Hoodwinked- A Movie Review

There's a link in the post just below this one and though it wasn't working earlier today, I suspect it will back online soon so give it a chance.

Anyway, I loved this movie! Its great fun for the entire family so take your kids or your neighbor's kids or your grandkids, buy some popcorn and have a great time. You already know that it starts with the story of Little Red Riding Hood, her granny and the big, bad wolf, but that's just the start of the story. After that, its Little Red Riding Hood meets Columbo and then combined with every James Bond movie ever made except perhaps Goldfinger.

There are lots of pop culture references for Dads to watch out for that the kids will never catch, so keep your ears open. The humor does work at several levels but much of it might be over the youngest kid's heads but they'll still laugh at the sight gags and the story. Red's a barely pubescent cutie with her belly showing, just like nearly every little girl these days but she's not a hotie like Ariel from the Little Mermaid, so there's nothing to worry about there.

I laughed. Out loud and often. Its a visually compelling animation and the characters are all great fun. When the DVD comes out- I'll be getting a copy for little Astin's collection...

Go see it, its the best movie of 2006. (For now!)