30 August 2008

Rashomation

Hoodwinked

(2005)

Great concept: "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, with each of the four principles allowed to give his or her side of the story. Unfortunately, the writing isn't nearly as clever as the concept, and the animation, which clearly aspires to Wallace-and-Gromitesque irresistibility, falls into an unfortunate gap between that sort of low-tech wit, the rich texture of classic Disney, and the gee-whiz realism of Pixar.

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