Red Riding Hood *

Catherine Hardwicke directed this Romance/Fantasy/Horror film. Watch Preview Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Julie Christie. Rated PG-13 for violence and creature terror, and some sensuality. Running time is one hour and forty minutes.

A beautiful young woman (Seyfried) is torn between two men (Fernandez, Irons), one of whom may be a werewolf.

This film is just silly. Teenage girls are probably the only potential audience. They got the fairy tale bit right, nothing seems real. They live in a mountain village in what looks like the middle ages, with livestock and chickens roaming everywhere. Yet, never is there a sign of mud, etc. Everything is pristine, including the white snow on the ground which is never soiled. It looks to be quite cold, but no one really dresses for it. You would think the villagers would have perished of pneumonia ages ago. The plot is not totally unreasonable for a horror film and they might have had a reasonable one if the setting wasn't so ludicrous. The wolf doesn't look too bad but is nothing to write to Grandma about. I hate to tell you this, but the ending looks like they've got a sequel in mind. Just keep that in mind if you're thinking of encouraging them by attending. Theatres/Times.