Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)

Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.

Director:

Mike Disa

Writers:

Mike Disa, Cory Edwards,

Stars:

Glenn Close, Hayden Panettiere, Cheech Marin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Glenn Close	...	Granny Puckett (voice)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Red Riding Hood (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Mad Hog (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Joan Cusack	...	Verushka the Witch (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Hansel (voice)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Nicky Flippers (voice)
Amy Poehler	...	Gretel (voice)
Cory Edwards	...	Twitchy (voice)
Martin Short	...	Kirk the Woodsman (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	The Giant (voice)
Andy Dick	...	Boingo the Bunny (voice)
David Alan Grier	...	Moss the Troll (voice)
Tommy Chong	...	Stone (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Wood / Ernesto (voice)

Storyline

Hood vs. Evil will find a teen such as Red Riding Hood who will be training in a distant land with a mysterious, covert group called the Sister Hoods. When Red and the Wolf get called upon by Nick Flippers the head of the Happily Ever After Agency over to investigate the disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.

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Plot Keywords:

wolf | red riding hood | witch | computer animation | punctuation in title | 

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Taglines:

Not All Fairy Tales Go By the Book.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild rude humor, language and action

Details

Official Sites:

The Weinstein Company [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Capuchinho Vermelho - A Nova Aventura

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,108,630 (USA) (29 April 2011)

Gross:

$10,134,754 (USA) (15 July 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Weinstein Company, The, Kanbar Entertainment, HW Two

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Big City contains elements of New York, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.

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Goofs

When Kirk says, "We need to hurry! We have a 10 o' clock late show!", in the next few scenes, you can see the sun coming up.

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Quotes

Granny Puckett: A person can never really fail unless they give up.

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Crazy Credits

Stills and storyboards are shown throughout the credits while we hear Wolf and Twitchy arguing about which disc to play next.

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Connections

References Dazed and Confused (1993)

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Soundtracks

"I Can Do It Alone"
Performed by Hayden Panettiere

User Reviews

Hoodwinked deviating from its last idea

Think back to 2005 when the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood was rewritten in a cute format, full of mediocre comedy, ridiculous antics, lots of loud screaming, an X-Files approach to getting the answers and a demented bunny that tied everything together. Yes it was none other than the first Hoodwinked. Today I watched the sequel to this cute spin of Red Riding Hood and I'm here to report that it has deviated from this formula.

Hoodwinked Too begins with a quick, exciting chase scene involving a witch, two fat kids, a wolf, a coffee induced squirrel, and a couple of background animals. Granny is still the master daredevil and shows us the amazing moves shes famous for from the first one, except this time its on a hog. However after this brief, thrilling, funny scene, the movie takes a quick turn to Red and her secret training ground. Here we learn about her attitude problem and how she has to work with a team instead of being alone. Once these scenes are done, the movie essentially is laid out for you to predict. You clearly can guess who the bad guys are, you can guess what is going to happen to the accomplices, and you pretty much can guess everything that is going to happen in this movie. As a result, this movie really has no twists to it.

So is this movie worth watching? Well in my opinion it depends on what you want to see. One great thing about this movie is that Twitchy the squirrel has a lot of screen action and has a lot of hyperactive, funny movements and skills that will make kids laugh their heads off, and maybe some adults as well. The squeaky voice may get on some parents nerves, but I assure you that kids will love this funny colorful character. A second thing that parents might enjoy a little more, or adults who like CGI movies is the constant references to James Bond and the catchy one liners that this movie can throw at you. The wolf in particular has a couple of shrek like lines that adults will get more than kids, but it still doesn't match the brilliance that the green ogre has shown. A third thing I will say is good about this movie is that its not slow at all. The movie keeps a brisk pace and allows anybody with a short attention span to be centered on the movie and not drifting to sleep, which I find as a big positive. Also the woodsmen yodelers were pretty good as well, but their role in the movie was too short for me and should have been expanded.

If you're a fan of Granny however, then you may not enjoy this movie as much as the master spy plays a very low key role in this movie. Aside from that beginning scene I mentioned, Granny has a few quick flips, tricks, and kicks that are diluted from her classic role. Some of the comedy in this movie is also very slap sticky and beat you over the head, especially gags about disguises and what not, which does get a little old. The story is weak as well, and really did not impress me as much as the first one did. Although the first story was not a masterpiece, it still was a creative look on the red riding hood story. This one deviated a little too much for my taste and should have tried to get another story going, without putting in so much secret agent warfare.

Okay recommended audience for this movie, definitely viewers who have kids that like squeaky, hyperactive characters, this movie has a lot of them. Fans of the fairy tale parodies may appreciate this film as well, though may not be as impressed by this film as others. Overall for this kind of movie I'll say a 6.5 maybe 7 at the most for a good try at a fun kids film. However, it just doesn't reach out to a large audience like Pixar and Disney do in their work. Until next time, this is rgkarim signing out. Please email me if you have any ideas to improve my writing at [e-mail]