"Little Red Riding Hood" is a 12-minute black-and-white short film from 1997, so this one will have its 20th anniversary next year. The writer and director is David Kaplan and almost 2 decades later, this is still among his most known works. I cannot really see why. I guess it is because of the inclusion of Christina Ricci playing the title character. The wolf is played by Timour Bourtasenkov, a ballet dancer who never acted in film again. This gives the film at least from that perspective a bit of an artistic touch as there is no other really. I may be a bit biased as I never found Christina Ricci particularly attractive or a above-average actress and that's why I did not like this one here. The late Quentin Crisp is probably the only aspect that stands out about the film. The moment the girl gets naughty and goes to bed with her grandma (ewwww?) is somewhat entertaining, but when the talking quickly switches to her need to go for the toilet, the film hits rock-bottom. All in all, a very forgettable little movie. Not recommended.
Review of Little Red Riding Hood
