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Red Riding Hood Movie Review

No this movie has nothing in common with the famous fairy tale, although Valerie does have a grandmother (Julie Christie) who lives alone in the woods and whose odd behavior catch the eye of the werewolf hunters. This movie is Set in a medieval village that kinda reminds you of a generic middle age time setting that is haunted by a werewolf. This Renaissance festival like film unfolds in an isolated town that for years has suffered from the depredations of a werewolf. Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a outsider, orphaned woodcutter, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offer...