Director: Raja Gosnell
Release Date: 2002
Running Time: 1hr 23 minutes
Genre: Family
Rating: PG
Format: Sky Cinema
Synopsis:
After an spontaneous break up, the Mystery Inc gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.
Joe Ruby and Ken Spears hit animated cartoon series "Scooby-Doo" has been loved by fans across the globe for the past forty-nine years. In the early naughties it was announced that a live action version would be hitting our cinema screens. Director Brian Levant delivered a terrific live action adaptation of "The Flintstones" in 1994, proving that a great director really can bring a cartoon to life. The beauty of live action adaptations is that it allows younger viewers to see their favourite characters on the big screens. When the Mystery Inc spontaneously split, they find themselves reunited after two years boarding a plane to Spooky Island to investigate strange goings on! Daphne, Fred, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby must work together as a team to find out who the colporate is.
The entertaining storyline really brings back the imagination of the original cartoon series. Quick and fun it's everything you'd expect from a live adaptation. Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini all deliver fantastic performances, with an uncanny likeness to their characters. Rowan Atkinson is excellent as Spooky Island owner Mondavarious. Wonderfully exaggerated, he adds a tremendous amount of humour to the storyline, with terrific witty one liners. Real life couple, Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar work beautifully together as Fred and Daphne, making their characters all the more authentic.
Scooby-Doo looks wonderfully authentic, the CGI to create his character is really magnificent. Hardcore fans of the original show will not find themselves dissapointed. Although there are a couple of editing mishaps and continuity errors, the film itself looks terrific, with a real homage to the original cartoon series. Silly and fun, packed full of intricate details that reference the original characters, the story is perfectly suited for family's and children of all ages. Wonderfully funny and entertaining.
4/5 stars
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