Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Interesting to read all the 5-star and 1-star reviews here. It appears the former had seen the amazing Broadway original (either in person or on DVD) and the latter were just going to see a "Disney" fairy tale. This is not a" Disney movie". It was produced and released by Disney, but it is a faithful film adaptation of a Stephen Sondheim / James Lapine Broadway musical, written for an adult audience. If you came with young children and were upset with how dark it was, you should have done your homework first. A quick google search would have shown you this wasn't for you. As for those who say the music and lyrics are awful - I don't know what to say to you. This is one of Sondheim's best scores, and he is universally acknowledged to be a master of the American Musical Theater. Some of his work is difficult and inaccessible, but not "Into The Woods". If you can't appreciate glorious music and intelligent lyrics like these, I pity you. So, to sum up: near-perfect transfer of one of the best Broadway musicals of the last 50 years. I'm hoping the extras on the Blu-ray will make it well worth picking up.