So you think you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Don?t be too sure. . . . One of your favorite fairy tales is turned upside-down and inside-out in what the L.A. Times called "high-energy, imaginative entertainme... more »nt." With irreverent storytelling, spunk and wit, Hoodwinked delivers a comedy caper for the young, the young at heart and everyone in between. When the police arrive at Granny?s cottage in the woods to answer a domestic disturbance call, it looks like just another open-and-shut case. But Red, Granny, the Big Bad Wolf and the Woodsman are not your usual suspects, as they have their own dark secrets, wily deceptions and conflicting accounts of the crime. Together, they must put aside their differences and find their own original twist on Happily Ever After in this "raucous, genre-busting, animated gem (Entertainment Weekly, The Must List)."« less
I ordered this dvd for my grandkids, they loved it...And while this is normally the type of movie I watch, I really enjoyed it...
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Tami K. from VENETIA, PA Reviewed on 5/21/2010...
Very cute story! My boys love this movie.
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Movie Reviews
SHREK meets the INCREDIBLEs meets FLETCH
Kevin J. Loria | New Orleans, LA USA | 01/15/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Was the Wolf framed? Is there more to Red-Riding Hood than her keen deductive ability and her hood? "HOODWINKED" asks these questions in a film more family friendly than SHREK. Sure, comparison to the SHREK films in unavoidable when twisting fairy tales. But Hoodwinked has it's own style, although it is a less slick style than Pixar or Dreamworks. Just with more quirky songs and more awkward charm.
HOODWINKED,is a FRACTURED FAIRY TALE in the spirit of Jon Scieszka's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. The movieopens like a traditional telling of Red-Riding Hood,with "Red" voiced by Anne Hathaway taking goodies to Granny, voiced by Glenn Close, she finds the wolf, a woodsman (Jim Belushi) leaps in with an ax.....then the police arrive. The best Of these retellings are by the Wolf, voiced by Patrick Warburton, and Granny. The Wolf reveals that he is an undercover reporter who not only dresses like Chevy Chase's Fletch, but he shares Fletch's disguise kit and soundtrack. Warburton plays the Wolf perfectly in every scene. Granny's retaling parodies "XXX" in her taste for extreme sports is revealed. Other notable voices and cameos by Andy Dick, David Ogden Stiers and Xzbit.
The film is loaded with great one-liners, pop references and gags that will appeal to all-ages.
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Surprisingly funny and refreshingly clever
R. C. Kopf | Seattle, WA United States | 02/09/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"not the usual tired fare that unfortunately makes up most children's movies (even disney these days)
this is a super clever rewrite of little red riding hood with all sorts of zany characters and twists on the original. it's funny, fast-paced and amazingly no violence, sex or profanity. Good job!"
Hoodwinked:go see it!
Raymond E. Willman | 04/12/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Hoodwinked was awesome. It was hilarious. And unlike shrek it didn't rely on crude suggestive humor to be funny. It was a good comedy, a good mystery, and a good family/kid movie. So GO SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hoodwinked is great
Raymond E. Willman | 03/29/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I went to see the movie 3 times. I loved it every time and now I see it is coming out finally on dvd in May. One of the best parts of the movie aside from the beautiful job the cast did, is the soundtrack to it. Critters Have Feelings is one of the best trailer songs in years. I hum it all the time. I agree that Twitchy is the star of the show, Red was absolutely divine and granny is extreme. Anne Hathaway is great."
If you like twisted fairy tales...
Nancy E. Merrill | Salt Lake City, Utah USA | 03/29/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"...you'll love Hoodwinked. If you are looking for sheer cinematic glory in the form of perfect CGI animation, look somewhere else. This movie was made on a shoe-string budget, but that doesn't take away from the great script and fantastic voice work of the cast. Red, Granny, the Wolf, and the Woodsman are questioned by the forest police in connection with the break-in at Granny's and a recent string of goody recipe thefts. Voice talent includes Anne Hathaway, Glenn Glose, Patrick Warbutron, and Jim Belushi. However, my favorite character was Twitchy, the Squirrel, voiced by one of the movie's creators, Cory Edwards."