Rotten
Yes, there's enough connection with the source's underlying issues of repression and desire to give this reason to exist, but, boy, does Hardwicke labour in getting from fairy tale to would-be psycho-thriller.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Red Riding Hood
Who's afraid?
2011 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Catherine Hardwicke
Overview
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect ... and bait.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
10%
Tomatometer
Rotten
More "Twilight" than Grimm, and a terrible mess.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
Hardwicke directed Twilight, you'll recall, and would apparently like to continue directing it, over and over again.
Eric D. Snider, Film.com
Rotten
Catherine Hardwicke is Anne Rice with a camera.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
Just when you think you've finished with one of these annoying franchises, another one pops up to plague you.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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