Alex Rocco, Alfred Molina, Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser (George of the Jungle, The Mummy) brings his considerable charm to this awkward live-action version of the classic cartoon Dudley Do-Right. The first half of the m...( read more  read more... )ovie lays out the basic elements of the cartoon (none-too-bright Canadian Mountie battles melodrama villain Snidely Whiplash with pluck and dumb luck) with little wit or imagination, but lots of pratfalls and broad gags. But about halfway into it, when Whiplash has taken over the town of Semi-Happy Falls and become its leading citizen, the movie takes a curious turn: Since Whiplash has become, to all appearances, a good guy, Dudley decides the only way to fight him is to turn into a bad guy. Next thing you know, Dudley is decked out in black leather and cruising around on a motorbike while Whiplash fumes impotently. Bullwinkle fans may decry this departure, but it gives the movie a much-needed burst of energy and the opportunity for some entertainingly surreal images--like Whiplash up to his neck in a mudbath with cucumber slices on his eyes, consulting with his henchmen about dealing with that unpredictable Do-Right. With Alfred Molina, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Monty Python's Eric Idle. --Bret Fetzer

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26% liked it

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14% liked it

42 critics

PG, 83 min.

Directed by: Hugh Wilson

Release Date: August 27, 1999

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DVD Release Date: December 28, 1999

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  • January 3, 2008
    it was watchable
  • July 16, 2007
    Awful overrall. Some considerable charm to this awkward live-action version of the classic cartoon Dudley Do-Right.
  • March 5, 2007
    Awful.
  • January 11, 2007
    A half star is the lowest the ratings will let me give this. Need I say more?
  • January 4, 2007
    What starts off as a clunky live action cartoon movie in the same broad (and largely awful) vein as The Flintstones, it takes a particularly surreal turn half way through and actually becomes reasonably watchable. Very odd...
  • October 28, 2009
    silly - not as successful as George of the Jungle.
  • October 1, 2009
    not into the canadian comedic references. no insult intended.
  • September 16, 2009
    I don't get such a huge hate towards this funny and dumb piece of entertainment. It wasn't that bad. Just check umm... some of John Waters's work.

    41/100
  • September 12, 2009
    loved it as a kid watching it at the films
  • August 31, 2009
    poor brendan..well, not poor maybe;)

Critic Reviews


March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The latest in a series of movies adapted from old TV series aimed at Baby Boomers and their babies. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's harmless, simple-minded, and has a couple of sequences better than Dudley really deserves. full review

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