Hoodwinked on Nick tomorrow
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, New Releases, The Weinstein Co., Weinstein Brothers, Movie Marketing
A tiny bit of Hoodwinked,
the animated retelling of Little Red Riding Hood that the Weinstein Brothers will be revealing to us all on Friday, will
be offered to eager Nickelodeon viewers tomorrow night. The clip - which consists of the film's opening five minutes and
will air at 8PM - follows in the rather distinguished footsteps of Wallace and Gromit, whose The
Curse of the Were-Rabbit was previewed on the channel last fall. Though the quality of two movies is, shall we
say, not comparable, it's nevertheless likely that Nick's target audience (2-11 year olds, apparently) will find
Hoodwinked really appealing. Since they'll then refuse to go to bed until mom and dad promise a weekend visit
to the multiplex, this is probably (yet another) very good move by the Weinsteins.For those of you currently thinking of taking in a little revisionist fairy tale this weekend, our review will be up tomorrow.
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1-11-2006 @ 3:32PM
Jeffrey Overstreet said...
I've just seen "Hoodwinked!" at the Seattle screening, and it's well worth seeing, despite the lower-grade animation. I was really taken by surprise. Like "Wallace and Gromit," this one is blissfully unconcerned about developing something sappy to provide a creamy center--it's just good hard candy all the way through.
And it MOVES, with a comic adrenalin that's faster and funnier than the Shrek films, with a touch of Looney Tunes. And unlike Andrew Adamson with his Shrek films, Cory Anderson writes comedy that does not fall victim to that annoying misconception that kids like innocent jokes while adults only like edgy and innuendo-laden jokes. It has no room for for cheap farting or belching gags (even Wallace and Gromit didn't escape that, this time around), no room for wink-winking at the grownups. It's just nonstop cleverness cover-to-cover.
And Patrick Warburton continues to earn a place among the best voice-talents for animated work. He makes a great wolf.
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