A low budget, independent (the first to be big box-office-wise), digitally animated re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood which claims...
A low budget, independent (the first to be big box-office-wise), digitally animated re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood which claims to show the "real story" behind the children's classic.
A domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage brings some feathered cops investigating what looks at first to be an open-and-shut case of a woodsman assaulting a wolf impersonating a granny. But as detective Nicky Flippers (Stiers) and Police Chief Grizzly (Xzibit) dig deeper they find all is not as it seems: the seemingly innocent Red girl (Hathaway) is worldly wise; the Wolf has been terribly misunderstood; Granny has a secret life no one could have imagined; and the insecure Woodsman has some surprising ambitions of his own.
A domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage brings some feathered cops investigating what looks at first to be an open-and-shut case of a woodsman assaulting a wolf impersonating a granny. But as detective Nicky Flippers (Stiers) and Police Chief Grizzly (Xzibit) dig deeper they find all is not as it seems: the seemingly innocent Red girl (Hathaway) is worldly wise; the Wolf has been terribly misunderstood; Granny has a secret life no one could have imagined; and the insecure Woodsman has some surprising ambitions of his own.
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46 %124 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
56 %427,509 reviewsAudience score rating
7+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"A fast-paced, fitfully clever 3-D-animated feature that will entertain tykes but provide scant novelty for auds who've had their fill of revisionist fairy tale gags..."
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Variety
Variety"On the whole, the gags - which perhaps work better for adults than the kids - are only sporadically entertaining, with signs of desperation kicking in when at least one Matrix nod is thrown in to augment the comedy..."
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Sunday Star-Times
Sunday Star-Times"The animation style seems a bit dated, and the so-so musical numbers feel tacked on..."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Although Hoodwinked is not as flash as Shrek, it's certainly a lot more witty and entertaining that other fairytale-based animations such as Chicken Little..."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"A high-energy, imaginative entertainment aimed at younger audiences. Hoodwinked hasn't much time for soul or sentiment, but it is certainly amusingly smart and sassy..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The most radical feature is that it's a ride without heroes, unless you count the filmmakers, who could end up doing for independent animation what Soderbergh and Tarantino did for indie film..."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment WeeklyHoodwinked | Details
- Runtime
- 80
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- USA
