Hoodwinked Critic Reviews

When compared to today's visual standards for animated films, Hoodwinked is far below the curve.Read the full review

Little Red Riding Hood gets a cheeky CGI makeover in Hoodwinked!, a fast-paced, fitfully clever 3-D-animated feature that will entertain tykes.Read the full review

Hoodwinked hasn't much time for soul or sentiment, but it is certainly amusingly smart and sassy.Read the full review

Hoodwinked occupies some considerably shaky turf situated uncomfortably between "Shrek" and dreck.Read the full review

Why would a distributor suddenly yank an animated family film from its intended wide December opening until mid-January? Could it be that the advance word of mouth wasn't very good-winked?Read the full review

Less sassy than shrill, more crass than clever, the maiden cartoon from the Weinstein Company turns the Little Red Riding Hood legend into a sub- "Shrek" bummer that appears to have been manufactured for the pleasure of tone-deaf kids with a thing for sarcasm, extreme sports, and Andy Dick.Read the full review

The result is a wacked kiddie Rashomon in which the different versions dovetail with a logic as impeccable as it is flat-out buggy. So who do we root for? Everyone and no one. Hoodwinked's most radical feature is that it's a ride without heroes.Read the full review

Hoodwinked makes a little sense. Too bad, then, it's so crummy.Read the full review

There's no getting around the fact that it all looks like a cutscene from a kiddie video game. It's a great showreel. Now someone give these folks a real budget so they can make a movie that looks as good as it sounds.Read the full review