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Dukes of Hazzard, The

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Dukes of Hazzard, The reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Action  |  Adventure  |  Comedy

Written by: Jonathan Davis
John O'Brien
Broken Lizard

Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 5, 2005
DVD: December 6, 2005

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for sexual content, crude and drug-related humor, language and comic action violence

Starring Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Joe Don Baker, Lynda Carter, Willie Nelson, and Alice Greczyn

Based on the hit television series that ran from 1979-85, the film follows the adventures of "good old boy" cousins, Bo (Scott) and Luke (Knoxville) Duke, who with the help of their eye-catching cousin Daisy (Simpson) and moonshine running Uncle Jesse (Nelson), try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner Boss Hogg (Reynolds). (Warner Bros.)

What The Critics Said

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83

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

It's trash, all right, but perfectly skewed trash -- a comedy that knows just how smart to be about just how dumb it is.

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80

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Director Jay Chandrasekhar ... has found the perfect balance of old-fashioned charm and postmodern touches -- but not too many to overshadow the show's precious texture.

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75

New York Post Kyle Smith

A lot of its jokes sputter and it doesn't contain even a hint of a chick movie, but The Dukes of Hazzard has some of the same fratty energy as "Wedding Crashers."

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63

USA Today Mike Clark

It's for people who have always wanted to see Willie Nelson ("Uncle Jesse") lob Molotov cocktails on a freeway and smoke weed with Joe Don Baker, who plays Georgia's governor.

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60

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

As soon as it became clear that this remake has nothing to do with real Georgia moonshiners and everything to do with car chases, smashups, and explosions, I could sit back and enjoy it as good, stupid fun.

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60

Slate David Edelstein

A decent-enough rambunctious Southern-drive-in sort of time-waster, missing only the bare boobs that would make it the perfect socially irresponsible sexist entertainment for rednecks and uptight liberal elites who'd like to live the country-boy dream for a few hours. (Howdy, y'all!)

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60

Variety Brian Lowry

Loud, silly but kind of lame-brained fun with car chases aplenty, "Dukes" faithfully plays like an extended episode of the series, albeit with an additional gallon or so of fuel-injected raunchiness.

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58

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

The bright spot is Seann William Scott ("Dude, Where's My Car?") as Bo Duke. His good-naturedly maniacal manner and early Dennis Quaid killer smile are endearing, to the point where he occasionally threatens to elevate the movie into something special.

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50

Premiere Peter Debruge

Skillfully manage to adapt some key details of the show -- namely, the high-flying car chases and hillbilly narration.

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

It's got a few laughs and some impressive car chases, but mostly, it's just a puzzling jumble of gags and exhaust fumes.

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Manages to rocket along at full speed. At the same time, however, the movie feels as if it's not going anywhere at all.

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50

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

A cheap, greasy time at the multiplex. You leave annoyed at having been hungry enough to have ever wanted it in the first place.

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50

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Director Jay Chandrasekhar ("Super Troopers") will never be mistaken for an artist. But he's competent with crude humor and manages to balance affectionate parody and rote imitation.

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40

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

The whole thing seems so perfectly good-natured that you settle in for some harmless, silly fun. But Dukes runs out of gas early on.

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40

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

So outrageously, unregenerately stupid that you might be tempted to think it's smart. But it's not: It's as dumb as Georgia dirt.

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40

The New York Times Dana Stevens

It would help if the movie were actually funny - or if it actually bothered to be a movie, rather than some car chases punctuated by shots of Ms. Simpson sashaying toward the camera (or more often, away from it).

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40

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

A bigger-louder-dumber take on that good ol' CBS hillbilly hit, the movie version of "The Dukes of Hazzard" starts off on the wrong foot and keeps heading, appropriately, south.

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40

Empire Simon Braund

Certainly not the worst of the endless stream of TV remakes, but given the unassuming, easy charm of the original, still wide of the mark by a country mile.

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38

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

There's nothing wrong with Simpson's performance that a head transplant wouldn't cure, and the grinning Reynolds looks Botoxed into immobility.

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38

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Though its PG-13 rating allows for much cruder sex humor, the movie version of "Dukes" is nearly identical to the TV series in its corniness, in its incessant car chases and in its ogling of the posterior of cousin Daisy Duke.

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38

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen

In lieu of a movie, we get a series of car chases rudely interrupted by the occasional smattering of dialogue.

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30

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

YEEEEE HAAAAW! They've gone and done it. The feature version of The Dukes Of Hazzard turns a sow's ear into a bigger sow's ear.

30

Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar

Just make sure you exit the theater before Simpson's god-awful version of "These Boots Are Made for Walking" starts playing during the end credits, or you may find yourself taking the straw from your drink and puncturing your own eardrums in self defense.

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30

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

How can a movie narrated by Junior Brown and backed with wall-to-wall southern rock – a movie that at one point features co-stars Nelson and Carter tied together, surely a first in celluloid history – be so uneventful? Why, it's lazier than Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane's good-for-nothing hound dog, Flash.

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30

Village Voice Peter L'Official

Dukes insults not "family values," as the original Cooter claims, just general intelligence. Yee. Haw.

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30

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

Director Jay Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers, Club Dread) does a fine job with the car jumps. Just try to wake up whenever you hear "Yee-haw."

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25

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A lame-brained, outdated wheeze about a couple of good ol' boys who roar around the back roads of the South in the General Lee, their beloved 1969 Dodge Charger.

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25

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

The less said about Simpson's performance the better. From the neck down she fulfills all the requirements, but, honestly, I think General Lee might do a better job with the dialogue.

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25

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

The Dukes of Hazzard may mark some sort of nadir when it comes to movies made from TV shows. It's an overlong, under-thought and numbingly one-dimensional extrapolation of a TV show whose pleasures were, at best, marginal. See it at your own peril.

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20

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

So loud, so long, so dumb.

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20

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

With no plot, character or dialogue worth experiencing, let alone remembering, the film merely occupies space on the screen and hopes for the best.

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12

Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt

Commenting on performances here is like critiquing the production design of a porno--it's beside the point. Briefly: Knoxville, bad choice, man. Reynolds, you make a good villain. Simpson, lovely posing. Scott, you're from Minnesota and it shows--but I bet stunt driving school was fun.

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12

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Straight viewing could result in brain damage.

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10

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

The movie's so unfunny, it almost appears to be that way on purpose, kind of like an Ingmar Bergman film.

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0

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

In stiff competition for the lamest thing ever put on celluloid.

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0

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

There is no wrong time to flush this turd. The only bright spot comes during the outtakes over the final credits.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 4.0 (out of 10) based on 79 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Travis W. gave it a2:
Seriously, who wrote this crap? Have they ever watched a single episode of the Dukes?

Taylor B. gave it a0:
The Dukes of Hazzard was hazardous. It was the worst movie I have ever seen. Not only were the actors terrible at reading the dialogue, the entire story line was just plain stupid. As for Jessica Simpson, the less said the better. However it hurt my eyes to watch her on the big screen. Yeah, she's hot, but she is NOT an actress. She needs to stick to what she does best (or better): singing.. no more acting PLEASE! I dont' know how much longer I can take watching that girl try to be someone she's not. She's a singer, not an actress. Period.

Fraser W. gave it a3:
Okay Okay this movie was pretty bad but it had its moments to shine.

Bass gave it a0:
This is plain and simply the worst film ever made. The acting is poor, the direction is poor, the story is poor, and buy the time the ending credits roll you're left wondering jst how you didn't manage to kil yourself after the last 2 hours of hellish cinema. I like many others worship Sean William Scott for his rolls in previous brillaint comedies such as American Pie, Road Trip and his cameo in the truely excellent Old School, however the mere fact that he signed on for this movie is unacceptable, and someone with his natural comedic talent should most definitly be looking towards quality rolls instead of a large paycheck. I've never been the biggest fan of Knockxville but did admire his contribution in Walking Tall along side The Rock, however after watching this film i'm convinced that one good turn was nothing more than a fluke. The only saving grace for this film is that Jessica Simspon is in it and provides quality eye candy, however we all know that much better source material can easily be found on the internet, and for free as well. Please do not watch this film unless you want your brain to experience unadulterated pain and suffering.

Kenny M. gave it a0:
Someone asked me the other day, "what's the worst movie you have ever seen?" I said, "dukes of hazzard." You know how some movies are funny in a sick perverted, teen-comedy way (american pie) but this movie is just plain perversly stupid. It is an excercise in stupidity, and makes me want to vomit all over myself. The acting is horrible, the jokes are horrible, the story is horrible, jessica simpson should be shot in the face, johnny knoxville should stick to being a jackass, the list goes on and on... absolutly horrible, anyone who likes this has a low IQ and no sense of humor and is obviously going nowhere in life.

faisal n. gave it a10:
I love it.

Joshua B. gave it a0:
This is the wrong way to remake a good show.It needs that dukes of Hazzard charm to make it better.This movie takes a good show and turns it into crap.This movie needs a better cast and Director to do this job.They have failed completely to make a good movie.I'm sure not to watch this movie.Other people might like this movie,I sure don't.Not to be mean to anybody else who might like this.

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