The beginning of Dudley Do-Right is a little.... lonely. It feels a bit like Myst without the intriguing landscape. The population of "Semi-Happy Valley" is about two: Dudley Do-Right and Snidely Whiplash. The other residents of the town show up a few times, but only as a mob or as transparently thin characters.This microscopic microcosm feel is perpetuated, actually, by Dudley's familiarity with Snidely. It feels like, even though he is the bad guy, nothing he could do could be that bad because he's just the small town prankster.
Dudley Do-Right deviates substantially from it's source material. About the only things it keeps are names, but even then it changes the name of the town. However, one must remember that most of it's source material was produced in the 1970's and comedic resonance diminishes with time. The movie abandons some of the gimmicks of the original, but it makes some of it's own. In the end, I think the movie is pretty "Alright", it has funny parts, Brendan Fraser is a funny guy, Sarah Jessica Parker is not. But oh well, can't win 'em all and you can ignore her easily, she's not that important.
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