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RED RIDING HOOD (2011)Movie Reviews
Horror fantasy about a young woman in a medieval village that is being terrorized by a werewolf, who is in love with an orphaned woodcutter but has been promised to another man by her family. Cast:Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Julie Christie, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Lukas HaasDirector:Catherine HardwickeRelease Date:March 11, 2011DVD Release:June 14, 2011From:Warner Bros.Rating:PG-13Length:1 hr 42 min
Red Riding Hood (2011) played to poor reviews. • Betsy Sharkey wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "...a sheep in wolf's clothing.... Sometimes, it's literate and lofty... More of the time, it's mind-numbingly simplistic and served up on a platter like leftovers." • And Ty Burr wrote in the Boston Globe, "My, what a big, boring movie you have... a laughably inept series of adolescent poses trying to pass itself off as a movie." More Reviews Below...
Red Riding Hood (2011) Positive Reviews (44 Reviews, reviews below)
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: WEAK(cg) "...a soapy melodrama full of angst and hair product... what it might look like if the kids from 'Twilight' got dressed up and went to the Renaissance Faire."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 716 words, 03/10/11
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: WEAK(cg) "...dolled-up, overblown, pandering... not only sillier than the filmmakers surely intended but also, if you follow the plot implications all the way to the end, way ickier..."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 802 words, 03/11/11
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR(cg) "Amanda Seyfried is really just Bella with blonde hair and a red cape, anxiously chewing her bottom lip over which stud muffin to hook up with."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 302 words, 03/11/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: POOR(cg) "...seems to have been inspired by little plastic souvenir villages in airport gift shops. You know, populated mit Hansel und Gretel."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 715 words, 03/11/11
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...a sheep in wolf's clothing.... Sometimes, it's literate and lofty... More of the time, it's mind-numbingly simplistic and served up on a platter like leftovers."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 785 words, 03/11/11
Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR(cg) "Director Catherine Hardwick has a gift for taking situations of bloodcurdling thrills and investing them with all of the drama of a sophomore fussing over her prom date."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 670 words, 03/11/11
Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Gary Oldman adds an outrageous laugh or two as Father Solomon, an overzealous werewolf hunter with silver press-on nails; there isn't nearly enough of him."(See all of Rafer Guzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 504 words, 03/11/11
Logan Hill, New York Magazine: WEAK "...has virtues (the stark, stylized visuals; a scenery-shredding turn by Gary Oldman), yet it ends with such a naked attempt at launching a franchise, any good evaporates."(See all of Logan Hill's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 509 words, 03/11/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: POOR(cg) "...seems to have been inspired by little plastic souvenir villages in airport gift shops. You know, populated mit Hansel und Gretel."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 715 words, 03/11/11
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "There's violence but little blood, some chaste sexy bits and a few, swift scares.... Adults will find this tale to be slow in parts, but this movie isn't for us..."(See all of Linda Barnard's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 623 words, 03/11/11
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: WEAK(cg) "With its rating-conscious care in avoiding displays of gore, the movie even manages to strip away the gruesome delights of the original children's story."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 551 words, 03/11/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "...won't end Catherine Hardwicke's career, but it should. She can't direct actors, she can't pace a scene, she can't even establish atmosphere in a tavern scene."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 492 words, 03/11/11
KEY CITIES (14 Reviews)
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: POOR(cg) "...a lurid, loopy, utterly ludicrous enterprise that seeks to twist the ultimate fable of feminine fear and victimhood into an allegory for finding your inner bad girl."(See all of Ann Hornaday's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 394 words, 03/11/11
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE(cg) "Seyfried holds the camera's attention, playing this storybook business pretty much straight, although David Leslie Johnson's script puts the actress sorely to the test."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 616 words, 03/11/11
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "...for all the heaving bosoms, the big-eyed flirtation and the cool Medieval fairytale hair products, it doesn't work.... not nearly as much fun as it should have been."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 533 words, 03/11/11
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: POOR(cg) "...entertainment for the village idiot.... Amateur night at the Renaissance Fair.... you would have a better time chewing through a hardbound edition of the Brothers Grimm."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 466 words, 03/11/11
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: WEAK(cg) "...there is a sort of unintentional campy fun to be had in places. Just don't go in expecting much, in other words, and perhaps you'll live happily ever after."(See all of Bill Goodykoontz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 570 words, 03/11/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: WEAK(cg) "My, what a big, boring movie you have... a laughably inept series of adolescent poses trying to pass itself off as a movie."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 696 words, 03/11/11
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: MODERATE(cg) "...if you're a 'Twilight' fan, you may feel as though you've already seen this. And if you're not, well, why would you be interested in something like this at all?"(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 502 words, 03/11/11
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: MODERATE(cg) "...a pretty movie, and a nicely timed one... [however,] it's dour and dull... feels like a time-travelling 'Twilight' prequel -- one that wasn't needed."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 514 words, 03/11/11
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: POOR(cg) "Ugly, dull, bloodless, dumb, and phony to its core... takes the wee spark of inspiration at its root and absolutely snuffs it out."(See all of Shawn Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 211 words, 03/11/11
Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: POOR(cg) "The monster resembles a Westminster Dog Show reject and villagers behave like extras in a dinner theater version of 'The Crucible'..."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 455 words, 03/10/11
Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD(cg) "Hardwicke keeps the sexual tension going while Johnson's script keeps the murder mystery taut, and it all works well considering this is 'Red Riding Hood.' "(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 279 words, 03/11/11
Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: WEAK(cg) "...better made than 'Twilight' and far less entertaining... somehow wrings no tension or dramatic stakes out of the many life-or-death situations..."(See all of Katey Rich's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 571 words, 03/10/11
Tasha Robinson, AV Club: FAIR(cg) "There's a great deal of campy overstatement to 'Red Riding Hood.' Some of it at least adds visual interest. Some of it is gratingly unnecessary."(See all of Tasha Robinson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 461 words, 03/10/11
Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: WEAK(cg) "...the greatest sin is the way it reduces the normally fabulous Julie Christie into a hippie-dippie granny in medieval Eileen Fisher gear and dreadlocks."(See all of Stephanie Zacharek's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 657 words, 03/10/11
Richard Larson, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "Hardwicke can't overcome the banality of source material even more vacuous and inconsequential than what she had to work with in the first 'Twilight' film..."(See all of Richard Larson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 608 words, 03/10/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "...won't end Catherine Hardwicke's career, but it should. She can't direct actors, she can't pace a scene, she can't even establish atmosphere in a tavern scene."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 492 words, 03/11/11
David Denby, New Yorker: POOR "...a shambles.... The movie is all whoosh and whack and abrupt closeups... It's an alienating experience, without emotional resonance or charm."(See all of David Denby's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 693 words, 03/21/11
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...a sheep in wolf's clothing.... Sometimes, it's literate and lofty... More of the time, it's mind-numbingly simplistic and served up on a platter like leftovers."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 785 words, 03/11/11
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: WEAK "...strange and stupid and half-compelling and sometimes beautiful... has moments of transcendent silliness but never quite manages to ssing wiss ze love of Sssatan."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,097 words, 03/10/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (6 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: WEAK "...a mostly risible exercise in fairy-tale revisionism... tepid dramatics, clumsy production values and a cupboardful of werewolf cliches..."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 936 words, 03/09/11
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: POOR "...refuses to provide any wit, humor or fun, concerning itself mostly with the heroine's taxing dilemma of picking between the rural village's two best looking boys."(See all of Todd McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 748 words, 03/09/11
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...a sheep in wolf's clothing.... Sometimes, it's literate and lofty... More of the time, it's mind-numbingly simplistic and served up on a platter like leftovers."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 785 words, 03/11/11
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: POOR(cg) " 'Twilight' overdose!... a darker and raunchier 'Twilight' with no emotional payoff for the young women who made this director a huge success three years ago."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 937 words, 03/10/11
15.4 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Red Riding Hood (2011)'s reviews are separated by an average 15.4 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Red Riding Hood (2011)'s reviews cover 76.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 24,399 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 554 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 4.7 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Red Riding Hood (2011)'s reviews on average broke 4.7 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Red Riding Hood (2011)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Red Riding Hood (2011) (44 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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