker/Baker's Wife isn't ''disliked'', really, but the fandom generally agrees that after [[spoiler:the Baker's Wife dies, after some mourning, the Baker moves on with Cinderella after they agree to live platonically rebuilding a home with Red and Jack.]] About 90% of the fanfiction ships them.

* OneSceneWonder: The Wolf. It's no wonder they got Creator/JohnnyDepp in the 2014 movie.

* MagnificentBitch: [[WickedWitch The Witch]] catches the Baker's father stealing her greens years before the Baker himself is born and demands to him that as payment for doing so that she let him take his newborn daughter Rapunzel to raise as her own. While treating Rapunzel well, the Witch is [[KnightTemplarParent so overprotective]] to the point that she locks her in a tower and temporarily blinds Rapunzel's prince on one of the occasions he comes to see her. Years after taking Rapunzel, needing to break the curse [[AbusiveParents her own mother]] set on her, the Witch goes to the Baker and his wife revealing she placed an infertility spell on them and that they will only be able to reverse it if they retrieve the necessary items to help her reverse her own, while noticing when the white cow they get is [[PaperThinDisguise disguised with flower]] rather than being the right color. This ultimately is successful for all parties and things are well, until the Witch insists that [[WouldHurtAChild Jack be sacrificed to the Giant's wife]] when she wants vengeance for her husband's death.

** The Witch comes across as much more evil in the 2014 movie adaptation, to the point where Rapunzel seems like just another one of her victims than anything else. While at the same time one could also look at The Witch's actions towards Rapunzel as an old woman desperately wants appreciation but doesn't quite know how to express it properly.

* AwardSnub:
** The original production lost the "Best New Musical" Tony to ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', and many theater snobs are salty about it to this day.
** Creator/EmilyBlunt wasn't nominated for an Academy Award, despite many reviews acclaiming her as one of the best, if not ''the'' best, part of the 2014 movie. She ''was'' nominated for a Golden Globe, but that was the biggest award she was nominated for.
** Creator/ChrisPine got very little awards attention despite his uproarious performance being widely praised.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Despite his small role, Creator/JohnnyDepp as the Big Bad Wolf in the 2014 movie has been divisive. Some don't mind him and feel he had a good mix of creepy and funny that the role requires but others decry him as the weakest of the cast and he's often compared to Creator/RussellCrowe's jarring performance in ''Film/{{Les Miserables|2012}}''. Not to mention the constant criticism of Depp [[TypeCasting repeating his eccentric roles]].
* BrokenBase:
** Rapunzel's fate is averted in the movie. According to Sondheim, he tried to get Rapunzel to die in the 2014 movie like she did in the play. However, most likely due to the more family-oriented audience, they decided they wanted Rapunzel to live. Some are ok with the change and like her getting a [[EarnYourHappyEnding happy ending with her prince,]] but some argue that Rapunzel's death was very significant for the Witch's arc. Check [[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/sondheim-reveals-plot-changes-for-disney-into-the-woods-film-322631 here]] for the article. A counter point to this says that Rapunzel's death makes more sense in the show - where she's left to fend for herself while pregnant in the desert. In the movie, she's found the next day and so there's less time for her to go mad.
** The removal of a few songs. One song, "No More", is given an instrumental version and [[spoiler:The Baker running away doesn't last for very long. While others argue that it helps the pacing, others retort that it also removes any growth for the Baker. During the song in the stage show, he realizes that by running away, he'd be turning into his father. The 2014 movie, on the other hand, makes it look like he just needed a moment alone to mourn his wife's death.]] WordOfGod says they wanted to include the song, but it wouldn't make sense with the Mysterious Man's role in Act 1 being removed. To compensate for it, they built on the Baker's fear of turning into his father earlier. It's been debated whether or not it was enough.
** The shortening of Act 2 overall. They cut a lot compared to Act 1. It either still contains what made the message of the original or it lessens it.

* CriticalDissonance: Critics are mixed on the 2014 movie but overall are leaning more on the positive side. Audiences, on the other hand, are even ''more'' mixed on the movie, with a 53% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Cinderella's stepsisters cutting parts of their feet off to try and fit into the slipper. The scene is played for as much CringeComedy as you'd expect - and the film has a fantastic moment where the prince seems genuinely impressed that Lucinda is able to walk while missing a heel.
* EndingFatigue: The 2014 movie version has received complaints that it really should have just been an expanded version of Act 1, especially since some of the darker elements of Act 2 are toned down anyway. Since there is no attempt of translating the story being two separate acts into movie, it also loses many of the powerful parallels of structure and song. It is argued that this is the whole point of ''Into The Woods'' - showing what happens after the supposed fairy tale endings, but it divides up much easier on the stage than in film.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** The Princes (especially Cinderella’s) are quite beloved for being hilariously hammy jerks, who get to sing what’s arguably the show’s most popular song.
** Lilla Crawford's portrayal of Red Riding Hood in the 2014 movie. As she had only done Broadway before this, many were impressed that she could work so well in front of the camera too - especially at the age of twelve.
* FanPreferredCouple: A weird example, as Baker/Baker's Wife isn't ''disliked'', really, but the fandom generally agrees that after [[spoiler:the Baker's Wife dies, after some mourning, the Baker moves on with Cinderella after they agree to live platonically rebuilding a home with Red and Jack.]] About 90% of the fanfiction ships them.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** In the theatre version, it is implied that Cinderella's stepfamily died of starvation while lost in the woods. This is one of only two known productions made since the 1990s that killed them off. The other is ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', where they were burned alive in the midst of their MoralEventHorizon.
** Rapunzel's prince becomes more {{Adorkable}} in the 2014 film adaptation, and she's charmed by his awkwardness. Billy Magnussen, who plays the prince, stars as another royal with NoSocialSkills in ''{{Film/Aladdin 2019}}''...and is considerably [[RomanticFalseLead less successful]].

* MemeticMutation:
** One very popular comment about the 2014 movie is that for some reason, Creator/ChrisPine seems far more [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner-esque]] as Cinderella's Prince than when he's actually playing [[Film/StarTrek2009 Captain]] [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness Kirk]].
** "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ''cares?!?''"
* {{Narm}}:
** [[spoiler:The Baker's Wife's death, since what is shown is her slipping from a branch and the few seconds of the camera focusing on the branch.]]
** The Giant would probably be a lot more intimidating if her voice wasn't pitched down.
* NarmCharm:
** "Giants In The Sky " and Daniel Huttlestone's lisp got some people laughing, but also people calling it "adorable."
** The Agony number seems almost like a bizarre attempt to ''be'' Narm. It comes off as quite silly nonetheless.
* OneSceneWonder: The Wolf. It's no wonder they got Creator/JohnnyDepp in the 2014 movie.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Lilla Crawford, who plays Red Riding Hood in the 2014 film, later voices the title character in the Nickelodeon series ''Sunny Day''. She's also a regular on Netflix's ''The Who Was? Show''

** The 2014 movie adaptation, being a Disney movie musical based on fairy tales. Yes, it's a somewhat LighterAndSofter adaptation of the original stage musical, but the movie still ends with a rampaging giant and the deaths of major characters. And note that they still leave in Cinderella's sisters mutilating themselves (albeit with a GoryDiscretionShot to make it more appropriate for the PG audience).

** Rapunzel's prince becomes more {{Adorkable}} in the 2014 film adaptation, and she's charmed by his awkwardness. Billy Magnussen, who plays the prince, stars as another royal with PoorSocialSkills in ''{{Film/Aladdin 2019}}''...and is considerably [[RomanticFalseLead less successful]].

* MagnificentBitch: [[WickedWitch The Witch]] catches the Baker’s father stealing her greens years before the Baker himself is born and demands to him that as payment for doing so that she let him take his newborn daughter Rapunzel to raise as her own. While treating Rapunzel well, the Witch is [[KnightTemplarParent so overprotective]] to the point that she locks her in a tower and blinds Rapunzel’s prince (temporarily) on one of the occasions he comes to see her. Years after taking Rapunzel, needing to break the curse [[AbusiveParents her own mother]] set on her, the Witch goes to the Baker and his wife revealing she placed an infertility spell on them and that they will only be able to reverse it if they retrieve the necessary items to help her reverse her own, while noticing when the white cow they get is [[PaperThinDisguise disguised with flower]] rather than being the right color. This ultimately is successful for all parties and things are well, until the Witch insists that [[WouldHurtAChild Jack be sacrificed to the Giant’s wife]] when she wants vengeance for her husband’s death.