Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

Year: 2006

Runtime: 84 mins

Language: English

Director: Randal Kleiser

FamilyFantasy

Teenager Claire would rather spend the day at the mall with friends than stay home while her brother Matt is babysat by Grandma. Determined not to let her leave, Grandma forces the siblings to endure her humorous, modern retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s “Little Red Riding Hood.” Claire imagines herself as Red, with her brother, parents and Grandma filling the other roles.

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1

Time machine unveiled

The Wolf unveils a homemade time machine with a quirky confidence, declaring his aim to fix past missteps and prove his version of events. He frames the mission as a wacky, time-bending caper designed to outsmart fate and rewrite the story to his liking. The lab fills with blue fizzing lights as the countdown begins.

Present Wolf's Workshop
2

First jump: meeting his past self

The Wolf hops back to an earlier moment and collides with his younger self, triggering a cascade of accidental mischief. He tries to guide the younger version with bumbling hints about what to do and what to avoid. The hunt for Red Riding Hood spirals into a double-team scheme aimed at capturing the girl.

Past Past Forest
3

Hunter knocked out

In the chaos, the Wolf sabotages the plan and knocks out the Hunter, causing confusion across the timelines. The action becomes slapstick as past and present collide, complicating every decision. The victory feels hollow as mischief piles on top of mischief.

Past Past Forest / Hunter's Area
4

Grandma traps and armory chaos

Grandma becomes an unexpected obstacle, ending up locked in an armory closet. She fires a machine gun in a surprising burst of force, adding a bold moment of chaos to the unfolding scheme. The Wolf and his past selves retreat, carrying fresh regrets.

Past Grandma's House Armory
5

Return to present with regrets

The trio returns to the present armed with new regrets and a sense that mischief may have grown beyond control. The timeline has already tangled itself into a knot that neither Wolf nor his past selves can easily untangle. The immediate plan unsettles the narrator's playful tone with a hint of real consequence.

Present (post-first-attempt) Present
6

Second attempt: triple-team approach

With a new confidence, the Wolf brings in two more past selves for a triple-team attempt, hoping to outwit the fickle threads of time. The plan seems to dodge the earlier failures and finally outmaneuver the elements that ruin everything. Yet the delicate balance of time remains chaotic and unpredictable.

Present Present / Time Lab
7

Red's scream triggers chaos

Red Riding Hood's scream proves powerful enough to trigger a fire alarm, blasting through Grandma's house and flooding the scene with chaos. The alarm forces the trio into a hasty retreat as the timeline buckles under the new interruption. The slapstick rhythm steadies into a wilder, more sprawling chaos.

Present Grandma's House
8

The timeline spirals: more past selves appear

Every tweak in the timeline ripples into new, ridiculous outcomes, and the Wolf keeps bumping into additional past selves in an ever-expanding parade of what-ifs. Each encounter adds a layer of humor while underscoring how hard it is to fix anything without creating new problems. The tone remains buoyant, even as stakes grow sillier.

Present / Past Various Timelines
9

Doris enters and seizes the machine

Doris, the Wolf's weary sheep wife, steps into the fray and seizes the time machine for herself. She makes a bold, unexpected choice to pursue a calmer life by marrying a fox named Leonard. This shift reframes the pursuit of perfection as a question of personal contentment rather than constant scheming.

Present Time Machine / Lab
10

Doris and Leonard: a new path

Doris and Leonard settle into a new life away from endless chaos, illustrating that happiness might come from leaving the past behind. The Wolf and the remaining timelines are left to wander toward an uncertain future, where endings are less about perfection and more about choice. The film nudges viewers to consider contentment over conquest.

Future Doris' New Life
11

The core question: can the past be perfected?

The story leans into its premise by asking whether the past can truly be fixed, or if the heart simply grows happier with imperfect, real-world messiness. The Wolf confronts his stubborn drive to control every outcome while the world keeps mixing up consequences. Chaos remains part of the charm and the laughter.

Present Narrative
12

Final note: hope for a better ending

The wardrobe of past selves and the stubborn hope for improvement keep the tale rolling, hinting that endings are often unpredicted and shaped by messy choices. The story closes with a wink to the audience that a little chaos can be part of a bigger, playful truth. The Wolf's journey remains open-ended, inviting more misadventures.

End End Credits Touch

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