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1996
On the way to grandma's house because Mom was arrested for soliciting, young and enticing Vanessa runs into Bob Wolverton, a child psychologist who uses his professional expertise to gain her trust, and then reveals himself to be The Big Bad Wolf who is out to abuse, torture and kill pretty, innocent girls -- with Vanessa .. Read more
| Starring | Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Amanda Plummer, Dan Hedaya |
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| Director | Matthew Bright |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Freeway
On the way to grandma's house because Mom was arrested for soliciting, young and enticing Vanessa runs into Bob Wolverton, a child psychologist who uses his professional expertise to gain her trust, and then reveals himself to be The Big Bad Wolf who is out to abuse, torture and kill pretty, innocent girls -- with Vanessa intended to be his newest victim. She manages to shoot her assailant a number of times, but instead of being killed, he's disfigured in such a manner that he now looks like what he truly is -- a monster. Vanessa is accused of attempted murder. She is to be put on trial but escapes -- right into the waiting arms of the Big Bad Wolf.
| Starring | Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Amanda Plummer, Dan Hedaya, Brooke Shields, Michael T. Weiss, Wolfgang Bodison, Bokeem Woodbine |
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| Director | Matthew Bright |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Subtitles | None |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jan 2002 Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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This deeply twisted version of Little Red Riding Hood brought the exceptionally talented Reese Witherspoon to the attention of a wider audience. She plays a feisty young teenager from a dysfunctional family who sets off to find her grandmother, falling foul of psycho Bob Wolverton (Kiefer Sutherland) en route. Witherspoon is a revelation as the foul-mouthed teenage rebel, Sutherland is great as her nemesis, and there are enjoyable cameos from Amanda Plummer, Dan Hedaya and Brooke Shields. It went straight to video in the UK, but don't let that put you off.
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The opening credits, showing a sex-obsessed wolf chasing Red Riding Hood, suggest some sort of satire is intended; but what follows is a sleazily violent, unsubtle melodrama.
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
dark comedy
Reese Witherspoon plays the most hilarious, bad-girl, tough trailer trash role.Kiefer Sutherland played a psychotic killer.
a modern remake of red riding hood its good for a laugh and its got reece mmmmm -
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
A forgotten odd gem
This deliciously dark fairy tale, roughly based around Little Red Riding Hood but updated to include serial-killing paedophiles, drive-by shootings and teenage prostitution, benefits greatly from some fortuitous casting.
Featuring Kiefer Sutherland in his post-Young Guns/Flatliners and pre-24 indie movie stage, much of the film is a dialogue-driven two-hander between his slimey psychologist and a young trailer-trash Reese Witherspoon. Making the role of the violent, illiterate, thieving (but strangely moral) arsonist Vanessa her own, this is still probably her best role to date (though fans of Sweet Home Alabama may be slightly shocked!)
A little patchy in places, but great weird entertainment from start to finish. -
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