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Little Red Riding Hood
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A fun-filled animated adventure with good morals and characters!
Review date: 2007-09-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
Little Red Riding Hood, produced by Jetlag Productions in 1995 is one of the few animated versions of this classic story that I've ever seen, in fact, the only other one I have seen was a Nippon Animation production, which was very cute, but I don't remember it too well. This will probably not be regarded as any sort of masterpiece of animation or a film with production values that will appeal to older audiences, but for me, the film was enjoyable from beginning to end. It is without a doubt one of the finest animated releases to come out of the Jetlag Productions studio, as opposed to rather disappointing outputs such as Jungle Book (1996). The character design here is really well done, and differs from what I'm accustomed to seeing from the studio. The faces are appealing and the leading protagonist is well drawn and nicely animated, too.
Little Red Riding Hood was inspired by Charles Perrault's version of the classic fairy tale. It tells the story of a little girl who is known as "Little Red Riding Hood" for she is often wearing a red hood made for her by her beloved grandmother. One day, her grandmother is ill and Little Red Riding Hood's mother asks her to take a large basket full of eating goods to the old woman. She warns her daughter to walk straight to her grandmother's house without stopping to play with her friends or without speaking to strangers. Little Red Riding Hood tells her mother not to worry and soon is on her way. On the long path to her grandmother's house, Little Red Riding Hood finds several animals in need of some sort of help and she gladly stops by to help them, but she also encounters a number of strange people she had never seen before who seem to be very curious about where she's headed to and who she's going to visit. Little Red Riding Hood has no idea that those people are in fact the mean wolf who's lurking around in the woods, very hungry for a little girl and her grandmother to have for lunch. Like in the classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood forgets her mother's advise and risks getting herself and her grandmother eaten by the wolf. It'll take a bit of cleverness and the help of her new animal friends to save them both.
This little film was definitely a very sweet Jetlag Productions film, in fact, it is one of the few that can stand up along Diane Eskenazi's 1992 series of Golden Films animated classics. There were very little disappointments here, I can hardly think of any at all. The animation quality, which is usually a given let down due to being inferior, is actually pretty well carried out here, the characters move swiftly and gracefully through the scenes and the backgrounds are lovely and colorful; there's a good variety of colors, flowery landscapes and well drawn characters. This is definitely an improvement over many of the direct-to-video sequels to come out of the famous Walt Disney studio. The songs are neither grand nor disappointing, they may not be among the finest Jetlag songs, but they are sweet and catchy. The opening and closing song, "Made with Love" is a very sweet song describing the relationship between Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother, while "Whistle and I'll Be There" is sweet, soft and pleasant to listen to; the last of the songs, "We're a Team" is a catchy tune expressing the effectiveness of teamwork and of helping out when you can. That brings me to another highlight from this animated tale: the good messages. It is filled, from beginning to end, with good, positive messages about helping others and lending a hand, as well as of being cautious of strangers, at the same time, showing that making strangers your friends can have good rewards, since it is implied that Little Red Riding Hood and her new animal friends were strangers prior to this cute little adventure. I can definitely not think of anything disappointing about this production, I cannot judge the voices for I saw the film with a Castilian dub. To wrap us up, this is definitely a good animated adventure that kids and parents can enjoy together, it is nicely done and teaches good morals. Highly recommended!
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Nathan Aswell
Kathleen Barr
Tony Ail
Lillian Carlson
Chera Bailey
Creators:
Tony Ail (Primary Contributor)
Nathan Aswell (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Abbey Home Media
Manufacturer: Abbey Home Media
EAN: 5012106930261
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Animated, PAL,
Release date: 2003-09-15
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 46 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)