Red Riding Hood

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Red Riding Hood

PG-13

2011

1h 39m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

Romance

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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

08/09/2023

2/5

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

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/30/2018

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.

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Scott Foundas

Film Comment Magazine

06/28/2013

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

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jan 11

2/4

While the teen angst that Hardwicke brought to the original Twilight was appropriate, here it creates a modernity that’s at odds with the rest of the film.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

07/31/2023

1/4

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.

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Martín Rodríguez

En Filme

02/01/2023

2/5

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

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Sarah B

@RT12054455 Jun 10

Oh this movie is bad. The set looks like it was built on the tiniest stage, and made of cardboard. The dialogue is awful, the whole thing is completely silly. Gary Oldham must be so embarrassed that he was ever in this movie. That’s what I was thinking and I wanted to see what other people had said so I came here and saw that it has an approval rating of 10% so we are all in agreement.

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 May 8

Red Riding Hood (2011) It could have been a huge success in the fantasy genre with dark romance, but it didn't work out. The script is terrible, there are several very weak and awful performances, the only thing that's relevant in this movie is the nostalgia that some people get from it.

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cra M

@Magness May 5

loved this movie so much. i love how the wolves look, the little twist, the music and vibe. even the slight very slight love triangle. this movie was stunning and anyone who compares it to "twlight" is honestly just upset cause the only thing similar in twilight is there is a WOLF

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Michael S.

@mstrocko Nov 10

Woefully misguided attempt to turn this tale into a Twilight knockoff. Gary Oldman hams it up nicely; the rest is almost unwatchable.

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Michael T

@RT25924973 Nov 5

I saw this film when it first came out enjoyed it so much I have to rewatch again every 3-4years, always around Halloween. The movie title are just words. Dont expect the childhood story here. Instead you'll be treated to a good werewolf movie.

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Lilli K

@RT63133136 Oct 17

I liked the ending but it's lowkey cliche

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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, Romance
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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