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

Boingo the Bunny: Why are you reading that book? Nobody reads books anymore! Movies are always better, especially sequels.

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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 Scarface (1983)

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Soundtracks

"I Can Do It Alone"
Performed by Hayden Panettiere

User Reviews

Bland and uninspired

I have to admit that I enjoyed the first Hoodwinked, while it was not perfect, I loved the fun story, the voice cast, the clever dialogue and catchy soundtrack. Although I hadn't heard many good things about Hoodwinked Too! I naturally wanted to see if it was at least watchable. Watching it online, while I was not expecting it to be better than or as good as the original, I was in all honesty expecting much better than this.

The only real reason why I don't rate it any lower is the voice cast, the standouts being David Ogden Stiers, Joan Cusack and Patrick Warburton, even if the latter's material isn't anywhere near as as funny or clever here he still does a credible job with the delivery. Hayden Panettiere also does a spirited job as Red, and Glenn Close while like Warburton not having standout material does what she can.

On the other hand, I just wasn't engaged with it at all. The story is a big reason why. I loved the idea, and it started off great, but it very quickly became very predictable, part of me felt that some of the plot seemed over-stretched sometimes and the film generally lacked the first film's snappy pacing. Another problem is the script, I missed the clever wit and the sly references here. Everything seemed rather obvious and tired.

Hoodwinked Too! also suffers from the characters not having any likability or charm. Almost all of them are underused and very bland. Although Ogden Stiers does do all he can, his character is rather thankless. In fact for me, only Big Bad Wolf and Cusack's Witch sparked any interest. What there is of the soundtrack is very forgettable, nothing's there to make it catchy.

And I didn't like the animation here. I have heard much from those who didn't like the first film's animation, I personally liked the colours and backgrounds there, but some of the character designs in that film took some getting used to. The animation here though is in my opinion pretty messy. The backgrounds are tolerable if nothing special, but the colouring is dull and the character designs blocky.

In conclusion, a bland and uninspired sequel to a surprisingly enjoyable film. 3/10 Bethany Cox