The reviews are in for "Little Red Riding Hood," a movie that is not exactly a literary adaptation but more like a mash-up of the fairy tale and Twilight. Cute girl gets mixed up with werewolf -- where have I seen this before? But the scenery and other cinematic touches make it an intriguing film. Here are some excerpts from reviews:

-- Washington Post: For the strenuous effort [director Catherine] Hardwicke puts in to juice up "Red Riding Hood" with hormonal lust and psychosexual meaning, the movie remains an oddly wan, bloodless affair. My, what big pretensions it has.

--Los Angeles Times: Gorgeously shot, smartly conceived, cleverly cast, badly executed — the lush medieval beauty here is at best only skin deep.

-- Philadelphia Inquirer: Seyfried holds the camera's attention, playing this storybook business pretty much straight, although David Leslie Johnson's script puts the actress sorely to the test. The shots of Valerie walking across the snow in her long red cape are splendid, and aptly dreamlike; in fact, the color-saturated look of the film gives it an almost psychedelic aura.

-- New York Times: But, my, what sharp teeth Ms. Hardwicke doesn’t have: working from David Leslie Johnson’s screenplay she takes on the story’s grown-up themes of sex and death directly but weakly. This might be because the movie has been pitched at young adults, as evidenced by its pretty leads, electronic soundtrack, contemporary vibe and veneer, and caution.