By Ryan Parsons | Image property of The Weinstein Co
Hoodwinked!
Here is the second movie review we have run across for the upcoming Weinstein Company animation Hoodwinked! and this one is also positive.
Hoodwinked! Movie Review
The LA Times was recently able to view the animation Hoodwinked!, a film that does a giant parody of Little Red Riding Hood and other classic fairy tales, and reports that the animation is definitely worth checking out.
"Hoodwinked" is an irreverent, hard-edged retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" — a high-energy, imaginative entertainment aimed at younger audiences. Replete with the violence typical of vintage cartoons, it opens in time-honored fashion with Little Red Riding Hood, known as Red (voice of Anne Hathaway), arriving at her grandmother's quaint cottage in the forest only to find the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) disguised as Granny (Glenn Close), who is tied up in a closet. A ruckus ensues, and an array of cops, led by Chief Grizzly (Xzibit) descends upon the cottage, ready to arrest the Woodsman (Jim Belushi) for assaulting the Wolf, even if he is impersonating Granny.
The only thing that has me doubtful of Hoodwinked! is the low-budget (looking) graphics and special effects. Sure, the graphics do look OK, but with animations such as Shrek 2 and the upcoming film Over the Hedge setting a new standard on computer generated images, we would have thought Hoodwinked! could have looked a bit better. However, maybe we will be proven wrong when we finally see the film.
Hoodwinked! will have a wide release on January 13th.
For the trailers, movie stills, more reviews, movie posters and more movie info, go to the Hoodwinked!
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