Into the Woods (2014)

Director: Rob Marshall

Starring: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt

A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.

A wonderful cast indeed, and a number of popular fairy tales entwined, but I couldn’t help feeling that I was watching a stage play instead of a movie. At times it felt the film was moving in circles, with a sense of deja vu more often than not. I also found the singing just a tad too much, and too drawn out at times. All in all it was a good production, I suppose, but this is an acquired taste, and it just did not tickle my palate. It became too repetitive and boring.

The film won a number of awards, including Excellence in Fantasy Film, and was a huge box office success, earning $213 million on a $50 million budget.