Some people may consider the animation of this film old. However, I see it as a different kind of animation that that of Disney-Pixar titles. I think it was done purposely, to cleverly represent the vintage tale of "The Little Red Riding Hood." This film has a great many punchlines that will have you rolling laughing. The Film tells the different points of view of "The Little Red Riding Hood," from each of its characters, such as the Big Bad Wolf, Red Riding Hood, The Granny, and some weirdo with an ax. It has a lot of slapstick humor as well as a lot of conjured up, original humor laced into the story. This film can be enjoyed by both adults and children alike. I found it to be a lot better than I had thought it to be. I expected it to be lame and cliché. Well, shows you how much I judge a book by its cover. Give it a shot. I bet you'll appreciate the fact that you did. I would recommend this movie to those who are in the mood for parody animation.

Hoodwinked! is an interesting movie because you generally see an animated movie for the beautiful animation mixed with an emotional/interesting story. However, Hoodwinked! is good mostly for its well written dialogue and interesting twist on the formula. The movie's premise is that the whole story of Little Red Riding Hood is a big mix-up where nobody truly knows the story. The cops bust in and automatically blame the Wolf as being the bad guy, until a detective decides to hear the whole story and figure out who is really behind this whole affair.Since the movie is essentially a mystery, the nice thing is that there actually is a mystery. Granted, anyone over the age of 10 or 12 will probably figure out who the culprit is pretty quickly, it is still nice that the movie doesn't actually write it out for you who the villain is until the characters know who it is. This makes the movie a bit more entertaining because you have to be thinking a little bit while watching the movie. The second time you watch the movie the more clues and hints you will pick up on.As far as characters go, the voice acting is pretty good and most of them are pretty interesting. The Woodsman isn't as interesting, but he isn't horrible or overly annoying.What makes this movie really strong is its writing. A lot of the jokes really work, the timing is really nice, and the absurd amount of puns and other weird things thrown into the movie makes it very entertaining. It is odd how strong this movie's writing and dialogue is compared to its appearance.Unfortunately, the movie has pretty bad animation. Now, to be fair, the movie was made by a very small company on a very small budget. And the movie manages to make all of the important scenes look good. The movie hasn't aged well, but there are still some shots that look nice.The funny thing about Hoodwinked! and its theme of "Don't judge something off of a quick glance" is that it applies to the movie as a whole. From a distance, Hoodwinked! looks like a poorly animated, generic, and bland animated movie. However, it is actually a very funny, entertaining, original, and poorly animated movie.Definitely worth a watch.

Hoodwinked! is one of quite a few animated movies I really like but few others care about. Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, Granny and the Woodcutter encounter each other at the house, and recount the events of that day Rashomon style. They are trying to solve the mystery of a goody bandit. Hoodwinked, although widely ignored, is in my opinion better than the Shrek movies and is a short, sweet, snappy animated gem. It has its issues though. As many reviewers have pointed out, the animation is awful. It does frequently look like a cheap, laughably bad video game, and as clever as the plot is younger kids may find it confusing. There are some dips, especially when the rather irritating Woodcutter is telling his story. He doesn't add anything to the film, although Glenn Close is a hoot as the extreme sports granny and Anne Hathaway's Red is a predictable but entertaining spin on the character. The Wolf, who amusingly turns out to simply be a reporter trying to catch the bandit, is the standout, but the show is stolen from them all by Japeth the singing goat, who is absolutely hilarious and despite his small screen time is easily cinema's greatest goat.Despite the terrible visuals, most of the other elements are spot on. The script crackles with energy and funny line after funny line is delivered. The action sequences are both funny and thrilling, and the plot is packed with twists and turns and all of the individual story lines link up nicely. The villain, who initially seems to be a cute bunny, is surprisingly menacing and entertaining. Overall, the jokes are very sharp and funny and most, if not all of them hit. The film has a sense of low budget charm, and doesn't feel like a factory product like many other animated movies but is instead far more interesting and inventive than the others. Some may see it as slight, but it should be admired for its great jokes, clever plotting, unexpected sophistication and the diversity of the different story lines. The animation is awful and the film does have a couple of dips but aside from that it breathes life into a never especially compelling fairly tale and provides a razor sharp hoot for the whole family. Worth watching for the singing goat alone.8/10

I'm starting to become a big fan of computer-generated animated films. I often wonder what Walt Disney might have done had he had the technology in his day or of he had lived long enough to see it. Several of them are wonderful, from "The Polar Express" to "Rapunzel" and "Hotel Transylvania," but every once in a while something like "Hoodwinked" comes along. First off, the animation is crude; it looks like the second to last process in the computer animation process, but the plot, the script, the humor and the voice-over actors are excellent. I loved it from the mountain goat, Japeth, who sings bluegrass down the mountainside to Red Riding Hood kicking ass to the psycho bunny rabbit with delusions of grandeur. Patrick Warburton really carries the film as the voice of the Wolf, and Ann Hathaway as Red Riding Hood is a delight. The only thing I don't like are the slighted bonus features on the DVD. A little bit more footage of the actors doing the voice work would have been nice.