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Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:4
Rotten:10
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: The movie isn't funny, the plot is too thin, and the production values feel more like a TV sitcom than a movie.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] language and some sex and drug-related humor
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Dec 15, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $44,992,961
Synopsis: Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chester (Seann William Scott) got really wasted last night. The fridge is packed with pudding, their girlfriends--"The Twins"--are ticked off, and somehow Jesse's car has... Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chester (Seann William Scott) got really wasted last night. The fridge is packed with pudding, their girlfriends--"The Twins"--are ticked off, and somehow Jesse's car has disappeared. So the hapless stoners set out to find the car, which happens to have their girlfriends' anniversary presents in it. But they soon discover that losing the car isn't half the story. High school hottie Christie (Kristy Swanson) is mysteriously hot for Jesse, Chester is a favorite customer at the local topless club, and they owe a suitcase full of money to a transvestite stripper. On top of all that, they're being pursued by a minivan full of geeks, horny "space babes," and a couple of "totally gay" Scandinavian dudes--all trying to find the "continuum transfunctioner," the device that can save or destroy the universe. Duuude.... DUDE's comic formula is pretty simple: throw the dudes in one bizarre situation after another and watch them goof their way out. Given the movie's PG-13 rating, it all lands on the lighter side of the teen-comedy spectrum, and if angry ostriches, donut-loving cops, a 50-foot bimbo in a miniskirt, and a pot-smoking dog sound like a good combo, DUDE has got a deal for you. [More]
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff, David Herman, Christian Middelthon, David W. Bannick, Charlie O'Connell, Kristy Swanson, Teressa Tunney, Mitzi Martin, Nichole M. Hiltz, Linda Kim, Mia Trudeau, Kim Marie Johnson, Bill Chott, Michael Ray Bower
Director: Danny Leiner
Director: Danny Leiner
Screenwriter: Philip Stark
Producer: Wayne Rice, Gil Netter, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove
Composer: David Kitay
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Reviews for Dude, Where's My Car?
Daft and lovable and even kinda daring, Dude deserves its truly clueless studio's belabored support.
The definition of aiming low is when the John Hughes film you're ripping off is Weird Science.
Operates in a limbo between the relentlessly moronic and the legitimately entertaining, while almost solving the vehicular existentialism suggested by its title.
Following these two clumsy, unpretentious doofuses as they jump from one brisk gag to another is a gentle, cozy experience, especially if you compare these harmless vignettes to the brutal and vitriolic spirit of, say, a comedy by the Farrelly brothers.
To call this humor politically incorrect would be to unjustly credit its creators with any sort of ideology that could then be violated.
I was embarrassed that I enjoyed a movie so juvenile and stupid. But then I thought, 'Dude!' and I was OK.
An almost chuckle-free mess, so amateurish and lame that the cast often has that embarrassed look you see on dogs given ridiculous haircuts.
A surprisingly sweet, mild-mannered movie for a teenage comedy spoof, and that's not a good thing.
The majority of its gags fall woefully flat, and its brief, 83-minute running time often seems to drag for an eternity.
Pic is transparently thin -- even at just 83 minutes, it feels desperately padded -- but fitfully amusing.
The stupidity and the failed gags start piling up, and Dude, Where's My Car? becomes just another lame slacker comedy.
Latest News for Dude, Where's My Car?
August 18, 2006:
Critical Consensus: Now Boarding, "Snakes on a Plane." Destination: Fresh!
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August 17, 2006:
Critical Consensus: "SOAP," "Material Girls" Not Screened; "Accepted" Denied; "Sunshine" Shines
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June 01, 2005:
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Variety reports on a typically "high-concept" project for director Danny Leiner ("Dude, Where's My Car?," "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle").... More...
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