Red Riding Hood
Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia) and Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) star in this romantic horror, inspired by the famous fairy tale. From the director of Twilight.
Valerie (Seyfried) is a young beauty torn between two men. She's in love with brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez, Skateland), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons, Dorian Gray). Valerie and Peter are planning to run away when Valerie's sister is killed by a werewolf – a beast that prowls the dark forest surrounding the village.
For years, a truce has been maintained with the werewolf with the townsfolk offering it a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Oldman). His arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. The death toll rises and Valerie discovers a connection with the beat, one that draws them close, making her both suspect and bait...
- Director:
- Catherine Hardwicke ('Twilight', 'The Nativity Story', 'Lords of Dogtown', 'Thirteen')
- Writer:
- David Johnson
- Cast:
- Amanda SeyfriedVirginia MadsenGary OldmanBilly BurkeLukas HaasJulie ChristieShiloh FernandezMax Irons
Reviews & comments
Waste of time and comparison of Twilight TOTALLY inaccurate
One Word: Pointless. Mostly shot in dark and the only glimpse of hope for the movie to MAKE something of itself and it suddenly ends - to leave the ending up to your imagination. WHich is pointless really as the lead up doesn't build up any sort of suspense to make the cut off at all dramatic. I just got pissed off really.
My expectations were far too high.
This film was ridiculous. Catherine 'Pine tree cam-pan' Harwicke has directed such rubbish here. There wasn't a scrape of authenticity to this movie. The american accents, the lack of appropriate winter attire, the modern hairstyles and the unrealistic behaviour of the characters... I could go on forever.It was like a half-baked cross between twilight and...
RUBBISH
O for the love of Mike or Catherine in this case. Yes a few twilight trappings there. You may have noticed the music score bordering on twilight eclipse opening scene. Pathetic over dramatisation of a mildly innocent fairytale. The heavy snow and flowing garments in a dark age era was so out of wack it was laughable. Catherine I thought she did a...
The New York Times
pressMy, what sharp teeth Ms. Hardwicke doesn't have: working from David Leslie Johnson's screenplay she takes on the story's grown-up themes of sex and death directly but weakly.
Roger Ebert
pressHas the added inconvenience of being dreadfully serious about a plot so preposterous, it demands to be filmed by Monty Python.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAs it thuds along from one wolf attack to the next, Catherine Hardwicke's first film since taking leave of Bella and her toothy friends adamantly refuses to provide any wit, humor or fun.
The New York Times
pressMy, what sharp teeth Ms. Hardwicke doesn't have: working from David Leslie Johnson's screenplay she takes on the story's grown-up themes of sex and death directly but weakly.
Roger Ebert
pressHas the added inconvenience of being dreadfully serious about a plot so preposterous, it demands to be filmed by Monty Python.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAs it thuds along from one wolf attack to the next, Catherine Hardwicke's first film since taking leave of Bella and her toothy friends adamantly refuses to provide any wit, humor or fun.
Waste of time and comparison of Twilight TOTALLY inaccurate
One Word: Pointless. Mostly shot in dark and the only glimpse of hope for the movie to MAKE something of itself and it suddenly ends - to leave the ending up to your imagination. WHich is pointless really as the lead up doesn't build up any sort of suspense to make the cut off at all dramatic. I just got pissed off really.
My expectations were far too high.
This film was ridiculous. Catherine 'Pine tree cam-pan' Harwicke has directed such rubbish here. There wasn't a scrape of authenticity to this movie. The american accents, the lack of appropriate winter attire, the modern hairstyles and the unrealistic behaviour of the characters... I could go on forever.It was like a half-baked cross between twilight and...
RUBBISH
O for the love of Mike or Catherine in this case. Yes a few twilight trappings there. You may have noticed the music score bordering on twilight eclipse opening scene. Pathetic over dramatisation of a mildly innocent fairytale. The heavy snow and flowing garments in a dark age era was so out of wack it was laughable. Catherine I thought she did a...
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