Hoodwinked
—1. Overview
—2. Cast and Crew
—3. Photo Pages
—4. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—5. Posters (Anne Hathaway)
—6. Production Notes (pdf)
—7. Spiritual Connections
—8. Presentation Downloads
What if there was a rush to judgment in the story of Little Red Riding Hood? Did the Wolf get a bum rap? And would some crack-shot criminal investigators have discovered the true culprit in the classic fairy tale?
That’s the premise behind Hoodwinked, a low-budget but highly entertaining animated combination of the fairy tale and police investigation genres.
This tale begins at the penultimate point of the classic fairy tale. Red (Anne Hathaway) is confronting the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) in Grandma’s clothing.
“What big ears you have.�
“The better to hear your complaints with.�
As the Wolf chases Red around the house, Grandma (Glenn Close) pops out of the closet all tied up, followed by the Woodsman (Jim Belushi) crashing through the window.
Then the forest animal cops arrive at the scene, and bring in detective Nicky Flippers (David Ogden Stiers) to sort out the differing stories.
One by one, we are treated to each of the four principals’ engaging stories of what really happened that day as the police try to sort them out and discover the Goody Bandit whose been stealing recipes from all the forest creatures and wreaking havoc on the forest economy. In the process, we discover Red has a martial-arts background, the Wolf is an investigative reporter, the Woodsman is an out-of-work actor trying to get in touch with his inner woodsman for a commercial and Granny is an extreme sports champion.
With a similar feel to Shrek and the classic “Fractured Fairy Tales� that accompanied “Rocky and Bullwinkle� shorts, Hoodwinked appeals to both children and their parents. We meet a colorful array of characters: Twitchy, a hyperactive squirrel who is a photojournalist and the Wolf’s companion; Japeth, a mountain goat with horns for every occasion and who sings (or yodels) all his dialogue; and Boingo, a bunny with the knack of showing up at all the right moments.
While animation by the independent Kanbar Animation Studios doesn’t rival the standards of most CGI animated films today, the script certainly stands above Chicken Little, Robots and most of the higher profile animated features of the past year.
The 81-minute PG film, one of the first releases of the new Weinstein Co. founded by former Miramax co-owners Harvey and Bob Weinstein, shows viewers that things aren’t always as they first appear. “Before you judge a book by its cover, you have to flip through its pages,� the film’s narrator says.
You won’t flip over Hoodwinked. Adults will solve the crime in the first few minutes. But there’s more than enough laughs to keep you entertained, and you won’t feel hoodwinked either.
— Overview
—2. Cast and Crew
—3. Photo Pages
—4. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—5. Posters (Anne Hathaway)
—6. Production Notes (pdf)
—7. Spiritual Connections
—8. Presentation Downloads
What if there was a rush to judgment in the story of Little Red Riding Hood? Did the Wolf get a bum rap? And would some crack-shot criminal investigators have discovered the true culprit in the classic fairy tale?That’s the premise behind Hoodwinked, a low-budget but highly entertaining animated combination of the fairy tale and police investigation genres.
This tale begins at the penultimate point of the classic fairy tale. Red (Anne Hathaway) is confronting the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) in Grandma’s clothing.
“What big ears you have.�
“The better to hear your complaints with.�
As the Wolf chases Red around the house, Grandma (Glenn Close) pops out of the closet all tied up, followed by the Woodsman (Jim Belushi) crashing through the window.Then the forest animal cops arrive at the scene, and bring in detective Nicky Flippers (David Ogden Stiers) to sort out the differing stories.
One by one, we are treated to each of the four principals’ engaging stories of what really happened that day as the police try to sort them out and discover the Goody Bandit whose been stealing recipes from all the forest creatures and wreaking havoc on the forest economy. In the process, we discover Red has a martial-arts background, the Wolf is an investigative reporter, the Woodsman is an out-of-work actor trying to get in touch with his inner woodsman for a commercial and Granny is an extreme sports champion.
With a similar feel to Shrek and the classic “Fractured Fairy Tales� that accompanied “Rocky and Bullwinkle� shorts, Hoodwinked appeals to both children and their parents. We meet a colorful array of characters: Twitchy, a hyperactive squirrel who is a photojournalist and the Wolf’s companion; Japeth, a mountain goat with horns for every occasion and who sings (or yodels) all his dialogue; and Boingo, a bunny with the knack of showing up at all the right moments.
While animation by the independent Kanbar Animation Studios doesn’t rival the standards of most CGI animated films today, the script certainly stands above Chicken Little, Robots and most of the higher profile animated features of the past year.The 81-minute PG film, one of the first releases of the new Weinstein Co. founded by former Miramax co-owners Harvey and Bob Weinstein, shows viewers that things aren’t always as they first appear. “Before you judge a book by its cover, you have to flip through its pages,� the film’s narrator says.
You won’t flip over Hoodwinked. Adults will solve the crime in the first few minutes. But there’s more than enough laughs to keep you entertained, and you won’t feel hoodwinked either.
— Overview
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