Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)

Sorry, this movie sucks

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Blistering performances.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

"Little Red Riding Rabbit" is a 7-minute Warner Bros. cartoon from over 70 years ago, made during the dark days of World War II. Friz Freleng and Michael Maltese worked on this one and both are legends in their own right. So is Mel Blanc and it is quite a rarity that he only voice 1/3 of the characters in one of these cartoons. Anyway, the title is a bit misleading as Bugs does not play Red Riding Hood here, but instead he is an additional character in the story. Grandma is absent and there is a little WWII reference about her absence. This is probably the most annoying Red Riding Hood I have ever seen, so I believe Bugs made the right decision in the end. Funny twist actually (and also some funny scenes before that like the other wolves in Grandma's bed) and I also felt that the girl was the real antagonist here and not the wolf with how annoying she was. Good watch. Recommended.

Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Classic Merrie Melodies short is a retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story except here we have Bugs Bunny being what the wolf is wanting. A lot of people seem to be rather hit and miss on this short but I've always found it to be quite funny from start to finish. Some put down the granddaughter as being too annoying but I think that's the entire point and it does pay off well in the ending where things get mixed up a little. The action between the wolf and Bugs is pure classic with a number of great scenes including the wonderful one where Bugs puts a hot coal inside the wolf's pants. The animation is extremely well done and there's enough action for two movies.

Directed by Friz Freleng, "Little Red Riding Rabbit" is an excellent Bugs Bunny cartoon that spoofs the famous Little Red Riding Hood tale. In this particular film, Red Riding Hood is an annoying little brat with a stentorian voice who constantly interrupts the Big Bad Wolf as he chases Bugs around Granny's house. Whenever she does interrupt the wolf, trying to make some comment about his odd facial features, he is quite funny in his attempts to simply get rid of her. Her best moment occurs at the opening of this short as she skips down the road and, with her overbearing voice, sings "Five O'Clock Whistle." There are two especially memorable gags as the wolf chases Bugs around the house. One is a typical Friz Freleng gag in which Bugs runs through one doorway and exits through a different doorway, frustrating the wolf to no end. The other gag, reminiscent of "The Heckling Hare" (1941), has Bugs repeating everything the wolf says. Then Bugs gets the wolf to repeat some silly things HE says, and before the wolf knows it, he ends up singing "Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet." "Little Red Riding Rabbit" is a classic Warner Bros. cartoon. Friz Freleng loved to do parodies of the various fairy tales, and this film succeeds by a landslide.

Warner Brothers' made some of the greatest cartoons of all time and this is one of them. Absolutely hilarious and the quotes are classic like "HEY GRANDMA!..." or "...I'll do it. But I'll probably hate myself in the morning." Or the scene where Bugs gets the wolf singing "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet". God, it's great stuff!!! Anyone who knows this cartoon doesn't need any explanation of the above. Another great one from this era is "Hold The Lion".