By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kelsey Taylor
Starring: Dana Millican | Ivan Martin | Kaitlin Doubleday | Maddison Brown | Michael Esper
Year: 2025
Running time: 92
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27983993
Diane says: “A tale loosely based on Little Red Riding Hood, with subtle reminders of its fairytale origins in the bells and banjo of the score. I loved that, for maybe the first third, I was completely in the dark as to what might be going on. Director/writer Kelsey Taylor started as a cinematographer, and her work here with DP Adam Lee is worthy of a cine nom–the patterns of the Oregon forest are grounding and mysterious at the same time. Tense and satisfying, just like a Grimm Brothers tale. 4 cats.
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Jeff says: “I thought Ivan Martin was insanely good in the way he slowly revealed the humanitarian behind those blank eyes and that haircut, as memorable as the moustache in SHARP CORNER. I wished that Maddison Brown’s character could have shown a wider emotional range, and I was a little mystified by the motive behind the decision she made. I thought that was a weak point in the script. Given the trauma she was experiencing, maybe that made sense?