“Dudley Do-Right” is a live-action comedy based on some of the segments from “The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show”. This film got savaged when it was released back in 1999 and I don’t really get why. It’s infinitely better than “The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle”, which came out just a year later.

In this film, Dudley Do-Right (Brendan Fraser “George of the Jungle”, “The Mummy”) is a dopey Canadian Mountie that loves his job. His rival, Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina “Spider-Man 2”, “Species”) is executing another dastardly scheme and he’s also getting the affection of Nell (Sarah Jessica Parker “Striking Distance”), the girl of Dudley’s dreams. Dudley will have to set things right if he wants to save his job, his town and his girl.

Brendan Fraser is mildly entertaining as Dudley. Dudley is an individual with a good heart but he’s a bit of an idiot and is easily tricked as always assumes the best about other people. The character seems to embody the image of Canada in that he’s very pleasant but a little dull. Sarah Jessica Parker is forgettable here. Alfred Molina looks like he’s having fun as the villain. Eric Idle (“Monty Python and the Holy Grail”) is reasonable here too.

Children are likely to be entertained by “Dudley Do-Right”. I like some of the slapstick and I admire this film for being quite innocent. It seems most comedies now have to be really aggressive so it’s nice to see a film that is more light-hearted. None of it is particularly funny though so I cannot exactly recommend it. I’ve never seen the original cartoon series so I can’t compare it with this. If you are a big Brendan Fraser fan or you just love slapstick comedy then maybe check this one out. You’re not doing anything wrong if you want to watch “Dudley Do-Right”.