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Seen on: 03/26/2011

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Red Riding Hood (2011)

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke

Fantasy

Most recently watched by sleestakk, noahphex, jenerator, sensoria, suspectk

Overview

Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie’s older sister is killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast—one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect…and bait

Rated PG-13 | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Gary Oldman | Lukas Haas | Julie Christie | Cole Heppell | Virginia Madsen | Billy Burke | Michael Shanks | Adrian Holmes | Don Thompson | Darren Shahlavi | Michael Adamthwaite | Amanda Seyfried | Shiloh Fernandez | Chris Webb | Dalila Bela | Lauro Chartrand | Michael Hogan | Brad Kelly | Dalias Blake | Christine Willes | Carmen Lavigne | Matt Ward | Megan Charpentier | Max Irons | Shauna Kain | Kacey Rohl | Paul Wu | Olivia Steele-Falconer | James Michalopolous | Sarah Elgart | Gavin Buhr | Jordan Becker | D.J. Greenburg | Bella King | Mark Jaxin | Jen Halley | Alexandria Maillot | Samuel A. Smith | Che Pritchard | Kaitlyn McCready | Michelle Christa Smith | Jana Berengel | Monika Spruch

Viewing Notes

The kids really wanted to see this, and I had a feeling it was going to be better than I was led to believe; still I didn’t have high expectations.

We attended an 10:30 a.m. matinee and had the entire theater to ourselves, with the exception of an old-timer who came in right as the movie started and sat in the front three rows. Apparently with matinees at the Randall Imax Theater, heat costs extra, because we froze our asses off.

Visually, Hardwicke is a competent filmmaker and does a good job on this, though I think the movie tries to combine too many bits from folk tales together to have a hope of producing a tight, compelling experience.

To be sure, there is some hokiness here, and plenty of stuff that seems could have been left out. Still, some of the nods to folk tales are clever (naming one of the main characters Peter, as in Peter and the Wolf, gave me a chuckle).

Since I recently watched Jennifer’s Body, I’ve been a bit infatuated with Amanda Seyfried, who’s the main protagonist here. She does a competent job; though I keep hoping that she’ll find some better roles and really shine at some point. I just feel she’s got more there than meets the eye (and there’s plenty to meet the eye, that’s for sure).

All-in-all, a lightly enjoyable movie.

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