Dudley Do-Right
Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 27, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
9
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyJoe Leydon
One of the summer's more pleasant surprises. A silly bit of tiptop tomfoolery with cross-generational appeal. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Eric Idle--a royal among sillies--turns in a wonderfully wacky performance. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Mostly pitched at a new crop of children who will detect the movie's mildly sarcastic, audience-winking tone with no problem. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I enjoyed the film more than I expected to. It's harmless, simple-minded. Read full review
75
New York PostHannah Brown
A kindler, gentler comedy that's perfect for children and parents to see together.
70
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
This whole movie is fun, and smart too, a fitting tribute to Jay Ward's original cartoons. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Works well as family entertainment. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The balance of inspired idiocy to hackneyed buffoonery is out of whack. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
The needle on the laugh-o-meter barely budges. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeBetsy Sherman
Never gets horribly bad, but can't sustain its moments of inspiration either. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Performances feel too manufactured to be charming. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverM. V. Moorhead
Isn't great; it doesn't come within a Yukon mile of its TV namesake. But it's agreeably bizarre. Read full review
40
Film.comRobert Horton
As flat as the brim of a Mountie hat. Read full review
40
SalonMary Elizabeth Williams
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. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
The plot is Kate-Moss thin. Basically agreeable stuff, but not much more. And that's a shame. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMarc Caro
Like an obnoxious uncle desparately trying to amuse the young'uns with poo-poo humor and dum-dum pratfalls. Read full review
35
TNT RoughCutMatt Kelsey
Follows the current trend of once-popular cartoons turned into mediocre live-action incarnations.
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
This terrible live-action comedy based on Jay Ward cartoons has its moments and its near misses. Read full review
26
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
You'd think creating confusion during something as woodenly simpleminded as Dudley Do-Right is no easy task, but you'd be wrong.
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
A big dud. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldPhoebe Flowers
Wilson's plot compulsively leaps from paper-thin to near-incoherent.
25
USA TodayMike Clark
Dead-carcass spinoff of Jay Ward's animated TV favorite.
10
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
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. Read full review
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