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It’s abysmal community theater with a juicy budget, displaying a cast in clownish renaissance fair garb spouting truly dreadful lines from screenwriter David Leslie Johnson (the mind behind the equally absurd “Orphan”) as they look to dodge Hardwicke’s spastic camerawork. There’s obvious embarrassment in the air, emerging from an ensemble that’s struggling to retain some trickle of dignity while Hardwicke spends the entirety of the film staging dead-eyed professions of love and inane village monkey business.
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Instead, the feature is relentlessly clumsy; if scenes aren’t aesthetically bungled, they’re a complete bore to watch unfold. In my eyes, Hardwicke hasn’t offered a competent directorial effort to date, with “Red Riding Hood” a new low for the filmmaker. Not only is the feature a total eyesore, but one perfectly content to pilfer from a fad. Trust me, five “Twilight” movies are more than enough.
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