VividSimon Simply Perfect

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Steve Pulaski Dudley Do-Right has a title that its badness could suggest be used for various puns of the sort. I believe a number of jokes could be made at the fact that it failed to recoup roughly eighty-six percent of its $70,000,000 budget. I seem to have an ounce of sympathy for the fact that numerous talents such as Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, and director Hugh Wilson in such a desperation for a quick-fix or a cash-grab that they needed to make a film based off a character I'm sure American audiences could've stomached not seeing again. So making a joke from this material seems sort of beneath me; at any rate, the fact that a studio and investors spent $70,000,000 on a Dudley Do-Right movie is a joke in itself.I can't remember the last time it was such a chore for me to sit through a seventy-seven minute movie. I became so restless that I couldn't even focus. You know how the new theater trend that is slowly emerging is autistic-friendly theaters, which are theaters that lack previews, remain a bit lighter during the show, are a tad quieter, and blunt movement and conversation is allowed, even encouraged? That kind of theater experience should've been a standard for Dudley Do-Right during its initial release. To expect an audience to remain silent during this under normal theater conditions is an act of pure torture. The only way I could've remained silent is if I slept.Preceding the film is a short called "The Phox, the Box, and the Lox," which involves a conniving Phox tricks a bone-headed Lox into opening a box that states whoever opens this will die to recover the treasure inside. This short only lasts about five minutes and it's a drag to sit through. How infrequently do I see a film with a preceding trailer that maintains the same sort of mood and effect that its successor will soon have.The film focuses on our title character, of course, a Canadian Mountie played by Brendan Fraser, who is often victim to his naivety and do-right attitude about everything life has to offer. His childhood friend Snidely (Alfred Molina) now has ambitions to take over the area where Dudley works, resulting in one of the biggest gold schemes in history. Dudley teams up with his childhood crush Nell (Sarah Jessica Parker) in an effort to spoil Snidley's plans at success and domination.Does this sound like the kind of gripping tale you want to let yourself and your children indulge in? Why on earth would you take them to see this film? Passing entertainment? Something to do because it's wet outside? It looks harmless enough? It's for their own benefit? Wrong, wrong, wrong. I consistently hear that obesity is a form of child abuse and constantly feeding your kid unhealthy food should result in some of punishment for the parent. So should taking them to view Dudley Do-Right, which is about as unhealthy and unsubstantial as a pack of Hostess cupcakes.Brendan Fraser, who sporadically appears in a film worth watching, must be given credit here for persevering through a role that is as unforgiving as a roadside mascot for a car company. The extremely high budget suggests he was compensated well, but his dignity was left undernourished as we see him victim to horse-farts, blows to the head, blows to the ego, etc. It gets beyond monotonous. How many times can you watch the same joke be repeated before you, as the helpless viewer, throw your arms up in utter defeat? I have never seen the Dudley Do-Right shorts that spawned this film and, much like after I watched the Scooby-Doo film adaptation, I have no plan to now. However, from a relatively quick glance, they seem like the kind of drudgery that was undoubtedly boosted in quality by how much sugar was in a young boy or girl's system. I don't believe any amount of sugar could make this film more bearable than it is.Dudley Do-Right is not a funny movie by any stretch of imagination. Its exposition is tired and facile, its self-referential toilet humor is ridiculous and redundant, its actors succumb themselves to some of the driest material, the sight-gags are routine, and its hero is so dreadfully incompetent that one wants to show him the way to the wardrobe for a costume change and into the breakroom.Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Alfred Molina. Directed by: Hugo Wilson.

anthony-rigoni Around the 1960's, there were the hilarious cartoon series featuring the adventures of Canada's most birdbrained but lovable Mountie, Dudley Do Right. I'm not sure who voiced Dudley Do Right, but I sure wish to congratulate him. I got the DVD version of the 1999 movie of the same name. But, wait a minute! Why is it all in live-action?! Shouldn't it all be in animation? Who's responsible for this crap-fest?! Brendan Fraser as Dudley Do Right?! What the flying flip is wrong with this guy?! All the characters in this movie(Including Snidley Whiplash) look absolutely nothing like the characters in the cartoon. Again, who's responsible for this abomination?! Let me guess, it's the same guy who made Barney's Great Adventure, right? What?! It's the same guy who made George of the Jungle?! Good grief!

Trombonehead Normally I wouldn't comment on a movie like this, but while flipping channels I started watching it out of curiosity. Within minutes I could see it was really lame and dumb. Eric Idle, who is normally one of my favorite comedians, is really disappointing. Obviously he did this for the money, because this is the worst thing I've ever seen him involved with. Alfred Molina as well, because he is a great actor with comedic talents which he displayed so well in "Maverick". The rest of the cast are totally pathetic. What really got me going was the scene when Dudley rows across the lake with Parker to visit the Indian camp. You would think that the standard, racist, put-down of the Indian people that Hollywood got away with for so many years wouldn't be acceptable anymore. But these people seem to think it's funny to put on Indian costumes and mock the stereotype. It might be funny to some people, but this is really scraping the bottom of the barrel when you have to resort to making fun of the Indian people like this. In fact, it could be called racist. It's the same kind of low-life stuff that Hollywood used to do with black-face when mocking black people was acceptable. Unfortunately, there's no shortage of idiots in Hollywood coming up with this crap.

Kathy This is one of the best slapstick movies I've seen. I've seen it 4 or 5 times, and still get a kick out of it. It's not perfect, but still very enjoyable. I feel it has a lot of the nonsensical charm that the cartoon had. Alfred Molina is the perfect Snidely, and Brendan Frasier is a hoot. It was a let-down that Nell didn't have a bigger part, as she did in the cartoon. The "authentic corn festival dance" had me laughing out loud. I like it much better than George of the Jungle, which I found very disappointing. I loved both cartoons as a kid. Rarely is a substitute or remake as good as the original, but Dudley Do-Right does a decent job. No deep thoughts, no logical plot, just laugh out loud fun.