Scooby-Doo (2002)

After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.

Director:

Raja Gosnell

Writers:

James Gunn (screenplay), Craig Titley (story),

Stars:

Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard

3 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Fred
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Daphne
Matthew Lillard	...	Shaggy
Linda Cardellini	...	Velma
Rowan Atkinson	...	Mondavarious
Isla Fisher	...	Mary Jane
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Voodoo Maestro (as Miguel A. Nunez Jr.)
Steven Grives	...	N' Goo Tuana
Charles Stan Frazier	...	Sugar Ray (as Stan Frazier)
Craig Bullock	...	Sugar Ray (as DJ Homicide)
Matthew Murphy Karges	...	Sugar Ray (as Murphy Karges)
Mark McGrath	...	Sugar Ray
Rodney Sheppard	...	Sugar Ray
Sam Greco	...	Zarkos
Charles Cousins	...	Velma's Friend

Storyline

The Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years, until they each receive an invitation to Spooky Island. Not knowing that the others have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that affects young visitors in very strange ways. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby soon realize that they cannot solve this mystery without help from each other.

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Plot Keywords:

island | resort | amusement park | spring break | girl with glasses | 

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Taglines:

Daphne - Shaggy - Velma - Fred

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude humor, language and some scary action

Details

Official Sites:

Fox Official site [fr]

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Scooby Doo

Filming Locations:

Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$84,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,157,711 (Brazil) (4 October 2002)

Gross:

$4,942,107 (Brazil) (29 November 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Mosaic Media Group, Atlas Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels) DTS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many Harry Potter fans went to see the film just to see the trailer for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

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Goofs

Shaggy should have no reason to know that Daphne's protoplasm has been extracted. (This is explained in a deleted scene where he sees them doing it to her. Since that scene isn't in the final cut, Shaggy shouldn't know she's been possessed.)

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Quotes

Daphne: Wait. I know how to deal with this guy.
[shouts to Voodoo Maestro]
Daphne: Hey you! What are you doin'?
Velma: Yes, that is masterful.

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Crazy Credits

As the Warner Bros. logo fully appears, a chunk of it is suddenly bitten off, and Scooby-Doo is heard giggling. A new logo appears, with the letters "SD" in it (for Scooby-Doo), and reading underneath "A Mystery Inc. Company".

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Connections

Referenced in Conan: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Her Face Who Was Unemployable (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Grow-Up"
Written by Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau (as Charles-Andre Comeau) and Jeff Stinco (as Jean-Francois Stinco)
Performed by Simple Plan
Courtesy of Lava Records/Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

SCOOBY ROCKS !!!!

I've always been a big fan of horror films and when I was too young to watch them, SCOOBY was my favourite cartoon because it had cool heroes and I could see all sorts of monsters in it. Even now that I'm an adult, I still find a lot of pleasure in watching an episode. Just to say that I wasn't very excited at the perspective of seeing my cult cartoon turned into an unnamable stuff as the first pictures in the magazines announced a visually ridiculous movie with probably (like most of the other TV series adaptations) a boring and incoherent script.

When I left the theater, I was in love with this movie. It's a Scooby fan's dream come true.The film's never ridiculous: a colourfull and coherent universe was built around the visual of the cartoon. It's a very rare thing but this time, an exact transposition of a cartoon is perfect and doesn't breed an example in visual bad taste.

The script intelligently breaks several rules of the cartoon in order to bring more deepness to the characters. For example, Daphne's tired to be the eternal "stupid" beauty in danger and Velma can't stand Fred's attitude anymore as he always acts as if he had solved the mysteries alone. But these efforts would have been vain if a "dream team" of actors hadn't been gathered around the hilarious Scooby. Even if the team's composed of five characters, they're all treated with the same importance, and that's rare enough to be underscored.

Matthew LILLARD IS Shaggy: he reproduces perfectly the attitude of the animated character and his capacity to make you believe in the virtual Scooby is very impressive: when he's with him, you feel like if the dog was really on the set. The duo's perfect.

Sarah Michelle GELLAR and Freddie PRINZE Jr have a very communicative energy. It's obvious that they had a very good time playing the two "beautiful and quite stupid" characters of the team. Even if the role of Daphne was written with "Buffy" references, Sarah Michelle GELLAR succeeds in preserving the essence of the character: I never thought about Buffy when I saw her as Daphne.

And the last but not the least, Linda CARDELLINI delivers an outstanding performance as Velma. She took the animated character and managed to make her more human, funnier and even touching by bringing all sorts of irresistible details and mimics as for example in the way she laughs or says that she's the most clever of the team. Great job for a great actress.

I hope that no sequel will ever reach the screen if any of them is missing from the cast.

The story's quite simple but very well paced and entertaining. There are lots of cool dialogues and "private jokes" for the series' fans. All the gags are in the tone of the cartoon and always effective. I wasn't in favor of the use of martial arts through the character of Daphne but finally, kung fu fits in the universe of SCOOBY DOO as it's used with parsimony to bring a few more good gags.

As a conclusion, I would say that SCOOBY DOO's a terrific movie: it's fun, fast and very well acted.I found in it everything that made me love the cartoon and even more. Don't miss it if you're a SCOOBY fan: you won't regret it!