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Good Actors - Songs Are the Problem


As a movie lover, I can appreciate the effort to do something different here. Combining many fairy tales into one story, was done nicely. The actors do a fine job and it has its entertainment value. So story, directing and performances are not the problem. That said, some of the songs are nearly painful to watch. The songs leave much to be desired. I watch the movie thinking, if they had better songs, they may have had something special here....but they didn't, and so its not.

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I agree with you-interesting story, fine production values and good acting could not overcome the pain of listening to those annoying songs. I love musicals but not this one. Goes for Sweeney Todd as well-everything fine but the songs...

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When the songs tell the story as in this movie, there is perhaps not room to have really memorable and fancy lyrics. I thought that the famous fairy-tale character were all intertwined well to make an entertaining story.

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