Red Riding Hood

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Red Riding Hood

PG-13

Released Mar 11, 2011

1h 39m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

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Young Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) feels torn between two men. She loves Peter, but her parents intend that she marry wealthy Henry. Valerie and Peter are going to run away together, but her sister is killed by a werewolf before they can put their plan into action. The villagers call on the help of Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), a famous monster hunter who warns that the beast takes human form by day. Then Valerie suspects that the werewolf is someone she loves.

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Critics Consensus

Amanda Seyfried is magnetic in Red Riding Hood's starring role, but she's let down by her uninspired leading men and a painfully cliched script.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

Catherine Hardwicke moves from a modern romance (Twilight) to a Grimm classic with this daft retelling of the girl-in-the-crimson-cloak legend.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 9, 2023

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

We like a turkey, don't we, children? We like a big fat turkey we can dance around, crowingly, don't we? Haven't we had a lot of fun doing that over the years? But this is such a dismal runt of a turkey.

Aug 30, 2018

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Scott Foundas

Film Comment Magazine

'Beware the wolf,' warn Red Riding Hood's posters and television ads. Be even warier of this movie.

Jun 28, 2013

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The production looks and plays like an expensive made-for-TV movie. Unless you’re a proud “Twihard” eager to find material that suits such popularized tastes, chances are you’ll find the experience a crushing bore.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 31, 2023

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Martín Rodríguez

En Filme

... It is the most toned-down adaptation, so much so that it is even, at times, boring. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2/5

Feb 1, 2023

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Red Riding Hood is an entertaining take on Little Red Riding Hood that takes the fairytale, ... , and puts it all in beautiful settings, shoots it all with great cinematography, and has a few really good performances at the center of it all.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 7, 2022

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Rob A

An in-her-prime Amanda Seyfried finds herself at the center of a love triangle in this updated version of The Wolfman. Campy throughout (Gary Oldman here is akin to Jon Voight in Anaconda) yet visually dazzling, this is a popcorn movie and I've watched it twice. Have you ever liked a "bad" movie (like Anaconda, Lake Placid or Rocky 4?) I have - and this is one of those. I suspect more people enjoyed it than are willing to admit.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

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Brad S. R

One of the most preposterous, unbelievably bad films—to say nothing of horror films—ever made. Redeeming quality can usually be found in most bad films, but there is not one thing I can recommend in this ghastly re-imagining of the old fairy tale.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/04/25

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Alec B

A visually stylish but ultimately hollow reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood struggles to find its footing between gothic romance and supernatural thriller. Amanda Seyfried delivers a solid performance as Valerie, a young woman caught in a love triangle while her medieval village is terrorized by a werewolf. Despite its intriguing premise, the film is bogged down by a convoluted plot, awkward dialogue, and an inconsistent tone that fails to build genuine suspense.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Mia P

a bad mix between a hallmark movie and a high school production of red riding hood. it seems there was money for sets, props and good actors only. The movie’s rhythm is given by the script and not by the film production itself. Good soundtrack though!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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mor c

Se que es muy crepusculo pero igual es digerible

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/24

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Jason W

I've never seen Twilight, but I'd imagine this is very close. The beginning is more like a love drama. It does gain traction with a "whodunit" story, which makes trying to figure out who the wolf is something to keep your attention. Amanda Seyfried is great and Gary Oldman is excellent. It was nice seeing Virginia Madsen from Candyman too, but it mostly ends there. The whole ending sequence from the love scene on, was absolutely lame. I feel if it had a more gritty tone, less Twilight/Disney production, it could have more potential.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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Synopsis

Young Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) feels torn between two men. She loves Peter, but her parents intend that she marry wealthy Henry. Valerie and Peter are going to run away together, but her sister is killed by a werewolf before they can put their plan into action. The villagers call on the help of Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), a famous monster hunter who warns that the beast takes human form by day. Then Valerie suspects that the werewolf is someone she loves.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Producer: Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Leonardo DiCaprio, Julie Yorn
Screenwriter: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Appian Way
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sensuality|Creature Terror|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.7M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Datasat, DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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