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| Director
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Cory Edwards
Todd Edwards
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| Starring
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Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close,
Patrick Warburton |
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| The plot of
Hoodwinked |
Set at the end of the story of Little Red Riding
Hood, police officers from the animal world investigate
a report of a disturbance at Grandma's house.
They discover two suspects, a weapon, numerous
criminal offenses, and a potential connection
to a case involving the elusive "Goody Bandit." |
Hoodwinked
Review
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Review by Justin
Chang:
Little Red Riding Hood
gets a cheeky CGI makeover in "Hoodwinked!,"
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
and postmodern 'tude from the "Shrek" franchise.
The Weinstein Co.'s first toon acquisition, which opens
today in Los Angeles for a one-week Oscar-qualifying
run, is a pint-sized production that could rack up modest
family biz when it goes wide Jan. 13, though investors
probably won't be marveling, "My, what big box
office you've got."Purporting to tell the "real
story" behind the classic children's tale, pic
opens by revisiting the climactic confrontation between
Little Red Riding Hood (voiced by Anne Hathaway) and
the not-so-well-disguised Wolf (Patrick Warburton) at
Granny's house. Chaos reigns when a trussed-up Granny
(Glenn Close) bursts out of the closet and the axe-wielding
Woodsman (Jim Belushi) suddenly comes crashing through
the window, after which the screen abruptly goes black.From
there, the tale splinters into a sort of "Rashomon"
by way of "Law & Order," with the four
principals narrating their stories in flashback as the
police, led by a giant mustachioed frog named Nicky
Flippers (a dapper David Ogden Stiers), try to piece
together what really happened..more..
Review By Matt Singer:
Finally, a Rashomon for the whole family. This cartoon
version of "Little Red Riding Hood" tells
and retells its story from a variety of perspectives,
all of them boring. Red (Anne Hathaway) is your standard
cartoon heroine: plucky, independent, missing at least
one parent. The Wolf (Patrick Warburton) is a private
detective on the trail of some recipes. And in case
you've ever wanted to hear Glenn Close say, "'Fo'
shizzle!" her Granny is an extreme-sports-loving,
hip-hopping old coot. To court fans of Shrek, the movie
is peppered with in jokes, pop culture references, and
plenty of pop songs—James Belushi's Woodsman character
sings a particularly bizarre one about schnitzel. Sluggishly
paced and stiffly animated, Hoodwinked pulls out all
the stops to keep its attention-deficient audience occupied,
but the snowboarding, skiing, hang-gliding, and kung
fu sequences will still be a lot more fun in the Hoodwinked
video game. If I was Disney, I'd sign that new contract
with Pixar real quick..More..
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