
Based on the 60's-era cartoon of the same name. Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-right is busy keeping the peace in his small mountain town when his old rival, Snidely Whiplash, comes up with a plot to buy all the property in town, then start a phony gold rush by seeding the river with nuggets. Can this well-meaning (though completely incompetent) Mountie stop Whiplash's evil plan?... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on the 60's-era cartoon of the same name. Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-right is busy keeping the peace in his small mountain town when his old rival, Snidely Whiplash, comes up with a plot to buy all the property in town, then start a phony gold rush by seeding the river with nuggets. Can this well-meaning (though completely incompetent) Mountie stop Whiplash's evil plan?
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| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo TuckerHow lucky can moviegoers get? Three Brendan Fraser movies this year! |
| VarietyJoe LeydonOne of the summer's more pleasant surprises. A silly bit of tiptop tomfoolery with cross-generational appeal. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackEric Idle--a royal among sillies--turns in a wonderfully wacky performance. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardMostly pitched at a new crop of children who will detect the movie's mildly sarcastic, audience-winking tone with no problem. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI enjoyed the film more than I expected to. It's harmless, simple-minded. |
| New York PostHannah BrownThis whole movie is fun, and smart too, a fitting tribute to Jay Ward's original cartoons. |
| Houston Community NewspapersGary BrownI always wondered how the original producer, Jay Ward, could squeeze out a 5 minute segment each week on such a flimsy premise. Now the big question is how some bigwig executive thought they could squeeze out an 80 minute movie on the same idea. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinDudley Do-Right works well as family entertainment. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsSusan GrangerDirected by Hugh Wilson, this cheerful comedy is aimed at 5-10 year-olds, who will thoroughly enjoy it. |
| Common Sense MediaBrian Costello'90s live-action remake of '60s cartoon has iffy humor. |