Scooby-Doo

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Scooby-Doo

PG

Released Jun 14, 2002

1h 26m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

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Zoinks! Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his clever crime-solving cohorts Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Velma (Linda Cardellini) are individually summoned to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip Spring Break hot spot.

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Critics Consensus

Though Lillard is uncannily spot-on as Shaggy, Scooby Doo is a tired live-action update, filled with lame jokes.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

Even its look is awfully cheesy and clunky, the SFX notwithstanding. Scooby Doo makes Stuart Little seem a Citizen Kane in comparison.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 3, 2019

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Too scary for most kids, too dumb for most teens.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 10, 2003

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

The pitch-perfect casting of the members of Mystery Inc. is what makes Scooby-Doo compulsively rewatchable. The plot is serviceable, and most adults will be able to unmask the villain long before the Mystery Inc. team does, but that doesn’t matter.

Jul 25, 2023

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James Croot

The Post NZ

If you can accept a pixellated pooch, you'll be rewarded with an entertaining, un-taxing romp that will delight fans and enthrall youngsters.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 27, 2022

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

It's a compromised vision, to be sure, but this colorful and campy pseudo-parody of the classic Scooby-Doo cartoons still has plenty of fun in store for younger (and some older) audiences.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 14, 2022

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Mark J

If you just want an absolute nonsense film to kill your brain for a bit this is it. It doesn’t need to be anything more and it has the best Shaggy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Ro M

Really sweet funny film love Sarah Michele gellar Matthew was amazing as shaggy too

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/26/25

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Audience Member

Not really that good. The CGI was just bad, it was just wacky. Scooby looked extremely cartoonish. I just can't like this live action. They just should of made it a cartoon Scooby-Doo movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Qachina M

Scooby-Doo is the best live action film I've ever seen. No film can compare. Eat your heart out Scorsese, Lynch and Kubrick. You could only dream of making a film as good as this. The casting is perfect, they embody the cartoonish personalities and yet somehow become so fully realised, you'd not blink an eye if you met them in the street. The CGI, despite being of it's time Holds Up in a way than many modern films that use this technology DO NOT (despite it having been refined since the release of this film) The story is fabulous, enthralling, truly SCOOBY DOO. I'll never forgive the critics for panning this film at release. I can only apologise to the creators, cast and crew of this film that I was a mere 6 years old when this film was released, and therefore unable to articulate my unadulterated adoration and joy that this film has brought to me time and time again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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C M

Is this a GOOD movie? Well, not exactly, but it is a FUN movie. It also really does do justice to the source material, and this is about as close as you can get to perfection if you're going for a live action version of the cartoon. Worth a watch, with or without MaryJane.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Andy C

Critics need to grow up.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/25

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Synopsis

Zoinks! Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his clever crime-solving cohorts Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Velma (Linda Cardellini) are individually summoned to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip Spring Break hot spot.

Director: Raja Gosnell
Producer: Richard Suckle, Charles Roven
Screenwriter: James Gunn, James Gunn, Craig Titley
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Meespierson Film CV, Village Roadshow Prod., Atlas Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Mosaic Media Group
Rating: PG (Some Rude Humor|Language|Some Scary Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 26, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $153.3M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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