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Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

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Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

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Reviews Counted:110

Fresh:23

Rotten:87

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Only the very young will get the most out of this silly trifle.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: Jinkies! In Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Scooby and the gang lose their cool - and their stellar reputation - when an anonymous masked villain wreaks mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a... Jinkies! In Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Scooby and the gang lose their cool - and their stellar reputation - when an anonymous masked villain wreaks mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that re-creates classic Mystery Inc. foes like The Pterodactyl Ghost, The Black Knight Ghost, Captain Cutler's Ghost and The 10,000 Volt Ghost. Under pressure from relentless reporter Heather Jasper-Howe (ALICIA SILVERSTONE) and the terrified citizens of Coolsville, the gang launches an investigation into the mysterious monster outbreak that leaves Shaggy and Scooby questioning their roles in Mystery Inc. The ever-ravenous duo, determined to prove they're great detectives, don a series of far-out disguises in their search for clues. All signs point to Jeremiah "Old Man" Wickles (PETER BOYLE), the former Black Knight Ghost who was once unmasked by the gang and thrown in jail. Did the creepy wannabe launch the monstrous attack on Coolsville in a diabolical quest for revenge? Meanwhile, brainy Velma (LINDA CARDELLINI) becomes smitten with another key suspect, Coolsonian Criminology Museum curator Patrick Wisely (SETH GREEN), as macho leader Fred (FREDDIE PRINZE JR.) and image-conscious Daphne (SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR) attempt to determine the identity of the Evil Masked Figure whose monster army is wreaking havoc on Coolsville. [More]

Starring: Freddie Prinze, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Peter Boyle

Starring: Freddie Prinze, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Peter Boyle, Alicia Silverstone, Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Tim Blake Nelson

Director: Raja Gosnell

Director: Raja Gosnell
Screenwriter: James Gunn
Producer: Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
Composer: David Newman
Studio: Warner Bros.

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It's made for kids and they will absolutely LOVE this! The monsters are as fun as the ones from the original Ghostbusters!

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
03/25/04
John Venable
John Venable
Supercala.com

The characters are, well, cartoonish, and any charm in seeing them played by actors on the big screen wore off ten minutes into the first one.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
03/25/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Some pleasantly silly scares but the characters are, well, cartoonish, and any charm in seeing them on the big screen wore off ten minutes into the first one.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
03/25/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Law of diminishing returns has caught up with this franchise.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/25/04
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Imagine you are given a free pass to go on every ride at Great Adventure, but the fine print stipulates that you have only 90 minutes in which to do them all ... This, more or less, is the Scooby-Doo experience.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
03/25/04
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday

The filmmakers are once again able to attract comic talent to languish in underwritten villain roles (Peter Boyle), and Scooby Doo still looks more like a bobble-head doll in the rear window of a Gremlin than a dog or a cartoon.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
03/25/04
Jon Strickland
Jon Strickland
L.A. Weekly

There's nothing overtly better or worse about this sequel.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
03/25/04
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Entertainment Weekly

To call this a movie a dog would also be an insult to canines, so let's just say Scooby-Doo 2 is a Scooby-Don't.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
03/25/04
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune

kids will spend more time trying to make sense of the extra detritus than letting loose at the gang’s wild antics.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
03/25/04
David Levine
David Levine
Filmcritic.com

May be the first film I've ever seen that looks as if it was more humiliating to shoot than it is to watch.

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
03/25/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Thankfully, there’s no sign of Scrappy-Doo, which really should count for something, right?

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
03/24/04
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Slant Magazine

Silly, but fun.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
03/24/04
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

“Scooby-Doo 2,” much to my shock and amazement, is a fun little trifle.

Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
03/23/04
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies

Eventually gets bogged down in simplistic 'be yourself' moralizing destined to fail with its target audience.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/23/04
Joshua Land
Joshua Land
Village Voice

If the first movie acted as a babysitter, this one’s a babysitter who doesn’t get as intoxicated.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
03/22/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

However well done, it's still nothing more than a live-action version of a mediocre old cartoon; and while affectionate and nicely tooled, it's no more than tolerable.

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03/22/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

A loud, obnoxious mess of lame humor, CGI overload and (jinkies!) the Mystery Inc. gang stopping the action dead to confront their own personal demons during extended self-analysis sessions.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
03/22/04
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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Scooby's latest picture is definitely Scooberific.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
03/22/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Giving the dog an afro and forcing him to do the Electric Slide is not a good substitute for a clever attempt at family entertainment.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
03/21/04
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

. . .a film in which much time, money, and effort was expended so that a computer-generated dog could fart.

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
03/20/04
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews
 
 
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