At least the werewolves in Red Riding Hood have teeth and, when in human form, they don't parade around shirtless.
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Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
There is a sort of unintentional campy fun to be had in places. Just don't go in expecting much, in other words, and perhaps you'll live happily ever after.
As it thuds along from one wolf attack to the next, Catherine Hardwicke's first film since taking leave of Bella and her toothy friends adamantly refuses to provide any wit, humor or fun.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
RRH veers between monotonous, soapy seriousness and camp.
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Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Like an idiot, I came to this movie hoping that director Catherine Hardwicke-who made her debut with the bad-girl shocker "Thirteen" (2003)-might engage in a feminist interrogation of the old fairy tale, just as French filmmaker Catherine Breillat has with "Blue Beard" (2009) and "The Sleeping Beauty" (2010). Instead this is a muddle-headed horror flick.
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Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
A timid new take on the old fairy tale, and it's pretty grim.
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Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
According to legend, a silver bullet can kill a werewolf. Too bad it can't slay bad writing, without which the ill-conceived Red Riding Hood would not exist.