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Dudley Do-Right

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Based on the cartoon, this live-action comedy follows the adventures of Dudley Do-Right (Brendan Fraser), an enthusiastic, if somewhat dim, Canadian Mountie. When Dudley's childhood crush, Nell Fenwick (Sarah Jessica Parker), returns to their hometown in the mountains, he is eager to spend time with her, but his attempts at courting her are foiled by the villainous Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina), who is up to his usual schemes. Can Dudley win Nell's heart and curtail Snidely's wicked ways?
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Gags aren't that funny.

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Desson Thomson Washington Post 05/20/2008
Surprisingly pleasant. Go to Full Review
Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader 05/20/2008
The fanciful associations and bad jokes are more often stupid than silly, making all the spectacle and contrived dance numbers seem a colossal waste. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon Variety 05/20/2008
One of the summer's more pleasant surprises. Go to Full Review
Brian Costello Common Sense Media 09/03/2013
3/5
'90s live-action remake of '60s cartoon has iffy humor. Go to Full Review
Steve Simels TV Guide 05/20/2008
2/4
Why in the wide, wide, world of sports would anybody make a big-budget feature film from a decades-old, animated cartoon parody of Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald movies? Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 May 27 This movie sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $9,800,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Brianna B 02/12/2024 Oh my god was this movie bad. Everyone always talks about how bad the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie is (which I love) but this is SO much worse. And how this got made before the other is beyond me. See more Andrew H 11/11/2023 This movie was actually pretty funny. Sure, it's dumb, but yall need to lighten up. It's not at all a serious movie. See more 01/13/2022 An odd choice for a live-action adaptation, Dudley Do-Right is clearly trying to recapture what worked in the George of the Jungle movie but, aside from a scene-stealing Alfred Molina and a cartoon preceding the movie that's much funnier, its humour trying too hard to appeal to both audiences, unfocused plot and the jokes falling flat most of the time - the very short runtime doesn't help - shows that not every cartoon that had 15 minutes of fame needs to turn their protagonists into real boys and girls (or alternatively, glorified cosplay)...Molina does give it some "so bad, it's good" entertainment value. See more 09/10/2021 Dudley Did-Wrong. This movie sucked big time. See more 08/29/2021 There had been a fad in Hollywood decades ago for making live-action versions of old television cartoons. None really worked, but this one has done more badly than the others. Of course, it didn't help that Dudley Do-Right cartoons were invariably shorts, rather ones that beget complicated situations. The cartoon had the premise of a strong and handsome but dense hero doing battle against the villain Snidely Whiplash, succeeding in the end when he finally uses his head. (One episode has him fooling Snidely into thinking some dynamite exploded when it didn't because he tricked him using a recording of an explosion-but Dudley had failed to defuse the real dynamite.) So what happens here? Snidely starts a fake gold rush, and Dudley eventually foils his plans. This could have been the basis of something good, but a confusing and unfunny story, ethnic stereotypes, and performers who don't correspond very well to their cartoon equivalents make this a bad movie. Even Dudley Do-Right completists should stay away. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Based on the cartoon, this live-action comedy follows the adventures of Dudley Do-Right (Brendan Fraser), an enthusiastic, if somewhat dim, Canadian Mountie. When Dudley's childhood crush, Nell Fenwick (Sarah Jessica Parker), returns to their hometown in the mountains, he is eager to spend time with her, but his attempts at courting her are foiled by the villainous Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina), who is up to his usual schemes. Can Dudley win Nell's heart and curtail Snidely's wicked ways?
Director
Hugh Wilson
Producer
Joseph Singer, J. Todd Harris, John Davis
Screenwriter
Jay Ward, Hugh Wilson
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment, Davis Entertainment
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 27, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.8M
Runtime
1h 17m
Sound Mix
Surround
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