There are a lot of theories about the Little Red Riding hood story and what the story represents. Freudian analysis most often keys in on the oedipal myth and transfer of sexual attractiveness from one generation. Sometimes, though, fairy tale is just a fairy tale, and in the case of Hoodwinked, it’s a damn funny one.
Computer generated animation, Hoodwinked is done in a slightly softer style than the one popularized by Pixar, one more akin to Blue Sky Studio’s Bunny, and is built around the essence of the Little Red Riding Hood story. Red (voice by Anne Hathaway) delivers baked treats all over the forest for Granny (Glenn Close), often running into Boingo (Andy Dick). Meanwhile, the recipe bandit is forcing smaller treat shops out of business.
The case of the recipe bandit unravels, with a nod to Rashomon, via the patient questioning of Nicky Flippers (David Ogden Stiers) and and the not so patient questioning of Chief Grizzly (Xzibit) with “help” from The Three Little Pigs, a curious raccoon, and Bill Stork who all want to know just how the The Woodsman (Jim Belushi), the Wolf (Patrick Warburton), Twitchy (Cory Edwards, one of the co-writer/co-director brains behind the film), and Red ended up in a tangle on Granny’s living room floor.
Light enough for kids, and sharp enough for adults, Hoodwinked combines the best techniques of modern animation with humor. You may even get more out of it seeing it on DVD.
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