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A successful transfer from stage to film is rare.

Especially musicals.

But the film version of Stephen Sondheim's

Into the Woods (2014)

is the rare exception.

It helps that Sondheim's music is near symphonic so the film score is not overblown as is often the case.

And to be quite pedestrian about it, the sound synch with the actor's is superb.

I saw that they were singing it on set and that conveys.

It is a bit shorter than the stage version which we saw in New York but that is OK. I was not keeping time.

The surprise is Meryl Streep. I am not usually a fan but she excels here as do all the others. Chris Pine, Anne Kendrick and our Johnny Depp as the Wolf.

Very good. I suppose we will buy it. That makes it a 5 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films, music