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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Language, Adult Humor, Slapstick Violence Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 12/28/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 23 mins Studio: Universal Studios Total Copies: 10 Genres: Comedy, Slapstick, Family-Oriented Comedy

After giving George of the Jungle human form, Brendan Fraser returns to cartoon-land with another live-action update of an animated TV classic. Set in the peaceful village of Semi-Happy Valley high in the Canadian Rockies, our story focuses on Dudley Do-Right (Fraser), a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who never lets his lack of intelligence get in the way of his dedication and determination to get his man. Dudley's superior, Inspector Fenwick (Robert Prosky), displays a bemused tolerance towards Dudley's enthusiastic ineptitude, and Dudley is beguiled by the Inspector's daughter, Nell (Sarah Jessica Parker), who has made a home in Seattle after traveling the world, but is now paying her father an extended visit. Before Dudley can make much of a (positive) impression on Nell, the evil Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina) enters the picture. Determined to take Semi-Happy Valley for everything it's worth, Snidely sends Dudley in search of vampires hiding in the woods, and, while he's away, plants gold nuggets in a nearby stream. When a prospector (Eric Idle) happens upon them, word gets out that Semi-Happy Valley is gold country. Quickly opening a string of businesses to cater to the flood of would-be gold miners, Snidely becomes the town's richest citizen, and Semi-Happy Valley is even renamed Whiplash City. Snidely's fame and wealth gain Nell's attention, while Dudley's search for vampires causes the Inspector to fire him. However, in time, Dudley realizes that something is afoot, and he is determined to expose Snidely Whiplash and bring him to justice. Director Hugh Wilson wrote and directed the first film in the Police Academy series; Dudley Do-Right was his second directorial credit of 1999 with Brendan Fraser, after they worked together on Blast From the Past. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Brendan Fraser - Dudley Do-Right
Sarah Jessica Parker - Nell Fenwick
Alfred Molina - Snidely Whiplash
Eric Idle - The Prospector
Robert Prosky - Inspector Fenwick

It's nice to have a choice between DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1, but the kind folks at Universal have included Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround for the French-language track, which is nice for the Canadians who will surely want to see how their dear Mounties are depicted in this merely amusing send-up. The other choice viewers have is widescreen or pan-and-scan, and choices are always nice even if pan-and-scan is the devil's work. The image looks bright and sharp in both formats, but crisper and with better resolution in the widescreen. The DVD for Dudley Do-Right includes a DVD-ROM feature that accesses a jigsaw puzzle at the Universal website; it's not much, but it's something, and with a clunker like this film, viewers will have to do everything they can to give the impression of "value added." The theatrical trailer, production notes, and text cast bios are included, but they look sharper at the Universal website. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide