
Sorry...but the whole family switched off !!
5 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Hoodwinked is loosely based on the Classic story - Little Red Riding Hood, though for us, the original in its short simple rendition, is the better of the two. I got the impression that the producers of this tried to run with the classic story then quickly ran out of original ideas, or ways to expand upon the initial tale and hence we get a movie that simple drags!!
The premise of the movie sounds good - take an all star cast including Anne hathaway, Glenn Close and James Belushi, and a much loved tale...and tell the whole story, putting across everyone's arguments from Red Riding Hood, to Granny down to the Wolf...plus add a little mystery to the case...in this case a their who is stealing recipes from the townsfolk and disrupting their business which gives the movie more material to work with.
However, this still fails to work....scenes are repetitive, our toddler and older cousin quickly lost interest...the same toddler who will sit through more compex movies such as Harry Potter - was bored and ; and frankly I see why!! There is no real plot...or at least not enough to last the 80 minute run time. The characters are not appealing and fail to draw the viewer into the story and pfr us, we could not care less who was the villain...we just wanted this to end!
For me, this and Doogal tie as the most unappealing, unimaginative childrens movies of the year!! An 80 minute bore!
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