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Cory Edwards’ computer-animated feature is a mildly entertaining goof on “Little Red Riding Hood.” It begins with the no-nonsense Red (voice of Anne Hathaway) discovering a wolf (voice of Patrick Warburton) where her granny should be. But once the law starts asking questions, Hoodwinked becomes a detective story by way of Rashomon. Everybody from Granny (voice of Glenn Close) to a woodsman to a skittery squirrel relates a wildly different version of events. Hoodwinked‘s various narratives come together neatly (there’s a perfectly good reason, for instance, why Granny is flying through mid-air at one point). Nonetheless, the fractured, po-mo fairy-tale gimmick is becoming as hoary as its source material, and the 3-D animation is merely adequate (so three years ago). But it’s paced quickly and with enough gags and action sequences to keep the kids in their seats for 90 minutes. (AH) 
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2006.
