The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar

Writers (WGA):

John O'Brien (screenplay)
John O'Brien (story) ...

Release Date:

5 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Meet the Dukes. One family having so much fun there oughta be a law.

Plot:

Cousins Bo (Scott) and Luke (Knoxville) Duke, with a little help from their cousin Daisy (Simpson) and Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane.

Plot Keywords:

Cousin | Uncle | Sheriff | Moonshine | Race Car

Awards:

2 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Johnny Knoxville	...	Luke Duke
Seann William Scott	...	Bo Duke
Alice Greczyn	...	Laurie Pullman
Steve Lemme	...	Jimmy
Michael Weston	...	Deputy Enos Strate
Mitch Braswell	...	Out of Towner #1
Michael Roof	...	Dil Driscoll
Jessica Simpson	...	Daisy Duke
Rusty Tennant	...	Local #1
Dolan Wilson	...	Local #2
James Roday	...	Billy Prickett
Heather Hemmens	...	Girl #1
David Leitch	...	Puncher
A.J. Foyt IV	...	Race Car Driver #1
M.C. Gainey	...	Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude and drug-related humor, language and comic action violence.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:MG6 | Germany:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Taiwan:PG-12 | Brazil:14 | Sweden:7 | Belgium:KT | Singapore:M18 (unrated version) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | USA:Unrated (DVD version) | Norway:15 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) (unrated version) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 | UK:12A (cut) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Jessica Simpson's film feature debut.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the hunter and his son are shooting at Bo and Luke, a large shotgun hole is made on the left side of the '69 Charger behind the tires. Once they lose the pursuers, they make a left turn and reveal the hole is gone completely.

Quotes:

Campus Cop #1: [as the General Lee peels away from campus police] Mother of God...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Tripping the Rift: Six, Lies and Videotape (#2.13)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Hey Yeah

Fun Movie, Much Better Than Expected

Having read some of the other comments here I was expecting something truly awful but was pleasantly surprised. REALITY CHECK: The original series wasn't that good. I think some people remember it with more affection than it deserved but apart from the car chases and Daisy Duke's legs the scripts were weak and poorly acted. The Duke boys were too intelligent and posh for backwood hicks, the shrunken Boss Hog was too cretinous to be evil and Rosco was just hyper throughout every screen moment. It's amazing the series actually lasted as long as it did because it ran out of story lines during the first series.

Back to the movie. If you watch this film in it's own right, not as a direct comparison to however you remember the TV series, then it's not bad at all. The real star is of course the General Lee. The car chases and stunts are excellent and that's really what D.O.H. is all about. Johnny Knoxville is his usual eccentric self and along with Seann William Scott as Cousin Bo the pair make this film really funny in a hilarious Dumb-And-Dumber sort of way the TV series never achieved. The lovely Jessica Simpson is a natch as Miss Daisy, Burt Reynolds makes a much improved Boss Hog and M.C. Gainey makes a believably nasty Rosco P. Coltrane, the way he always should have been.

If you don't like slapstick humour and crazy car stunts then you wouldn't be watching this film anyway because you should know what to expect. Otherwise if you want an entertaining car-action movie with a few good laughs that's not too taxing on the brain then go see this enjoyable romp with an open mind.