The Dukes of Hazzard
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 5, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
14
Negative:
18
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen 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. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson 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. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle 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." Read full review
63
USA TodayMike 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. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian 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. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan 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. Read full review
60
SlateDavid 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!) Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam 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. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith 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. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven 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. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley 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. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianShawn 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. Read full review
50
PremierePeter Debruge
Skillfully manage to adapt some key details of the show -- namely, the high-flying car chases and hillbilly narration. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMichael 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. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDana 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). Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland 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. Read full review
40
SalonStephanie 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. Read full review
40
EmpireSimon 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. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
There's nothing wrong with Simpson's performance that a head transplant wouldn't cure, and the grinning Reynolds looks Botoxed into immobility. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack 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. Read full review
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. Read full review
30
Village VoicePeter L'Official
Dukes insults not "family values," as the original Cooter claims, just general intelligence. Yee. Haw. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyPaul 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." Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarrit 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. Read full review
30
Film ThreatPete 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. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe 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.
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunChris 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. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldConnie 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. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKenneth 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. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
So loud, so long, so dumb. Read full review
12
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Straight viewing could result in brain damage. Read full review
12
Chicago TribuneAllison 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. Read full review
10
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
The movie's so unfunny, it almost appears to be that way on purpose, kind of like an Ingmar Bergman film. Read full review
0
Rolling StonePeter Travers
There is no wrong time to flush this turd. The only bright spot comes during the outtakes over the final credits. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
In stiff competition for the lamest thing ever put on celluloid. Read full review
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