Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

billrcooper I got up like a kite here and my bud and I discussed this 12 years old film. Boingo snuck us so hard. What an amazing twist. Really. Who saw that coming? Anyway I digress Everyone should see this beautiful example of early 2000s film making. My Mum took me to see it in cinema. Was great. Love you red. ;)

Python Hyena Hoodwinked (2005): Dir: Cory Edwards / Voices: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Warburton, Jim Belushi, Glenn Close, Cory Edwards: Absolutely hilarious computer animated satire about fairy tales. We have all heard this story at some point in our childhood but chances are that we never heard it told quite like this. Little Red Riding Hood cycles to Granny's house delivering goodies. Once there she is confronted with the big bad wolf and that is where the plot takes an unexpected turn from the traditional story. Red, Granny, the woodsman, and the wolf are all arrested and taken into custody where their versions of the story are revealed. What director Cory Edwards does is double standards all these characters that result in hilarious storytelling that sidelines repetition with surprise. Anne Hathaway voices Red who knows martial arts and is out to solve the case at hand. Patrick Warburton steals scenes as the wolf who claims to be an undercover journalist. Jim Belushi voices the woodsman who dreams of being a stage actor. Glenn Close voices Granny who is a secret daredevil. Their stories parallel but not without surprise. Cory Edwards provides the high sped voice of Twitchy the squirrel, the wolf's photographer sidekick. Colorful and extremely funny reworking of the classic fairy tale that completely overturns our expectations on the roles these characters traditionally played. Score: 9 / 10

Benjamin Cox Animated films have struggled to match Pixar's brilliance since "Toy Story" burst onto the scene way back in 1995. However, there have been signs of cracks appearing - "Cars 2" seems a bit of a misfire and "Brave" didn't set the box office alight either. With endless sequels to "Shrek" and "Ice Age" flooding the cinemas, there is an opening for others to try their hand. So here comes "Hoodwinked!" which attempts to offer viewers something a little different. The question is, is it any good? In truth, this feels like it has some great ideas and even some good giggles but it's undermined by some pretty ropey animation."Hoodwinked!" is a post-modern interpretation of the story of Red Riding Hood. Right at the point when the lumberjack (voiced by James Belushi) bursts through the window, the story freezes as the cops, led by grizzled Chief Grizzly (Xzibit), turn up and arrest everyone. But froggy detective Flippers (David Ogden Stiers) reckons that this is linked to the case of the Goody Bandit who is stealing the recipes of the various treats being cooked in the forest including Granny's (Glenn Close). Interviewing Granny, Red herself (Anne Hathaway) and not forgetting the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) along with Kirk the Woodsman, Flippers begins to paint the real picture behind the goings-on in Granny's house...One of the problems I have with DreamWorks films is that they often cast big-name stars who aren't necessarily the best for the role but thankfully, "Hoodwinked!" avoids such needless showbiz. The performances are actually pretty good - Warburton is brilliantly smooth as the Wolf and stands out with his partner in crime, the hyperactive squirrel Twitchy (Cory Edwards). The story is also a winner - cleverly written and providing a unique angle on a traditional fairy tale, although the mystery of the Goody Bandit isn't that much of a mystery, in all honesty. The problem with this picture is the animation which lacks a lot of the smoothness of Pixar's back catalogue. Take something like "WALL·E" which is so beautifully animated that a lot of the time, you forget you're watching a cartoon. By comparison, "Hoodwinked!" almost looks ugly but I suppose it holds its own against the likes of "Open Season", though that damns "Hoodwinked!" with faint praise.I am disappointed somewhat with "Hoodwinked!" which can't produce the look to match the decent story-writing and direction. There are things to recommend here - the voice acting is of a high standard and the humour works a lot better than the songs which, frankly, felt like filler. But the film can't sustain its momentum and the crude look of the thing means that you never fully buy into it the way you do with Pixar's output. I may sound like the Pixar snob I'm frequently accused of being but the truth is that they produce films of real quality, films that appeal to kids and adults alike, films that don't rely on talking animals fighting for acceptance from their peers, films that look sublime and entertain with almost effortless ease. "Hoodwinked!" is certainly different and well worth a look if you've a young family to entertain during a rainy Bank Holiday but all things considered, I'd rather stick with Woody, Buzz and the rest.

Jackson Booth-Millard I knew that this computer animated film was based on the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood, and I had seen the poster and DVD cover quite a few times, and even with its low rating I was willing to sit through it hoping for some fun. Basically everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the young girl in the red hood going to visit to her Granny and being surprised by the Big Bad Wolf, but this is the "true" story of what happened. Told from four perspectives, Red Puckett - Little Red Riding Hood (Anne Hathaway), Wolf W. Wolf - the Big Bad Wolf (Patrick Warburton), Kirk the Woodsman (James Belushi) and Granny (Glenn Close), they are questioned by detective Nicky Flippers (Beauty and the Beast's David Ogden Stiers) about everything that happened and led to the incident in the cottage in the forest. Red explains that she was delivering goods to Granny, but a threat from recipe stealing Goodie Bandit forced her to head a different direction, on her journey she met the Wolf who asked her suspicious questions, and when she arrived at the cottage the Wolf was there dressed in Granny's clothes, the real Granny was tied up in the closet, and the Woodsman burst in through the window. The Wolf explains he is an investigative reporter, he was searching for a lead to identify the Goodie Bandit, believing Red and Granny were culprits, hence questioning Red, but when she escaped him he travelled to the cottage and went undercover as Granny hoping to get the evidence he needed. Kirk the Woodsman reveals he is actually an aspiring actor, being a woodsman was for a part in a commercial, and after having his schnitzel truck robbed by the Goodie Bandit he went to woods to get into character, chopping trees, one falls and he runs in panic from it and avoiding it he smashed through the window of Granny's cottage. Finally Granny explains she is an extreme sports enthusiast, during a ski race she was attacked by the opposing team, they were actually hired by the Goodie Bandit, but Red is unsure whether or not to believe her story. But Nicky Flippers deduces a connection with all four of the stories, they all met the bunny rabbit Boingo (Andy Dick), and that he is the Goodie Bandit, but Boingo has already stolen the recipes of Granny, while the police go the wrong direction Red spots him and follows him to his secret hideout. Boingo plans to put an addictive substance into all recipes he has stolen, and destroy the forest to make way for new real estate to expand his business, but in the end the villain is caught, Kirk found success in a yodelling troupe, and Red, Wolf and Granny become part of Happily, the crime solving organisation. Also starring Anthony Anderson as Detective Bill Stork, Xzibit as Chief Grizzly, Chazz Palminteri as Woolworth, Cory Edwards (also directing) as Twitchy and Benjy Gaither as Japeth the Goat. The voice casting is alright, Hathaway as a karate loving girl, and proving her singing ability long before her Oscar win for Les Misérables, and Close as a feisty old lady, the Pulp Fiction editing is okay, but the songs are naff, the story is underdeveloped and silly, the characters are predictable, and the animation especially looks cheap, the youngest ages probably won't get any excitement from this either, it is a rather rubbish family computer animated comedy. Pretty poor!