SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

A Surprisingly Unforgettable Movie!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Dudley Do-Right (1999): Dir: Hugh Wilson / Cast: Brendan Fraser, Alfred Molina, Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Idle, Robert Prosky: From the creators of George of the Jungle and proof that they haven't improved. Brendan Fraser plays Dudley Do-Right, a Royal Canadian Mountie and together with his horse named Horse he will attempt to reclaim the dignity he lost when the evil Whiplash took over the land. Lame and predictable with the same appeal as an episode of Sesame Street. Misfire by director Hugh Wilson who at one time made hilarious comedies such as Police Academy and Blast From the Past, the latter featuring Fraser is a less embarrassing role. Fraser overplays a joke involving falling off a chair. That doesn't help the fact that Do-Right is totally unsympathetic due to his juvenile stupidity. Alfred Molina brings correct humour to the role of Whiplash and becomes the one character of worth here. He basically takes over and Do-Right eventually stops him. Sarah Jessica Parker plays off the humour as the otherwise standard damsel. In a broader role Parker would shine but here the role is a dud playing off every lame cliché within reach and never surfacing as anything she should have been a part of. Eric Idle is wasted as a gold digger who teaches Do-Right the ropes. There is no purpose to this junk other than to resurrect a T.V. cartoon into a poorly contrived crap fest. Score: 1/2 / 10

This is one of the best slapstick movies I've seen. I've seen it 4 or 5 times, and still get a kick out of it. It's not perfect, but still very enjoyable. I feel it has a lot of the nonsensical charm that the cartoon had. Alfred Molina is the perfect Snidely, and Brendan Frasier is a hoot. It was a let-down that Nell didn't have a bigger part, as she did in the cartoon. The "authentic corn festival dance" had me laughing out loud. I like it much better than George of the Jungle, which I found very disappointing. I loved both cartoons as a kid. Rarely is a substitute or remake as good as the original, but Dudley Do-Right does a decent job. No deep thoughts, no logical plot, just laugh out loud fun.

All right, so this movie will never win an Academy Award for Best Picture. So what? And while it can come off as infantile and clunky, it's just plain and simple fun in the tradition of "Ernest Saves Christmas." You have Brendan Fraser ("George of the Jungle") in the title role of a clueless Canadian Mounty both vying for the hand of Nell Fenwick (Sarah Jessica Parker in, oddly enough, the least phoned-in role of her career) and struggling with the evil Snidely K. Whiplash (Alfred Molina). Before he can mount his flatulent horse (named Horse, of course), though, he's reduced to taking vigilante lessons from a prospector (Monty Python's Eric Idle) who recently made a splash on the "Regis & Kathy Lee Show".Ridiculousness aside, this was a funny, lightweight, enjoyable movie that didn't match the cleverness of "The Dudley Do-Right Show," but still provides a laugh and does well as a guilty pleasure. Know what I mean?

I read some of the reviews here before watching this and was expecting a bomb but it surprised me to the upside. Fraser does a good job as dudley though why they had him play the role 30 pounds overweight, i don't know. I've never liked Sarah Jessica Parker because she's not pretty but she's well cast here as Nell, who is not supposed to be that good-looking anyway. In the cartoon series she played something of a vamp constantly chasing the clueless dudley. In the movie they inexplicably left that side of her out and she's just dudley's (and snidley's) girl. Speaking of snidley he is, as expected, the real star. Alfred Molina does a great job. Without him this show would have been a bomb.