1. They cut out characters. Sort of. The Mysterious Man is in the movie for about two minutes, without explanation. He just sort of pops out and the Baker is like, "Dad, why'd you leave?" Also the Baker is the Narrator, which is actually okay. It worked for a movie. Also, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty don't make an appearance in the show. Which brings me to number two.
2. They cut out songs. The "Agony" reprise is one of the funniest songs in the show and it was taken out.
3. Johnny Depp's Wolf character is SUPER pervy. Like, Criminal Minds level pervy. He out-pervs the original Broadway production wolf, and the costume for that literally had *ahem* genitalia.
4. I want to preface this one by saying that Meryl Streep is fantastic. I love her. But compared to the other actors in the show, everything she did was just too big. She was really playing for the back row, which is completely unnecessary since its being recorded and there's no live audience.
5. Sondheim wrote a new song for Meryl Streep that (thankfully) did not make it into the final cut of the show.
6. The third time Cinderella runs away from the prince, he has spread pitch on the stairs, which allows for a ballad. However, time just sort of freezes in the movie. It doesn't make sense. I guess, it's supposed to be stream of consciousness for Cinderella, but it doesn't make sense.
7. Check out this video from CinemaSins to see all the random continuity and weirdness problems with the show (stage or movie).
This show is not all bad. The cast works well together. Emily Blunt and James Corden share a nice duet. Lilla Crawford and Daniel Huttlestone (Red and Jack, respectively) give two of the best singing performances, despite being the youngest characters/actors in the show. It also showed the giants, which is pretty cool.
To sum it all up, as CinemaSins says, "This story is basically all the unexciting things your favorite fairy tale characters did when they weren't doing their fairy tale stuff." But we still love it.
