Catherine Hardwicke returns with this adaptation of the folk tale 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
The trailer promises unbearable sexual chemistry and an atmospheric fantasy horror but, unfortunately, delivers nothing of the sort.
My female hormones are very thankful for the discovery of Max Irons... (swoon) Had he not have been in this film, there's a high chance I would have walked out of the cinema and if you know me, you will know that is something I just don't do.
Although it didn't really entertain me, and for the most part there was some questionable acting on display, I did not suspect the Wolf to be who it was. (No spoilers here, if you want to inflict this film upon yourself that's your choice!!)
I wish there had been so much more sexual tension in the love triangle between Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), Peter (Shiloh Fernandez) and Henry. (Irons) You definitely get the feeling that Hardwicke is taking impatient short cuts and rushing character development and relationships as she did with 'Twilight'. Very similar to 'I Am Number Four' in the sense that the film was an hour and fourty minutes long and yet you feel like not much has actually happened; also it's being targeted at that very same market as before.
There are so many possibilities and angles from which you could view this small community haunted by the Wolf. However, somehow, Hardwicke has made this fantasy village, with so many magical opportunities, boring and characterless.
You can absolutely see what was being attempted, but disappointingly, it doesn't ever reach the bar it is aiming for.
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