Hoodwinked! (2005)

Directors:

Cory Edwards
Todd Edwards (co-director)

Writers:

Cory Edwards (screenplay) &
Todd Edwards (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Crime | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

Trouble In The Hood

Plot:

The candy recipes of the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many animals are out of business...

Plot Keywords:

Red Riding Hood | Axe | Wolf | Animal | Woodsman

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anne Hathaway	...	Red (voice)
Glenn Close	...	Granny (voice)
James Belushi	...	The Woodsman (voice) (as Jim Belushi)
Patrick Warburton	...	The Wolf (voice)
Anthony Anderson	...	Detective Bill Stork (voice)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Nicky Flippers (voice)
Xzibit	...	Chief Grizzly (voice)
Chazz Palminteri	...	Woolworth (voice)
Andy Dick	...	Boingo (voice)
Cory Edwards	...	Twitchy (voice)
Benjy Gaither	...	Japeth the Goat (voice)
Ken Marino	...	Raccoon Jerry (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Tommy (voice)
Preston Stutzman	...	Timmy (voice)
Tony Leech	...	Glen (voice)

Also Known As:

Hoodwinked (USA) (DVD box title)
Hoodwinked! The True Story of Red Riding Hood (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild action and thematic elements.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Czech Republic:U | France:U | Finland:K-7 | Australia:G | Netherlands:AL | UK:U | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Norway:7 | Sweden:7 | USA:PG (certificate #42224) | Canada:G (Ontario) | Germany:o.Al. | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivia:

One of the locations on the goat's map is Sam Hill, a common epithet, used especially when one is lost.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Wolf is tossing the dynamite out of the mine car, it is still in the tunnel. While the dynamite tossed on the open-air track detonates, the tunnel is still intact a moment later when Japeth and Red fly out. The tunnel should have been blasted shut.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Nicky Flippers: [narrating] Red Riding Hood, you probably know the story.
[girl screaming]
Nicky Flippers: But there's more to every tale than meets the eye. It's just like they always say, you can't judge a book by its cover. If you want to know the truth, you've gotta flip through the pages.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#35.16)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Schnitzel Song

A fun film--regardless of how it looks.

I'll confess something up front which seems to be place me in the minority--I didn't go to see this movie hoping for great animation, a break-through in story-telling, or the chance to see self-proclaimed "artists" waxing philosophic about their personal world views. I went to have fun and enjoy myself.

On that score, Hoodwinked fully delivers. A brief glance at any trailer will tell you the animation is not the greatest, and I know some people have taken that to mean the movie itself is not worth seeing. However, that assessment is just wrong. I walked into the theater not really knowing what to expect, and spent the next hour and however long basically laughing the entire time--sometimes so hard I had to make myself stop to catch my breath. It's a really funny movie, and when it comes down to it, isn't that the point of a movie like this?

Hoodwinked basically tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but as seen through the eyes of several different characters. Not an original plot, by any means, but once you get into the story the quirkiness and eccentricities of the characters wrap you up so much you don't care.

Bottom line: If you want to have fun and see a good movie, check out Hoodwinked. If you want cutting edge technicality that may or may not reflect on the actual quality of the story and writing, go look elsewhere.