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Scooby-Doo
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 out of 4
Review by Susan Granger
1 star out of 4
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Awwwww, I know it's a kiddy film but that's no excuse for such
stupidity. Adapted from the Hanna-Barbera, Saturday-morning-TV cartoon show, the
story revolves around Scooby-Doo (voiced by Neil Fanning), a dauntless Great
Dane, and his formerly-friendly, crime-solving teen cohorts at Mystery Inc.. It
seems that, after a silly spat, the gang's split - until, secretly and
separately, Emile Mondavarious (Rowan Atkinson) summons each of the quintet -
hungry Scooby, scruffy Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), fatuous Fred (Freddie Prinze
Jr.), damsel-in-distress Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and brainiac Velma
(Linda Cardellini) - to his popular theme park called Spooky Island to
investigate a scary series of paranormal incidents. Basically, he makes them an
offer they can't refuse to find out why his collegiate clientele winds up as
zombies. So how bad is it? Let me count the Scooby-snacks. The dorky,
dumbed-down screenplay by James Gunn ("Tromeo and Juliet") is wretched,
culminating in a farting contest between Scooby and Shaggy. For director Raja
Gosnell ("Big Momma's House"), the word 'subtle' doesn't exist, particularly
regarding cleavage. And why does Pamela Anderson to pop up in an unbilled cameo
as a toy-company owner? The drug-friendly, up-in-smoke demeanor of the stoned
Shagster dude has gone stale, particularly with hippie allusions like Mary-Jane
- "That's my favorite name!" On the other hand, credit must be given to the
sophisticated technology which permits live actors to interact with a
computer-animated pooch - and to the fact that Scrappy-Doo bites the dust. On
the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Scooby-Doo" is an inept, irritating, inane
3. Despite the fact they're already planning a sequel caper, my advice:
Scooby-don't.
Copyright © 2002 Susan Granger
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