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Hoodwinked [2006]


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Amazon.co.uk Reviews

Hoodwinked fuses the classic fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood with the crisscrossing storylines of film noir--pretty ambitious stuff for a computer-animated cartoon. The police cordon off Grandma's cottage and an amphibious version of William Powell named Nicky Flippers (voiced by David Ogden Stiers, M*A*S*H) begins interrogating the suspects: A Little Red in bell-bottoms (Anne Hathaway, Ella Enchanted), a Wolf turned investigative journalist (Patrick Warburton, The Woman Chaser), a snow-boarding Granny (Glenn Close, 101 Dalmatians), and a dimwitted would-be Woodsman (Jim Belushi, Curly Sue), each of whom have very different reasons for ending up in that cottage living room. The visual style of Hoodwinked mixes a clunky, video-game look with an homage to the stop-motion puppetry of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and other Rankin-Bass holiday specials. While sometimes awkward, there are also moments of surreal beauty, such as when a depressed Red wanders through a field of blue and red flowers--and moments of lunatic comedy, such as the Schnitzel song, which is irresistibly bizarre. The Shrek-style pop-culture references grow annoying, but the left-field goofiness of a yodeling goat points toward a far more distinct and delightful comic world. Also featuring the voices of Anthony Anderson (Kangaroo Jack), rapper Xzibit, and an especially witty turn by Andy Dick (NewsRadio) as a deceptively cute bunny rabbit. --Bret Fetzer


Great!
Review date: 2008-10-11 Rating: 10 out of 10

Bought this to watch with my daughter who was seven at the time of viewing. After the police have been called to the cottage of Little Red Riding Hood's Granny, they take a statement from each of the charactars involved in the uproar, leading to an altogether different story....and one worth watching! Very funny indeed!

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Novel traditions
Review date: 2008-07-16 Rating: 10 out of 10

Strangely, this animation gets better with a subsequent viewing. I was amused, but certainly not helpless on the first viewing, possibly being put-off by the NY-sassy accent of Red herself. However, the music throughout is easily the best of any animation I've seen. "Be prepared" (yodelling goat) is possibly the high point of the film. There's a very good mix of dry humour from Wolf ("What can I say, I was raised by wolves."), parody (GGG Granny) and slapstick (Squirrel on caffeine). Kids will love the action, adults will love the clever script and music. This film will offend no-one.

Don't Be Hoodwinked
Review date: 2008-02-14 Rating: 2 out of 10

I enjoyed the trailer to this film and went out and bought the DVD. The animation leaves a lot to be desired and the film is flat and lacks the punch and pace we have all come to expect from films such as Toy Story, Shrek, Monsters Inc, Flushed Away etc. The idea behind the story was a good one but you are left with the feeling that it could have been so much better and a real opportunity has been missed.

Watchable cartoon
Review date: 2008-01-06 Rating: 6 out of 10

Good cartoon for watching on a cold rainy day. Not as good as Shrek 1 & 2, but still very watchable.

excellent
Review date: 2007-09-30 Rating: 10 out of 10

It took a long time before I finally bought this dvd for my daughter. Mainly because I hadn't heard a lot about it.
However, after seeing it advertised on another dvd, my daughter (5) asked me if she could have it and so I bought it for her birthday.
I must say the entire family sat around to watch and no one was dissapointed. Even my dad who is 54 loved it!
The plot is clevely done and the characters are hilarious, especially Granny (aka triple G.)
In all, I would highly recommend this film to anyone. It is not as hiped as movies such as Shrek and Flushed Away, but it is equally as good.

Product Details/Specifications


Recording label: Momentum
Manufacturer: Momentum
EAN: 5060116720976
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-01-29
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 77 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005
Language: English (Original Language)

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