Friday, January 11, 2019

Hoodwinked! (2005), 6

PG | 1h 20min | Animation, Comedy, Crime | 16 December 2005
Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Woodsman, and Granny all tell the police the events that led up to their encounter.
Co-Writers/Directors: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards (co-director), Tony Leech (co-director).
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton, Jim Belushi, David Ogden Stiers.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443536/
borrowed dvd

14 songs in the Soundtracks, 9 Written by Todd Edwards.

I'm surprised this is not tagged as Musical. It has enough songs performed by characters. I'm going to count it as one. [Wow, IMDb edit went through immediately.]
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family | Musical | Mystery

Cute reworking of the classic fairy tale, adding a layer of a series of thefts to the story, then retelling events by each of the 4 principal ala Rashomon ('50).

C.track was annoying with writer/directors talking about the film as though it were live action (stunt men, wires, etc.) They never get around to explaining how they made the film, not even in the featurette entitled "How to Make an Animated Film". They show pencil drawings, and a screen of 3D animation, but not how one becomes the other. They claim it was the cheapest animated film ever made, and infer that they spent only $5k on 2 computers (plus multiple years of effort).

Rated 6.5 (51,668)

distr. The Weinstein Company, dir. Edwards, Edwards & Leech; 6