Why all the hate?
It's beautiful. Wonderful casting, perfect costumes, singing fantastic. Give it a break. It's better than a lot of movie musicals out there. Better than the first film of Bye Bye Birdie. Anna Kendrick and Johnny Depp were spot on. It had humor, romance, magic. Meryl Streep is a wonderful performer (I don't care if you hate me, I find her better than Bernadette Peters).
They followed ages for specific characters.
You people who say it was bad are Just wrong. It's beautiful and so well done. No, it's not as dark as the stage show, but that's okay. Sondheim approved of it. So I do too. Plus, it's Disney. You know how they are.