Red Riding Hood (2011)
2 out of 5 stars
One of a crop of edgier dark fairy tales retold in recent years, Red Riding Hood bears a passing resemblance to the French ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ by Perrault; more so than Grimm’s ‘Little Red Cap.’ But plain old wolves weren’t good enough or scarier enough for director Catherine Hardwicke (perhaps she should have consulted Joe Carnahan or watched the Grey?). The villagers of Daggerhorn suffered a werewolf among them for years, or generations even.
The only acting performance of note not surprisingly came from veteran actress Julie Christie, whom I fondly remember as Lara. Even Gary Oldman couldn’t inspire the uninspired plot.
