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Dudley Do-Right
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44 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 8 out of 23
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    80
    One of the summer's more pleasant surprises. A silly bit of tiptop tomfoolery with cross-generational appeal.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    I enjoyed the film more than I expected to. It's harmless, simple-minded.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    75
    Mostly pitched at a new crop of children who will detect the movie's mildly sarcastic, audience-winking tone with no problem.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Hannah Brown
    75
    A kindler, gentler comedy that's perfect for children and parents to see together.
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  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    75
    Eric Idle--a royal among sillies--turns in a wonderfully wacky performance.
  6. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    70
    This whole movie is fun, and smart too, a fitting tribute to Jay Ward's original cartoons.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    60
    Works well as family entertainment.
  8. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    50
    The needle on the laugh-o-meter barely budges.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sherman
    50
    Never gets horribly bad, but can't sustain its moments of inspiration either.
  10. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    50
    The balance of inspired idiocy to hackneyed buffoonery is out of whack.
  11. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: M. V. Moorhead
    50
    Isn't great; it doesn't come within a Yukon mile of its TV namesake. But it's agreeably bizarre.
  12. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    50
    Performances feel too manufactured to be charming.
  13. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    40
    The plot is Kate-Moss thin. Basically agreeable stuff, but not much more. And that's a shame.
  14. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Mary Elizabeth Williams
    40
    Enough flickers of Jay Ward's gloriously subversive sensibility to make it watchable, but it also has enough lengthy stretches of pure triteness to make it easy to skip altogether.
  15. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Robert Horton
    40
    As flat as the brim of a Mountie hat.
  16. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Mark Caro
    38
    Like an obnoxious uncle desparately trying to amuse the young'uns with poo-poo humor and dum-dum pratfalls.
  17. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Matt Kelsey
    35
    Follows the current trend of once-popular cartoons turned into mediocre live-action incarnations.
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  18. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    30
    This terrible live-action comedy based on Jay Ward cartoons has its moments and its near misses.
  19. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    26
    You'd think creating confusion during something as woodenly simpleminded as Dudley Do-Right is no easy task, but you'd be wrong.
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  20. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Phoebe Flowers
    25
    Wilson's plot compulsively leaps from paper-thin to near-incoherent.
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  21. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    25
    Dead-carcass spinoff of Jay Ward's animated TV favorite.
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  22. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    25
    A big dud.
  23. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    10
    Tiresome, inept farce that's not even a fraction as clever or entertaining as it likes to imagine it is -- a complete waste of time.
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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. CooterPatooter
    1
    I remember a time long ago when Brendan Fraser was actually a charming leading man. At some point in the late 90's he decided to accept every single script that was shoved into his hands, regardless of quality, thus destroying any credibility as an actor he may have commanded. Dudley Do-Right is one of the earlier examples of this unfortunate behavior now being displayed by Jason Statham and (even more disappointingly) Robert De Niro :(. I've never had a film make 77 minutes seem so long.… Full Review »
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