Hoodwinked! (2005)

Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Woodsman, and Granny all tell the police the events that led up to their encounter.

Directors:

Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards (co-director)

Writers:

Cory Edwards (screenplay), Todd Edwards (screenplay)

Stars:

Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anne Hathaway	...	Red Puckett (voice)
Glenn Close	...	Granny (voice)
Jim Belushi	...	Kirk the Woodsman (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Wolf W. 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)

Storyline

The candy recipes of the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many animals are out of business. While the police are chasing the criminal, there is a mess at Granny's house involving Little Red Hiding Hood, The Wolf, The Woodsman and Granny, disturbing the peace in the forest. They are all arrested by the impatient Chief Grizzly. Detective Nicky Flipper is in charge of the investigation, and each accused gives his/her own version of the incident. Flipper uses the information to disclose the identity of the evil Goody Bandit.

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Plot Keywords:

red riding hood character | wolf character | wolf | red riding hood | axe | 

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Taglines:

Red Riding Hood, The Woodsman, Granny, The Wolf. Not Your Typical Crime. Not Your Usual Suspects.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family | Musical | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild action and thematic elements

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

13 January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hoodwinked

Box Office

Budget:

$17,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,879,402, 15 January 2006, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$51,386,611

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$110,013,167

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Weinstein Company, Kanbar Entertainment, Kanbar Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tony Shalhoub were considered for the role of Kirk the Woodsman.

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Goofs

Even though many differences in the four main characters' retelling of the story exist (object positions, lighting, and even dialogue), they aren't continuity errors, but the movie's actual representation of differences in their stories, just as real-life eyewitness accounts do indeed differ. Example 1: in Red's variant of her second run-in with the Wolf, we only see her spray him with "Wolf-Away" (a parody of many repellents) and then takes off, yet when the Wolf retells the same scene, she not only sprays him but she also beats him up. Example 2: Granny's equipment is slightly different in different scenes where Red saw her in the sky. Example 3: Japeth's whereabouts during the mineshaft chase vary between the stories.

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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.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the end credits, there's a draw of Granny, Red and the Wolf above the phrase "Please Consume Goodies Responsibly".

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Alternate Versions

For the Spanish version (in Spain), Leonor Watling did the voice of Red, Amparo Baró as Granny, Carlos Latre as Wolf and Anabel Alonso as Twitchy.

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Connections

Spoofs Rashomon (1950)

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Soundtracks

Eva Deanna
Written by Todd Edwards
Performed by Todd Edwards

User Reviews

Cheesy animation; top-notch writing highlight new 'toon

Despite low-budget animation, the newest feature by the Weinstein Company, "Hoodwinked," is saved by some silly animal and human characters, as well as great writing and hilarious jokes.

Basically, it's the story of Little Red Riding Hood as told from the vantage point of Red (voice of Ann Hathaway), the Big Bad Wolf (Patrick Warburton), Granny (Glenn Close) and a dimwitted, axe-wielding woodsman (Jim Belushi).

The four are arrested, accused of stealing goodie recipes and interrogated by a long-legged frog, Inspector Flippers (David Ogden Stiers). Each suspect tells a different story that somehow cleverly ties the whole event together. In other words, it's like a version of Kurosawa's "Rashomon" as produced by computer animators who could not get work at Pixar, Disney or Dreamworks.

Seeing the studio's press release, I noticed the poor computer work and thought this would be another "Valiant," but the crisp dialogue and truly funny situations made me laugh almost all the way through this film, which is director Cory Edwards' feature debut.

It's also a much more entertaining picture than "Chicken Little" or "Shark Tale" could ever hope to be. And while the puns are pretty much aimed at adults, the kids will enjoy the many animal characters, such as pigs as policemen (get it?!), a singing, hillbilly goat (Benjy Gaither), a squirrel on speed (director Edwards), a Huggy bear-type stool pigeon sheep (Chazz Palimeri) and a tricky little bunny, Boingo (Andy Dick).

This film runs 85 minutes and opens for wide release on Friday, Jan. 13.