Once Upon a Crime

2023

1h 47m

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Crime

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60%

Tomatometer

5 Reviews

52%

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50+ Ratings

Little Red Riding Hood hunts criminals who commit crimes in fairy tales, such as Cinderella and Hänsel and Gretel.

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Common Sense Media Editors

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Director Yûichi Fukuda does a wonderful job of not merely revising the fairy tales, but leading us to rethink the perspectives from which these characters can be seen.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 22, 2023

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John Serba

Decider

These people barely move a muscle as they explain and explain and explain and explain things in the most excruciatingly dull manner possible.

Sep 18, 2023

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Adrian Ruiz

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Once Upon a Crime successfully reinvigorates the timeless story of Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood by blending humor, campiness, and a murder mystery.

Rated: 8/10

Sep 15, 2023

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Lori C.

Ready Steady Cut

Despite being too long, Once Upon a Crime is quite an entertaining fairytale parody. There are several chuckle-worthy moments, especially with Red Riding Hood as a stand-in for the viewer asking all the right questions.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 14, 2023

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

Tedious, tin-eared Japanese take on The Brothers Grimm that finds almost nothing funny in (them), just a lot of cute Japanese actresses and actors flippantly making light of Western fairytale tropes and characters, only not light enough.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 14, 2023

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Chloé S

I really liked the movie, maybe it's because I love murder mystery so much or maybe it's because everyone looked SOOOOO good. I loved the voice acting and the humor!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/13/24

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Nicole

I did not like this movie... In some of the scenes, i felt like this movie tried so hard to be funny, but it was really cringy (such as the start of the movie... it was pathetic). The acting felt really forced and it was really bad... SPOILER ALERT- I did not like that Cinderella ended up being the culprit... I just feel like justice has not been served.. after all these years of suffering that she had to go through, the stepmother and the stepsisters have not been punished for their actions. It feels unfair. Overall the film gets 2 stars, the idea was nice, I think it had some potential, but i absolutely hated the end. (I apologise for my grammar, english is not my native language.)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Lloyd S

Very good movie and entertaining. A different view of the traditional fairy tales.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/09/23

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Ruby S

I really liked the movie and the twist at the end, I really recommend people to watch it and sure the comedy aspect of it isn't the best but it was still really good and interesting to watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/13/23

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Jean H

It was total shit! The actors have no emotion, no gestures, the story is completely absurd, the special effects are rubbish, especially with the creepy humanoid rat. Do not recommend.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/23

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M Syarif N

Really hate the plot where u put cinderella as a perperator

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/17/24

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Yûichi Fukuda

Director

Kanna Hashimoto

Little Red Riding Hood

Yuko Araki

Cinderella

Takanori Iwata

Prince

Aito Aoyagi

Screenwriter

Shinzô Matsuhashi

Producer

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Synopsis

Little Red Riding Hood hunts criminals who commit crimes in fairy tales, such as Cinderella and Hänsel and Gretel.

Director: Yûichi Fukuda
Producer: Shinzô Matsuhashi
Screenwriter: Aito Aoyagi
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Credeus, TV Asahi
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 14, 2023
Runtime: 1h 47m

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