Scooby-Doo Critic Reviews

This dog will inevitably let down purists looking for the elusive combination of smart and funny.Read the full review

It's unclear why the writers bothered to update the cartoon, unless it was to expand the possibilities for quips and jokey ideas. If so, they failed in their mission, as the movie elicits few laughs.Read the full review

Not entirely without charm.Read the full review

You don't want to love this, but you will. Although Scooby-Doo falls far short of becoming the "Blazing Saddles" of Generations X, Y and Z, it is hard to resist in its moronic charms.Read the full review

Captures the essence of its TV inspiration, which is to say that it's not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. It also feels very, very long.Read the full review

Just fast, frenetic and funny enough to amuse both new fans and longtime devotees of the characters who have inspired more than 30 years worth of animated TV episodes and made-for-video features.Read the full review

Do you really want to spend money watching what is essentially marginality, or would those dollars be better used to see a better film or even buy a good book?Read the full review

The antics involving ghosts, chases, and burping that divert the small fry don't mix with the jokey, tribute-band dialogue spouting from the Mystery, Inc. gang.Read the full review

The gratuitous vulgarity is just one more reason that Scooby-Doo should never have left the pound.Read the full review