SCOOBY-DOO
If the Flintstones can go to Rock Vegas and Casper can score with Christina
Ricci, then Scooby-Doo can most certainly save spring break. Hanna-Barbera's
favorite cartoon dog gets a CGI makeover and hot teen film stars to take the
Mystery Machine out for one more spin.
Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Velma (Linda Cardellini),
and Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar) are reunited after a three-year hiatus to
get Mystery Inc. back together and investigate strange happenings on Spooky
Island. Soon enough the kids are caught up in an evil scheme that involves
brainwashing spring-break students for the purpose of world domination. Matthew
Lillard plays a perfectly fleshed-out Shaggy, but the rest of the cast can't
hope to outdo the Doo, and Sarah Michelle Gellar has the added challenge of
trying to keep her micro-mini PG. Director Raja Gosnell maintains the campy
spirit of the original cartoon, and the result has broad appeal, with
self-conscious humor for the twenty-and-thirtysomething crowd that grew up
asking, "Scooby-Doo where are you." This family film sneaks some racy innuendo
under the radar, but not enough to have children asking their parents why smoke
is coming from Shaggy's van, or why Fred is wearing an ascot. At the Apple
Valley, Entertainment, Flagship, Hoyts, Opera House, Showcase, and Tri-Boro
cinemas.
Issue Date: June 14 - 20, 2002
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