Red Riding Hood (2011)
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 189
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 169
Amanda Seyfried is magnetic in Red Riding Hood's starring role, but she's let down by her uninspired leading men and a painfully cliched script.
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 35
Amanda Seyfried is magnetic in Red Riding Hood's starring role, but she's let down by her uninspired leading men and a painfully cliched script.
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Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the
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Cast
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Amanda Seyfried
Valerie -
Gary Oldman
Solomon -
Billy Burke
Cesaire -
Shiloh Fernandez
Peter -
Max Irons
Henry -
Virginia Madsen
Suzette -
Lukas Haas
Father Auguste -
Julie Christie
Grandmother -
Shauna Kain
Roxanne -
Michael Hogan
The Reeve -
Adrian Holmes
Captain -
Cole Heppell
Claude -
Christine Willes
Madame Lazar -
Michael Shanks
Adrien Lazar -
Kacey Rohl
Prudence -
Carmen Lavigne
Rose -
Don Thompson
Tavern Owner -
Matt Ward
Captain's Brother -
Megan Charpentier
Young Valerie -
D.J. Greenburg
Young Peter -
Jennifer V. Halley
Marguerite -
Alexandria Maillot
Lucie -
Archie Rice
Wolf Voice -
Bella King
Solomon's Daughter -
Olivia Steele-Falconer
Solomon's Daughter -
Alexander Pesusich
Man in Wolf Costume -
Jordan Becker
Woodcutter -
James Michalopoulos
Solomon's Soldier -
Darren Shahlavi
Solomon's Soldier -
Dalias Blake
Solomon's Soldier -
Michael D. Adamthwaite
Solomon's Soldier -
Lauro Chartrand
Solomon's Soldier -
Brad Kelly
Solomon's Soldier -
Paul Wu
Solomon's Soldier -
Gavin Buhr
Solomon's Soldier -
Samuel Smith
Solomon's Soldier -
Che Pritchard
Dancer -
Kaitlyn McCready
Dancer -
Michelle Smith
Dancer -
Sarah Elgart
Dancer -
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All Critics (189) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (171) | DVD (10)
Yes, there's enough connection with the source's underlying issues of repression and desire to give this reason to exist, but, boy, does Hardwicke labour in getting from fairy tale to would-be psycho-thriller.
Top CriticMore "Twilight" than Grimm, and a terrible mess.
Hardwicke directed Twilight, you'll recall, and would apparently like to continue directing it, over and over again.
Catherine Hardwicke is Anne Rice with a camera.
Just when you think you've finished with one of these annoying franchises, another one pops up to plague you.
If you're a Twilight fan, you may feel as though you've already seen this. And if you're not, well, why would you be interested in something like this at all?
The CGI wolf would have been rubbish a decade ago, the clearly indoor village set looks like it once featured in an old episode of Star Trek and the central love story is lacking in bite.
For all the heaving bosoms, the big-eyed flirtation and the cool Medieval fairytale hair products, it doesn't work.
With this film and the first "Twilight," Hardwicke has shown that she doesn't have much talent for direction and that she isn't that good a judge of material if this is the kind of film she keeps choosing.
Catherine Hardwicke, what the Hell happened?
it perfectly sums up the muddled feeling of a gothic horror romance that never feels all that romantic nor particularly scary.
Sexualising a beloved children's fairy tale seems an odd move, but when flanked by an unoriginal story and lacklustre performances, that appears to be the least of the film's problems.
"Oh my God, you can talk," Valerie exclaims at one point when confronted by the wolf (he can't). Oh my God, I've wasted almost two hours of my life in this theatre.
Have you had questions about the motivations of the wolf, or suspicions about Grandma? Have you pondered the sexual connotations of this age-old fairy tale? Me neither. Just the same, someone has made a movie about...
Like Twilight, makes the shallow desire to run away with a boy the heroine's main concern.
Bloodless on every level.
What truly needs abolishing is the notion that the wretched Twilight saga is worth emulating.
...a sappy love story involving a young woman, two boyfriends, and a werewolf. (Blu-ray Combo Edition)
This one's a retake on 'Twilight.' I'd hang out in a different hood if I had the chance.
... this gorgeously-mounted production fails to rouse the primitive ferocity of the primal beauty and the beast tale.
Mildly diverting if you're curious, but don't expect to be blown away.
Mixes the melodrama of Twilight with the hokey horror of The Village but falls short of being 'so bad its good.' It's just not good.
Audience Reviews for Red Riding Hood
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- Wolf Voice: I'll be coming back for you >:(
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- Valerie: You are gonna get what you deserve.
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- Valerie: OMG YOU CAN TALK!!!
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