Red Riding Hood (2011)
Based on the classic
folk tale this film from director Catherine Hardwicke stars Amanda
Seyfried, Gary Oldman and Virginia Madsen. A village in the woods is
terrorised by a werewolf while a young woodcutter's daughter desires
a different life.
There is actually a
lot of depth and potential in the original story but unfortunately
all the interesting themes are chucked out in favour of your standard
teen love triangle rubbish. It is a double or treble shame that the
plot is not up to much as the film actually looks really good and
Amanda Seyfried provides a great protagonist. What we end up with
here is not a terrible film but one that wholly misses the point and
leaves a vast chasm of potential unfulfilled.
2/5
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