
Red Riding Hood
2011, Horror/Mystery and thriller, 1h 39m
209 Reviews 50,000+ RatingsWhat to know
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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. Read critic reviews
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Valerie
Father Solomon
Cesaire
Peter
Henry
Suzette
Critic Reviews for Red Riding Hood
All Critics (209) | Top Critics (65) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (188)
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We like a turkey, don't we, children? We like a big fat turkey we can dance around, crowingly, don't we? Haven't we had a lot of fun doing that over the years? But this is such a dismal runt of a turkey.
August 30, 2018 | Full Review… -
'Beware the wolf,' warn Red Riding Hood's posters and television ads. Be even warier of this movie.
June 28, 2013 | Full Review… -
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February 18, 2012 | Rating: D | Full Review… -
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...
July 18, 2011 -
What truly needs abolishing is the notion that the wretched Twilight saga is worth emulating.
June 24, 2011 | Rating: D | Full Review… -
Social and sexual tension is nil, thus making a perfect fit with the clawless drama.
April 22, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Red Riding Hood
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Jan 03, 2018Director Catherine Hardwicke attempts to Twilight the Grimm's classic fairytale in Red Riding Hood. The story follows a small village that calls in the aid of a famed werewolf hunter to help them fight a werewolf that's been attacking them; meanwhile a young woman plans to run off with her lover but has second thoughts when she begins to suspect that he may be the wolf. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, and Virginia Madsen, the film has a pretty solid cast, and Hardwicke does a good job at crafting a surrealistic visual style. However, the writing is rather poor; featuring all the usual genre tropes, one-dimensional characters, and a contrived love triangle. And the mystery of who is the wolf proves to be underwhelming. While Red Riding Hood presents an interesting new vision, it just doesn't work.Dann M Super Reviewer
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May 06, 2013A re-telling of the 'Red Riding Hood' story but incorporating werewolves so that the interest of the Twi-hard fans will hopefully go and see it. Unfortunately Neil Jordan accomplished this in much grander and impressive fashion in the 80's with 'Company of Wolves' and instead all we have here is silly cgi-wolf effects and a kind of Agatha Christie 'And Then There Were None' type story (which 'The Beast Must Die' did better in the 70's). Seyfried al least brings a nice sexiness to the title character and Oldman is back to his 'Dracula' ways in a role that is so over-acted it's almost pantomime. The less said about the young male leads the better but it's no surprise to find that one almost got the lead role in 'Twilight'. This could have had real legs if it hadn't been watered down for the teenage market. Bland.David S Super Reviewer
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Jun 22, 2012In "Red Riding Hood," Valerie(Amanda Seyfried) and her boyfriend Peter(Shiloh Fernandez) are planning to run away when they are rudely interrupted by the bell to inform their village that the werewolf is back and killed her sister. Even worse, is the news that Valerie has been promised to Henry(Max Irons) in marriage, prompting her mother(Virginia Madsen) to give her the standard 'one day you'll like your husband enough that you will not want to kill him in his sleep' speech. So while Valerie cries on her grandmother's(Julie Christie) shoulder, the menfolk go off to do manly things like killing a wolf. But like Brother Solomon(Gary Oldman) points out, that is not a werewolf they killed, but an ordinary wolf, so now they have PETA to worry about. Uh-oh. To be honest, "Red Riding Hood" is not really a bad movie. Nor is it really a good movie, either. Instead, it just sort of sits there, only having enough energy and imagination to add a werewolf and a whodunit to the classic fairytale, neither of which are that interesting or scary. There are signs that the movie wants to be timely and relevant, especially around gender issues and political paranoia, with a couple of scenes that take a shot at pushing the envelope, but that's about it. In fact, all of that just serves to highlight the movie's anachronisms while doing nothing for the lack of characterization. I have heard this movie compared to the "Twilight" movies(Catherine Hardwicke also directed the first one) which I wouldn't know anything about. If so, it does not look like I am missing anything.Walter M Super Reviewer
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Jun 12, 2012For everything Red Riding Hood lacked, the story was almost there. Nothing about the movie was really very good, save the sets. Amanda Seyfried is proving incapable of carrying a movie without a strong co-lead. Director Catherine Hardwicke achieved notoriety with Thirteen, but besides the surprise I got with Twilight, hasn't done much. If you're bored, there could be worse choices than Red Riding Hood, I guess. Not much, but there could be.Jason C Super Reviewer
Red Riding Hood Quotes
Wolf Voice: | I'll be coming back for you >:( |
Valerie: | You are gonna get what you deserve. |
Valerie: | OMG YOU TALK!!! |
Valerie: | OMG YOU CAN TALK!!! |
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