Into the Woods
Movie • 1991 • Drama
ReportIn this Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim, several fairy tale characters learn the hard way that the 'Happily Ever After' they sought isn't necessarily so happy after all.
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Hello little girl has strong sexual undertones.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Rapunzel's screams are often very sudden and jarring.
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A character is slapped by her step-sister, who shortly after threatens to slap her own sister.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Allusions to Rapunzel's widely known tale, where she is locked in a tower and isolated from all but her "adoptive" mother for her entire childhood. Later, she is punished for disobedience by having her hair cut on screen. She details some of the abuse and isolation as a set up to a laugh line: "I was only trying to be a good mother"
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Minor character implied to drink.
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All fake animals
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once again, dies and comes back to life
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Is there a dead animal?
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The cow does die however he comes back to life
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Is an animal sad?
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A cow is described as "crying" after being sold
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Are there bugs?
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movieman
None are shown. Describes bug's on a Cow's dugs, and flies in her eyes. Characters briefly act out swatting bugs. Witch steps on a bug, grinds her foot on it, then comically proceeds to peel it off her boot and eat it.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is rape mentioned?
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The Witch said a character was raping her in its non-sexual use (he was stealing from her garden)
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someone can be triggered by the wolf/little red scene as an assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Rapunzel's hair is cut off by the witch
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Is someone crushed to death?
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It's not seen, but there is audio of it.
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Is there amputation?
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Two characters have parts of their feet cut off in an attempt to fit into Cinderella's shoe and marry the Prince: first a heel, then a toe
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Does a head get squashed?
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off screen
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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The Witch enjoys groin attack spells on both men and women ( particularly the baker and his wife). Proven not to have done any damage halfway through. When a spell fails later on, a different couple double checks their own groins (are unharmed)
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Does someone have a seizure?
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The Witch has a brief siezure in the middle of her song, but suddenly continues as if nothing happens. Played for laughs.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Two seperate characters have parts of their feet cut off. They walk with canes throughout the rest of the play untill the finale (where it's implied they died).
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Does someone fall to their death?
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In the second act. It's not seen, but there is audio of the character falling.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Two characters have their eyes poked out by birds. It isn't graphic but they wear dark glasses and walk with "white" sticks for the rest of the play untill the finale (when it's implied they died) Another is blinded from falling into a thorny bush, but is magically healed later
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Is someone stabbed?
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As in the fairy tale, the wolf that eats little red riding hood and her granny is cut open so that they can be freed from his stomach
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Is there excessive gore?
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Parts of feet get cut off. There isn't any blood, but there are prop body parts.
Fake blood is poured from a shoe. Played for laughs.
Fake blood is poured from a shoe. Played for laughs.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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A character describes taking a baby from its parents and how the parents were devastated.
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Death
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Two characters are blinded halfway through the show, and spend the rest walking around with dark glasses and canes
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Does a parent die?
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A lot of people die, many of them are parents. Probably the most jarring parental death involves a mother being blugeoned. She is visibly disoriented in her last moments (some blood is shown), and she dies standing up, her eyes wide open. Comes back as a ghost in finale.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The witch forcefully apprehends a character with intent to sacrifice him.
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Does someone cheat?
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Both Cinderella and Rapunzel's princes cheat.
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Fear
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The characters seen at the end aren't really portrayed as ghosts, they're just allowed to come back because this is the finale. Cinderella's mother does appear as probably a ghost, though. None of this is at all scary.
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Are there jump scares?
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Rapunzel often screams loudly out of nowhere. Not particularly frightening, but could be surprising.
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Are there mannequins?
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Only a wooden cow
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Does someone vomit?
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A character visibly has to force back vomiting as a reaction to blood.
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Is someone eaten?
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Yes, but they get rescued.
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Is there audio gore?
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An unnerving squishing sound conveys a character getting crushed just offstage.
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Some spells have a jolt-ish reaction to those afflicted.
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Mental Health
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Rapunzel is clearly traumatized and is "crazy" in act two. She is often treated as a joke.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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An abused woman goes insane in act two.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Not on screen. There references to Little Red and her Granny inside the Wolf's stomach, which they later escape from
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None of the deaths are portrayed as intentional.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Rapunzel is implied to suffer from PTSD (would probably be more accurate to say she has c-ptsd)
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Is there screaming?
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Many characters scream throughout the show
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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There are flashing lights during "Last Midnight."
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Partway through the second act, the characters suddenly notice the narrator (and get rid of him).
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Does someone miscarry?
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the baker and wife have tried multiple times to have a child but it's never confirmed if they had miscarries
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Is there childbirth?
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A character is pregnant and later has a baby, but the birth is not seen.
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Prejudice
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they use the term "queer" in the old fashion way
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Sunshine_Spoonie
Potentially. A character is called "a fool", "touched (- in the head)" and somewhat infantilised by a frustrated mother. Later, his lack of intelligence is exploited to swindle him out of his pet cow. However, the characters come to treat him with more patience and understanding
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Are there fat jokes?
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There are jokes about an overweight character eating a lot.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Off screen, Rapunzel invites a Prince into her tower and later gives birth to twins as a result. Being isolated in that tower all her life, it's reasonable to assume she was a virgin
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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The song "Hello Little Girl" is sung by a wolf following Little Red Riding Hood: the language about literally eating her is sometimes sexual
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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the wolf has a penis on his costume
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Is someone homeless?
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There is a mysterious figure who wanders in the woods, we later find out he is the estranged parent of one of the characters.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Bittersweet, can make people cry but ul.timately very cathartic.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Some of the scenarios would be pretty gory if they were realistic but what you actually see is basically a cartoon acted out on stage.
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