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 enlarge | Director: Raja Gosnell
Actors: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  321 reviews
Sales Rank: 1898
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Live, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD23430D
UPC: 085392343027
EAN: 0085392343027
ASIN: B00006HBUA
Theatrical Release Date: June 14, 2002
Release Date: October 11, 2002
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 Scooby-Doo, Where are You? February 11, 2007
Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States)
I have a confession to make. I didn't grow up watching cartoons. As a result, I've only seen a handful of episodes of this show in my entire life. Yet, I was curious about the live action version, so I finally sat down and watched it.
The Mystery Inc. Gang is in the middle of another exciting case. Yet when they've captured the ghost, something strange happens. A microphone is trust into Fred's face (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) and suddenly the gang starts fighting. Velma (Linda Cardellini) is tired of Fred taking all the credit. And Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is absolutely sick of always being the damsel in distress. Only Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Scooby-Doo are interested in staying together. And so the gang breaks up.
Some time later, they are brought back together by Mandavarious (Rowan Atkinson). He owns Spooky Island, a hip college resort. Unfortunately, his guests are arriving as normal college students and leaving as zombies. Will the Mystery Inc. Gang be able to reconcile to solve the case?
The problem with taking a half hour program and making it a full length movie is the added time. The writers tried to deal with that my adding the conflict within the group. However, so little time is spent on it that it feels like an after thought. Instead, the movie spends most of its time focusing on the story, which makes sense for the most part. There's a twist at the end that I thought was just plain weird, but maybe that's just me. Matthew Lillard is the standout member of the cast. His Shaggy perfectly brought the cartoon character to life. And the computer animated Scooby, while looking like a cartoon was believable.
There are some parts that might frighten small children, but most will be ok with it. It's a mixed bag, at least for this non-fan of the series.
 I love it October 26, 2006
B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
By this point in my life, it's pretty much a given that many of the things I like are going to be criticized. Many times *severely* criticized. I have to teach myself to deal with it and move on.
Scooby Doo is a really fantastic movie. I don't feel bad at all for liking it. I'm a 25 year old man and I think it's the best family movie money can buy.
I simply loved the idea of having an animated Scooby Doo living in a world of real people. That's what this movie is- Shaggy, Daphne and everyone else can't really SEE Scooby because Scooby isn't real. It's the main reason the movie is so special, for goodness sake. You simply couldn't have it any other way. Do you think throwing in a real dog would work? No, it wouldn't, unless you found a real dog who can talk (and don't try convincing me one of those "I love you" dogs are really talking because you know darn well those are the *only* words they can say).
I believe the movie was intended for EVERYONE. The picture is pleasing on the eyes, and the plot moves forward like a typical Scooby Doo mystery from the cartoon series. I really don't understand the problem people have with this movie. It's understandable if you're not a fan of Scooby Doo in the first place, but if you are, the film is exactly what you'd expect.
This movie will go down as a classic to me. If you're along for the ride, jump in my boat.
 By Far One Of The Worst Live Action Tributes To An Animated Classic September 24, 2006
Daniel Hayes (Clermont, FL.)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I wasn't going to watch this period, but tonight on the ABC Family Channel this was on, so I'm like o.k. let's see why I wasn't up to watching this. I got my answer rather quickly. Mind you it was a clever attempt to show that it wasn't all cartoon pie in the sky. It starts with the Mystery Machine group Velma, Fred, Shaggy, Daphnie, and Scooby all going thier separate ways as a t.v. show wanting to be cancelled. It also showed that the five all had thier personal isssues with each other, and decide it's for the best to just go thier own ways. They are all brought back together by an anonymous person to solve the mystery on Spooky Island. I found Spooky Island to be a pathetc cross between Adventureland, and Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World. This is where the clever attempt starts to unravel as you see the group trying to solve the mystery, and along the way they pick up Scrappy Doo, and depending on your sense of humor this may be funny as Daphnie gets upset with Scrappy Doo because he peed on her, but to me the line Fred uses about Scrappy marking his territory on Daphnie was without a doubt a feeble attempt to rescue this movie from absolute ruin. The special effects were also out of place here for this being a cartoon for kids up to 8-9 years old to have special effects that are more geared at an older audience was improper. I think I know as to why the group Sugar Ray ended up killing thier careers as they performed in this movie, and then the group ends up turning into monsters. It would go even further to where Fred, Velma, and Daphnie all turn into monsters as well. I couldn't go further as the movie was just that bad. I found the fact that Shaggy actually fell in love with a girl as the closest thing positive that I could find about this movie, but I feel that he should date Velma though because she's more about sense, and would be the close friend that Shaggy needs that doesn't walk on all fours. You got me I watched it, and now that I have I can say without a shadow of a doubt "IT SUCKS".
 Scooby-Dooby Doo (Region 2 DVD) August 31, 2006
Lonnie E. Holder (Sullivan, Illinois United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had heard so many negative things about this movie that it took me a long time to gain the courage to watch it. I am glad I did. While Freddie Prinze, Jr., and Sarah Michelle Gellar appear initially miscast as Fred Jones and Daphne Blake, by the end of the movie you can sort of see them as those characters. The real winners here are Matthew Lillard in his best role ever as Shaggy and a digital Scooby-Doo.
The beginning of the movie finds the team of ghost hunters split up due principally due to the personalities of Daphne and Fred. Scooby and Shaggy are, as usual, interested in food, surfing, and food, remaining true to themselves. The owner of an island amusement park invites all of them, separately, to the island to help solve a mystery. After the not-quite-together team realizes there is a real mystery, the five some slowly grow together into the best team they have ever been.
The plot of movie is relatively unimportant. We have seen plots similar to these in dozens of animated Scooby Doo cartoons. We loved them. You will recognize the essence of those plots in this movie.
I was initially uncomfortable with how Daphne and Fred were played. I was expecting both characters to act more as they were in the cartoons. However, as the movie progressed I saw the method to the director's madness. While I am unable to say I was thrilled by what I saw as a significant deviation from the cartoon characters, I tried not to get hung up on it. I suppose I should have been uncomfortable with Scrappy Doo whizzing on Daphne, but I was never a big fan of Scrappy anyway.
I have yet to mention much about Linda Cardellini as Velma. After Matthew Lillard's Shaggy, Linda's Velma was the next best portrayal of the Mystery, Inc., team. Just as Matthew Lillard was Shaggy, Linda Cardellini was Velma. Interestingly, Velma, always played as the brainy, somewhat geeky, type, is the same here, yet Linda Cardellini somehow brings a beauty to Velma that was never in the animated shorts.
The real charm of this movie comes from Matthew Lillard. I have seen him in so many movies, including others with Freddie Prinze, Jr., and while his characters were often done well, he is outstanding as Shaggy. I think the true star of this film is Matthew Lillard, followed by the digital Scooby. Every time I watched Matthew, it was as though Shaggy had come to life. Matthew talked like Shaggy, walked like Shaggy, he even LOOKED like Shaggy. He was perfect. Matthew and his best friend Scooby were cartoons come to life.
Without Shaggy, Scooby and Velma, this movie would have been a disaster, perhaps not even making two stars. The three of them save the day and create the real humor and chemistry of the live version of the Mystery, Inc., team.
Scooby-DUD! August 6, 2006
J. McDonald
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Loud, obnoxious and generally unfunny live-action adaption of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
After watching this film I realized that the legendary 80's mega-flop "Howard the Duck" was almost twenty years ahead of its time. There's very little difference between Scooby-Doo (and most of the other current films of this type) and that classic bomb! Perhaps the only difference is that today this garbage is actually successful and is even considered "sequel worthy". Also, Just to be fair to Howard the Duck, at least that movie had the visual appeal of Lea Thompson.
If your idea of fun is bombastic, poorly produced special effects, a crappy modern soundtrack and a plethora of booger and fart jokes then this is the film for you! Certainly worth checking out if you're a fan of the Scooby-Doo character, but just be prepared to end up wanting two hours of your life back!
The sequel deserves the exact same review.
-JM
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