Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)

HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL  (2011)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Mike Disa
Red, Granny, the Big Bad Wolf and Twitchy the hyper-caffeinated squirrel team up again when some evil characters try to steal the magic secret recipe for Norwegian Black Forest Feather Cake Truffle Divine. It's the second time around for the animated franchise, and it's still plenty of fun, even if it lacks the zip and originality of the first "Hoodwinked" movie. It got mostly terrible reviews, but I liked it, and so did the eight-year-old I watched it with. We might not have been laughing at the same things always, but we were both laughing. Hayden Panettiere replaces Anne Hathaway as Red. Joan Cusack shrieks and cackles as Verushka the Witch. My favorite character this time was the Wolf, followed by the Squirrel. The mean, moon-faced Hansel and Gretel figures are just plain creepy.