Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)

Yup. That bad.

New Hollywood cartoon formula: 3D animation, as many noteworthy voices as you can shove into it, and wall to wall references to any pop culture you can logically think to write in. All of these can work, unless you forget to make the writing interesting, or the references funny. We've all heard Joe Pesci's clown line from "Goodfellas" when someone tells a mob boss he's funny, and for some reason they always do. A lot of the actors, including Joan Cusack, sound bored reading the lines, because there is no way they don't know the dialogue is terrible, and the animation is rough to look at. This film is a mess, and there is no reason, with the caliber of talent they had, that it ever should have been.

Grade: F

Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Glenn Close
Director: Mike Disa
Writer(s): Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Mike Disa, & Tony Leech
RT: 86 min
Rating: PG for some mild rude humor, language and action