Dudley Do-Right (1999)
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14% of critics liked it
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After giving George of the Jungle human form, Brendan Fraser returns to cartoon-land with another live-action update of an animated TV classic. Set in the peaceful village of Semi-Happy Valley high in the Canadian Rockies, our story focuses on Dudley Do-Right (Fraser), a member of the Royal Canadian… More After giving George of the Jungle human form, Brendan Fraser returns to cartoon-land with another live-action update of an animated TV classic. Set in the peaceful village of Semi-Happy Valley high in the Canadian Rockies, our story focuses on Dudley Do-Right (Fraser), a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who never lets his lack of intelligence get in the way of his dedication and determination to get his man. Dudley's superior, Inspector Fenwick (Robert Prosky), displays a bemused tolerance towards Dudley's enthusiastic ineptitude, and Dudley is beguiled by the Inspector's daughter, Nell (Sarah Jessica Parker), who has made a home in Seattle after traveling the world, but is now paying her father an extended visit. Before Dudley can make much of a (positive) impression on Nell, the evil Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina) enters the picture. Determined to take Semi-Happy Valley for everything it's worth, Snidely sends Dudley in search of vampires hiding in the woods, and, while he's away, plants gold nuggets in a nearby stream. When a prospector (Eric Idle) happens upon them, word gets out that Semi-Happy Valley is gold country. Quickly opening a string of businesses to cater to the flood of would-be gold miners, Snidely becomes the town's richest citizen, and Semi-Happy Valley is even renamed Whiplash City. Snidely's fame and wealth gain Nell's attention, while Dudley's search for vampires causes the Inspector to fire him. However, in time, Dudley realizes that something is afoot, and he is determined to expose Snidely Whiplash and bring him to justice. Director Hugh Wilson wrote and directed the first film in the Police Academy series; Dudley Do-Right was his second directorial credit of 1999 with Brendan Fraser, after they worked together on Blast From the Past. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Hugh Wilson
- Written By
- Hugh Wilson, Jay Ward
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 27, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Surprisingly pleasant.
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
The fanciful associations and bad jokes are more often stupid than silly, making all the spectacle and contrived dance numbers seem a colossal waste.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
One of the summer's more pleasant surprises.
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Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle
Dudley is merely a dud.
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Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There's not one joke, one slapstick moment, one innuendo that's funny.
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Cast
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Brendan Fraser
as Dudley Do-Right
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Sarah Jessica Parker
as Nell Fenwick
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Alfred Molina
as Snidely Whiplash
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Eric Idle
as The Prospector
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Robert Prosky
as Inspector Fenwick
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Alex Rocco
as The Chief
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Corey Burton
as The Announcer
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Jack Kehler
as Howard
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Louis Mustillo
as Standing Room Only
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Regis Philbin
as himself
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Kathie Lee Gifford
as herself
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Don Yesso
as Kenneth
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C. Ernst Harth
as Shane
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Jed Rees
as Lavar
