Red Riding Hood (2011)

DIRECTOR: Catherine Hardwicke
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
STARRING: Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas, Gary Oldman
RATING: PG-13
GENRE: Fantasy, Romance, Thriller


GRADE: C-



Everyone knows the BASIC story of Red Riding Hood, but this is a complete twist (and by twist I mean, driving around the block to go next door, kind of twist). The story wasn't all that original, but it at least kept the audience slightly interested for the entire time.

Acting was... bad? It wasn't the worst I've ever seen, but let's just say you can tell the director of "Twilight" directed this movie as well! The actors had much less motivation, it seemed and some acted like they didn't even care.

Another HUGE complaint is the anachronisms! Shiloh Fernandez (Peter) had hair gel in his hair, and they made it VERY obvious, especially putting him next to those who looked like they just got out of bed. This is just one of MANY small mistakes that could have easily been avoided.


The movie's redeeming point was the slight surprise ending, but it wasn't good enough to rate it higher than a "C-". Besides, it's not like anybody's going to remember this film in 6 months, anyways.