Scooby-Doo-Movie/Scooby-Doo 2-Monsters Unleashed (2002)

"[1] I laughed myself stupid...  Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
"[1] You don't want to love this, but you will.  Hank Stuever, Washington Post
"[2] ...if you liked the first one, you'll like this one, too.  John J. Puccio, DVD Town
"[2] ...above-average special effects...campy fun...  Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
"[1] I laughed myself stupid...  "Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com"
""[1] You don't want to love this, but you will."  "Hank Stuever, Washington Post"
""[2] ...if you liked the first one, you'll like this one, too."  "John J. Puccio, DVD Town"
"[2] ...above-average special effects...campy fun...  "Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle"

Editor's Note This double feature includes two live-action films based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series: SCOOBY DOO (2002) and SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (2004). See individual titles for plot synopses.

	Freddie Prinze, Jr.
	Linda Cardellini
	Matthew Lillard
	Miguel A. Nunez, Jr.
	Peter Boyle
	Rowan Atkinson
	Sarah Michelle Gellar
	Seth Green
	"Freddie Prinze, Jr."
	"Miguel A. Nunez, Jr."
	Raja Gosnell - [Both] Director

DVD Verdict 8 of 10
"[1] There is one truly magical scene in Scooby-Doo, a moment where everything the movie could have been, even with human stain Prinze Jr. and our buff slayer, unfolds on the silver screen. The Mystery Machine is traveling down a beautiful lonesome road as a near perfect sunset chases it across the horizon. The beautiful opening bars of Brian Wilson's tender lullaby ""God Only Knows"" lilts across the soundtrack like steps back into time and innocence. We cut to the interior of the pop art caravan and see the cast, looking Saturday Morning Cartoon perfect in the expressions and costumes, capturing the very essence of what made the television show so unique, and fondly remember." - Bill Gibron

Chicago Tribune 7 of 10
"[2] Digging deep into the series' nostalgia pockets, screenwriter James Gunn resurrects some of the cartoon's most famous characters when the costumes of Mystery Inc.'s villains (Capt. Cutler's Ghost, Pterodactyl Ghost, etc.) mysteriously spring to demonic life during a museum exhibition...In the first ""Scooby-Doo"" movie, Gosnell had fun toying with the mythology of the gang, hinting that Shaggy and Scooby were really potheads, that Velma might be a lesbian, and that love between Daphne and Fred might not be so rosy. Absent this playfulness, the sequel's all-surface, no-substance approach makes you yearn for the original cartoon." - Robert K. Elder