Review of Red Riding Hood (2011) by David S — 05 May 2013
A 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.
This review of Red Riding Hood (2011) was written by David S on 05 May 2013.
Red Riding Hood has generally received mixed reviews.
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