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'The Dukes of Hazzard' loves cars flying through the air, cars skidding, and cars being chased by other cars. The movie is based on a television series that ran in the early eighties; I have not seen a single episode and after this movie I hope I never have to. The Dukes from the title are Luke and Bo Duke, their cousin Daisy and of course Uncle Jesse. They live in Hazzard County where Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds) runs the game, together with corrupt cop Coltrane (M.C. Gainey). They are the villains in a plot that makes no sense, existing only to show all that car stuff I mentioned above. That is, by the way, because Bo is in love with his car. Together they will take part in a road rally where another villain, Billy Prickett (James Roday), is the main opponent.

Bo and Duke are played by Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville, formerly sidekicks of The Rock: Scott in an enjoyable 'The Rundown', Knoxville in a lesser 'Walking Tall'. I like both actors and Scott finds his usual charm from time to time but mostly they are trapped in a terrible movie where there is nothing to work with. For Daisy a singer instead of actress is cast, Jessica Simpson, which is another mistake. Although Willie Nelson as Unlcle Jesse is a singer as well he has proved in the past he can act.

Jay Chandrasekhar is the director. He belongs to a comedy group named Broken Lizard, responsible for the very funny 'Super Troopers'. The Broken Lizard guys have some small parts in 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and admittedly they are more fun than the movie itself. It is too bad they could not do their own thing; making something from a television show has too many guidelines I guess. Those guidelines, like flying and skidding and crashing and chasing cars, apparently have taken control of the director. We are left with them and nothing else. Chandrasekhar should remember: after ten minutes it is simply enough.

A Action/Adventure/Comedy about two cousins Luke Duke(Johnny Knoxville,Walking Tall)and Bo Duke(Seann William Scott,The Rundown)Bo Duke is a local hero well him and his car General Lee are local heroes because they have won the Hazzard county race 3 years in a row.But now the entire Hazzard county is going to be turned in to a coal mining camp.So Bo and Luke are going to stir up a whole lot of trouble with the help of there cousin Daisy Duke(Jessica Simpson)and there uncle Jesse(Willie Nelson).so the local tycoon Boss Hogg(Burt Reynolds,The Longest Yard) wont be able to trick the entire county into allowing this mine to be built without them even knowing it.

Jessica Simpson(Daisy Duke) was simply a cameo they basically used her for her good looks and her music video that she put out based on this movie.They gave her as few lines as they could and they put as little clothes on her as she would allow them to basically she was a cameo.The main characters were Seann William Scott(Bo Duke)and Johnny Knoxville(Luke Duke).Seann William Scott is by far a much better actor then Johnny Knoxville he had me laughing a few times he also had me thinking how much of an idiot he is so I guess you could say he gave exactly the performance I expected him to give.Johnny Knoxville has improved since his performance in "walking tall" but still has a long way to go he only made me laugh half as many times as Sean William Scott.Willie Nelson(uncle Jesse)is not a actor he looked like he had no clue what he was doing the only way they could have him talk and have anybody think he knew what he was doing is if he yelled swear words or said some stupid jokes(They were funny stupid jokes though).The directing was pretty boring it did reach the medium though.The only good part about this movie was the car chase scenes they were very cool i loved the jumps they had general lee do they must have had 100 of those cars to be able to shoot this movie because it looked like it took quite a few takes to get them right.

Best actor/actress-Seann William Scott

running on empty when it came to the acting-Jake Hyden

I gave this movie a 3 out of 10

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

3/10

Perhaps if I'd never grown up and still been the ten-year old boy I was when I first sat down to watch the TV series I would have come away from this film with a big smile on my face. It's difficult to see who this appeals to - if you're old enough to remember the original series then you must surely be too mature to find anything worthwhile about this pap. If you're too young to remember it, then what's the point going in the first place?

This is a film so in love with it's own idiocy that it feels like a party you haven't been invited to. It looks like it should be a barrels of laughs, but you'd be hard pushed to raise a smirk. The whole enterprise hasn't an ounce of invention or wit, and the cast of characters are two-dimensional stereotypes with little or no redeeming features. Script, direction and acting are all abysmally amateur. The self-referential nostalgia factor (everything from "Smokey and the Bandit" to "Wonder Woman" is obvious and embarrassing, and Jessica Simpson should be taken out the back and shot for her performance (which is what you'd expect to happen in Georgia if you believe what you see in this film). William Scott's gurning isn't much better.

Awful in almost every aspect, don't waste your money for a few moments of great car stunts.

When this movie first entered production it seemed like it was well on it's way to be another comedic classic like "The Wedding Crashers". With the director of "Super Troopers" in charge and with Johnny Knoxville and Sean William Scott cast as the cousins, this film was almost guaranteed to be a smash hit. But the films slow direction and lack of humor made it just another failed attempt to cash in on a successful TV show. The plot was recycled and the acting was second rate.

The only thing in this movie that kept your attention was a half nude Jessica Simpson using her sexuality to get the Dukes out of trouble. Overall this film seemed so rushed that it seems the director forgot he was making a comedy.

The Dukes of Hazzard will academy awards!! Best actor and actress 4 the persons who can say with a straight face that this was a great movie.

This "movie" was a torture to watch. So sad how an weekly half hour entertainment was destroyed by these amateurs.The only good thing about this crap was the car! I remember when Daisy was a real threat to look 4ward 2. Who's the moron that decided that Jessica Simpson is hot?! We know she can't act but come on. In the TV show Daisy was a fox and brunette.

All members who contributed in these waste of time please please please don't even think about makin a sequel, a prequel or anything that's got 2 do with a former TV show.

I gave a empty DVD so this "movie" could be burned 4 me. I sat trough it and i want my money back!

Let me say that I grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard on TV and (as is so often the case these days) I wondered why someone felt it necessary to make a movie of it. I went to a matinée to avoid the outrageous ticket price and I'm glad I did because no one saw me going in to the theater. While a couple parts of the movie did cause laughter (sorry to admit it), a great majority of the movie was slow - except, of course, for the car chase scenes. The "twist" is predictable and the ending was a great let-down. The only slightly redeeming factors: Willie Nelson (always great - and no, I'm not a country fan), the soundtrack minus "Boots", and, surprisingly, Johnny Knoxville. I cannot stand Johnny Knoxville almost as much as I can't stand Jessica Simpson, but he was the only entertaining thing in this movie - a great contrast to Sean whatever his other two names are, whose characters in all of his movies are exactly the same, in addition to the fact that he ruins what would be funny scenes with his absurd expressions. Two glaring no-nos in this film: Willie Nelson himself and as "Uncle Jesse" would never have said something like, "open up a can of whoop ass" and comments about a governor-brother rigging an election A) should be left out of movies all together, but B) especially out of movies that take place in the South. I give one point for the car scenes, one point for Willie Nelson, and one point for Johnny Knoxville. Save your $20 and wait for the DVD.

Cousins Luke (Johnny Knoxville) and Bo (Seann William Scott) are moonshine runners driving the General Lee. With their sexy cousin Daisy (Jessica Simpson) and Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), they must save the family farm from the evil plans of Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds).

With the directions of Jay Chandrasekhar and Jackass' Johnny Knoxville and Stifler, I had some outside hopes of a wacky outlandish parody. The concept was always questionable. The other way would be to go serious with more dark realism which I do NOT recommend. The original Dukes of Hazzard was more of a silly TV show. Trying anything serious would be perilous. Seeing who got cast, silly was the only hope. It started meekly with gun toting angry father and brother, a bar fight, and a General Lee jump. It's a weak parroting parody of the old TV show. Then comes the evil scheme and the movie loses any chance for a laugh. Unless you're a die hard fan of the original, there's no point in watching this. If you're a die hard fan, it might hurt your memories. OK! Everybody should avoid this.

After everyone gets the chance to see this movie, there will be two very common responses that arise out of the smoke and dust of this bomb.

Response A: "That movie sucked. Any movie that relies on Jessica Simpson in a bikini to carry it through really, really sucks. I've had more fun documenting how paint dries."

Response B: "That movie was FUN. Sometimes, it's FUN to go spend 8 dollars to see Stifler and that guy on MTV ride around in a '69 Dodge Charger for nearly two hours. The best part was when the car flew through the air after a big chase scene....or when Jessica Simpson striped down to her bikini. What a great movie!"

Now, I know that these aren't exactly word-for-word translations of what everyone will think/say, but I'm just ball-parking it for dramatic effect. In my personal opinion, (which to some may be a little harsh) the movie sucked......and sucked hard. I'm the type of guy who likes to sit down and take in a movie for what it's worth. I honestly could not pay attention to the crap-fest in front of me due to a radar I have lodged in my brain. The radar will NOT allow me to disperse any extra attention into a generic Hollywood money maker with no depth, which was the tragic case of this movie.

I would say this movie was a great comedy, or a great action film. Much to my dismay, it was neither. Though it did somehow manage to keep some people's attention, it just didn't set the hook on me. It had a few laughs, but those laughs weren't the kind of laughs you get when you watch something outstanding like "Dumb and Dumber" or "Anchor Man". No, these laughs were the kind of laughs that come only to save your sanity while your brain gets sucked through a media straw and into the box office profit that will make up this film. I bet Jay Chandrasekhar is laughing as he rolls in his fat stack of cash that he made by using MTV'S "cool" image to sell out a movie based on a show that really wasn't that great to start with. Basically....he took a pile of crap....converted it into a "cool" pile of crap...threw in some "hip" celebrities and BAM!.......out comes this....well.....pile of crap.

If you like cheap frills and a chance to sucker punch yourself in the throat for paying money to see a crappy film, then "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" is the movie for you!

*Note: I gave this film three stars because I had to sit through Air Bud:Spikes Back the other day. I cut out my spleen while watching the movie to see if it was any more painful than the acting was. It wasn't.

Okay filmmakers. Let's repeat the mantra: "We shall think of new ideas. Remakes of movies and TV series are not a good thing." And the latest evidence of this is "The Dukes of Hazzard." Now folks, for those of you that don't know me, me and the Dukes, well, we go way back to the mid 80's. I had the good fortune of doing some occasional work on the show, had the gift of knowing and watching some incredible stunt people and have the ultimate pleasure of being friends with one of the original Duke boys. And let me tell, what we've got on the big screen August 5 ain't the Dukes.

We all know the basic Duke story - Just some good old boys named Bo and Luke (plus a pretty cousin named Daisy and a country-wise old uncle named Jesse) down in Hazzard County always trying' to stay one step ahead of the law and Boss Hogg. . . and always takin' time out to help a friend or a stranger in need. And let's not forget, the Dukes' faithful orange Charger, The General Lee (which is the best part of the film) which get them out of more scrapes than Carter has pills. For this big screen version, the Dukes have to outsmart and outwhip Boss Hogg as they try to save their farm (and Uncle Jesse's moonshine business). Using one of the original television scripts, "Farewell, Hazzard" which dealt with efforts to strip-mine Hazzard, as their starting point, writer John O'Brien and director Jay Chandrasekhar went downhill from there, almost turning the film into an endorsement for felonious conduct.

With a storyline that is well, come to think of it, where is the storyline? Uncle Jesse a pothead? Bo and Luke (in these incarnations) on a college campus let alone being "lost" in a girls dorm? The General Lee in big city traffic? Overly tanned Burt Reynolds in a shiny white suit? "Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville takes on the role of Luke Duke. Let me tell you - Johnny Knoxville is nooooo Tom Wopat. Knoxville as Luke Duke can only be described as the title of his last film - jackass. If he was trying to mock the Luke Duke character, he did a great job. If he was trying to create his own version or imitate Wopat's style - he failed miserably. Knoxville has no sense of comedic timing. Even worse, he has no sense of or ability to convey sincerity and comes across as nothing but a buffoon. And what is up with those aviator sunglasses?? Seann William Scott turns in a better performance with his take on Bo Duke, although as bad as the film is as a whole, that's not saying much. I'll give him this much though, his timing is impeccable (or at least it seems to be given the haphazard nature of the project as a whole) and you can actually see some effort being put forth with his delivery of dialogue. Sadly, the script is so lacking and incomplete that it's difficult to determine just how good he actually is. Which brings us to Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke. (Isn't her 15 minutes of fame over yet?) I'm still uncertain as to whether or not she had a larger role which was whittled down to possibly 15 minutes of ass-shaking due to an inability to speak dialogue or was this shortcoming of hers already a known commodity and taken into account when (a) writing the script or (b) when casting the role.

Wasted in this film are the supporting talents of Burt Reynolds as Boss Hogg, Joe Don Baker as the Governor of Georgia, Willie Nelson as Uncle Jesse and Lynda Carter as family friend Pauline. (Not even Wonder Woman can save this disaster!) Sad to say it, but Hazzard just ain't the same without James Best's "Roscoe P. Coltrane" and his "little fat buddy" Boss Hogg played by Sorrell Booke.

One of the keys to the success of the original Dukes was the genuine heartfelt camaraderie of family and friends that permeated every episode - something sorely lacking here not only with each individual performance but among the entire cast. And again, this hearkens back to a lukewarm, lackluster and let's face it - lousy - script.

But, there is one bright spot - the General Lee. Still the star and center attraction, thanks to an incredible second unit and stunt team - including Steve Kelso who was a driver for 3 years on the TV series - you know that with every "yee-haw!!!!!" and blare of "Dixie", you're gonna see the General go flyin' through the air with more ease, more deft and more pizzaz than any of its human co-stars. Just to show you how meticulous the filmmakers were in dealing with this pop icon (thankfully they cared about something), 26 Dodge Chargers were put to use here, including one from the original series that was called upon for some "close up" work. Interestingly, due to a shortage of 1969 Chargers, 1968 and 1970 models were converted to look like the '69.

Unfortunately, this is a film that begs comparison to the television series and because of that draws more criticism than were it to stand alone - although standing alone it still insults the intelligence of every moviegoer out there.

The Dukes of Hazzard, the latest remake to come barreling out of Hollywood in search of precious revenue, is a classic example of what you see is what you get.

Brought to us by Broken Lizard, the makers of the admittedly funny Super Troopers and the stupendous masterpiece that is Club Dread (ahem no sarcasm there), it's loud, it's dumb, it's silly and "Yeehaw" is said more than a few times. Actually, it is a bit more like "Yeeeeeehaaaaawwww… we don't have a real script, but who cares about that anyways?"

What plot there is basically centers around the Duke family and the way they constantly avoid the authorities, especially Burt Reynolds as Boss Hogg, and have a good time. The acting ranges from mediocre to, well, less than mediocre.

Sean William Scott as Bo Duke basically plays Stifler from the American Pie trilogy. At least he is acting (or so we hope), though, as Johnny Knoxville plays…drum roll please… Johnny Knoxville. Well, not literally but nobody will know the difference. That's not to say the script gives the actors much to work with, though, but here it does seem like everyone involved on screen is having more fun making the movie than any of the audience is when watching it.

Of course, Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke cannot be forgotten. In 2002, a little film called Crossroads came out and showed the world that then pop sensation Britney Spears could act worse than Madonna. Now, the torch is passed on yet again as Jessica Simpson manages to bring bad acting to a whole new level. Unlike Knoxville and William Scott, she's not supposed to be a dumb character.

Yet, she is.

In fact, she has much in common with another Simpson, one Homer Simpson. Maybe it is because in real life she always plays dumb (or at least on reality TV, and everyone knows how real that stuff is), or maybe it is just something else, but either way it almost becomes a miracle that she can say her lines straight. She is in this purely as eye candy to make up for all the time the grizzled Willie Nelson shows his mug.

Of course, young teens hitting puberty won't be likely to mind Ms. Simpson's appearance. In fact, that would be about the right target audience for a movie that is so pleased to revel in the utter pointlessness of its stupidity.

Now, to be fair, the original television show was not exactly a masterpiece of subtle nuanced humor and complex character development. Nor was it meant to be, and in the end it had its charm and it worked well for what it was trying to do.

Most importantly, it was a show of its time. It worked in the 70's and 80's for those audiences, and this new film fails partly because it is an updated version of a television show that was a stamp of its time.

In trying to appeal to a modern audience, all that made the original show what it was, for better or for worse, is basically lost. In short, this is basically an "Alabama Pie" or a "There's Something About Daisy," and although it knows its audience much as the original show did, everything comes off not only as stupid but also as oddly redundant. Besides sharing some character names and the basic southern premise, little here has anything to do with the original television show.

Some controversy has even risen partly due to this from Ben Jones, the actor who played Cooter on the original television show. Unhappy with this new vision from Broken Lizard, he has called the entire affair "a sleazy insult" that "trashed" the original show, and insisted that fans "hold their noses and pass this one up."

Although it seems Mr. Cooter here is taking the lore of The Dukes of Hazzard a bit too seriously, he does at least have a point in that this new offering gleefully aims low, perhaps too low.

There is no heart here, or any semblance of emotion that even the average Adam Sandler movie carries. These Dukes from 2005 carry themselves with a bunch of visual gags which, depending on your sense of humor, fall flat or make-up for most everything else.

Also, another problem likely lies in the fact that the original show lasted only for an hour. Go much past that mark, and silly becomes just tedious. Running at over 106 minutes, too, near the end the minutes begins to feel like hours and then years. A beard began to grow on the man two rows down.

Ultimately, after a summer of dark and somewhat mature action blockbusters, The Dukes of Hazzard will likely do quite well, much like the Wedding Crashers, helped by the fact that it is one of the only comedies in release theatrically now. People want a laugh, and this has it. Well, sort of. It's just too bad that in trying to offer variety, the best Hollywood and Broken Lizard has to offer is the same old, same old.

At least there are some nice car chases, set to the tune of "Yeehaw!"

Critic's Conclusion: If you have seen the trailer, you know what you're getting into. If watching Johnny Knoxville and Sean William Scott be the typical dumb but lovable idiots and Jessica Simpson being the typical dumb but hot blonde is your cup of tea, by all means go see this new The Dukes of Hazzard and have fun. If not, then you might want to skip a trip to the theatre and save some hard-earned cash.

The original Dukes of Hazard had great characters with charm, tact and civility; and of course, the moonshine running car the General Lee.

Every episode was great for the whole family, and was uplifting, and frankly wholesome.

Nevermind African Americans were portrayed far better in the orginal than in many shows since, including this one. The African American sherrif of the neighbouring township was extremely dignified and respectable, and acted as an exellent foil against the corruption in Hazard County.

This "remake" features the names of the characters and the General Lee, but is only the Duke's of Hazard in name and because someone slapped that name over the title of a poorly devised and executed script.

This movie is more another in a series of D-movies of this decade which were mindless low-brow girls gone wild, party, drink, drugs, african american ghettos, crass malarcky. Mind you, the internet was still young in those days.

I can't recommend this movie on it's own merits as worth anyone's time; and I certaintly can't recommend it to anyone who has ever been a fan of the duke boys and the actual Dukes of Hazard.

Not as bad as everyone says this movie is.

************************************************The first thing I notice when I read all of the negative comments about this movie, the writer always points out that he or she was a HUGE fan of the show way back when.........One of the things You have to remember is that absence makes the heart grow fonder.......and with the Dukes of Hazzard TV Show being off of the air since the mid '80's ...these people have watched reruns over and over and these probably undoubtedly remember the TV show as being far better than it actually was(or at least in their minds anyway). ******************************************************************** *

I liked the Dukes of Hazzard movie. I liked the sex jokes (I was slightly disappointed that there was no serious nudity shown in the film). I thought the drug humor was indeed funny (not enough of it)

BUT! ! ! ! having said that......... I also believe they could have made this same movie and not have used the "Dukes of Hazzard" name,likeness or characters .... Because I also understand that "Dukes of Hazzard" has a lot of appeal to children(mainly boys between ages 10 and 14) , and to use the Dukes of Hazzard as a show case for "Sex, Drugs, & Rock'N Roll" really isn't the message we should be giving our youths. Showing the Duke boys smoking weed and getting laid probably wasn't the right thing to do.........

.....although I really did like this movie and thought it was very funny, I still think that they should've made this movie with it's own identify. Because this same movie could've been made without the Dukes of Hazzard name on it, and it would have been just as good.

I have never seen the original TV show so I will comment on the movie only The bad acting and uninspired script aside, I think the movie is entertaining if you are a testosterone raging teenager. Hot college coeds and car chases will give you a fun ride. This also puts in question the ability of Hollywood in picking projects. If you are to make such a cheap movie, let it be original.

Since they put such an spotlight on Jessica Simpson in her first role, I have to comment on it. She should keep being herself. She was basically herself in the movie, only with a weird and inconsistent southern accent.

Willie Nelson. Is he senile, or is that what the character is supposed to be? His lines were as monotone as they can be. The only one laughing at his jokes was Luke.

3/10 for the hot women

Hey this was great movie if you just wanted a simple, easy to follow summer bit'o'fun. While it didn't follow the series perfectly the movie version was just as great.

The cast was great, each played their roles like it was meant to be, and the soundtrack kicked major ass, the director had songs in that fit the situation perfectly.

The dialog between Bo and Luke wasn't forced like in some movies. This made watching the Duke cousins fun and they seemed realistic.

The best thing was the narrator though, he was perfect.

Close second had got to be the way the director used camera work to make the chases seem even more exciting than they were, instead of a overhead view or a cockpit view the whole time, he used bumper views, overheads, anything to make it seem exciting.

Go see it y'all.

You know, I can't believe Hollywood could do such a thing. Take a wonderful TV classic and turn it into this 'movie'. The only part that was accurately casted was Jessica Simpson's role as Daisy Duke. Other parts seemed to have been given out like, "OK, Seann William Scott is pretty cute, so we'll give him the role as Bo Duke. And Johnny Knoxville was in Jackass, so we can make him Luke Duke." That's probably what they did.

How can anyone say this is good? I wonder if Jay Chandrasekhar even watched the TV show. This isn't a movie that should have people spending their well-earned money on. Take my advice and watch a better comedy. (Something that will, hopefully, make you laugh.)

I could not even believe a movie could be non-stop stupid for 100 minutes. I laughed a few times, but I had to take brain breaks because the dumbness was making me physically ill. Johnny Knoxville did a good job of acting stupid. Jackass was good education for this type of film. Seann Scott was also portrayed a complete idiot with flawless precision. The rest of the cast was quite horrible and could have been replaced with complete amateurs. This is one of the rare times the extras were actually more entertaining than the movie. I liked seeing what really happened to the General Lee after flying like a rocket. It became a totaled piece of scrap as soon as it hit the ground. I can't believe I'm wasting my time reviewing this garbage.

Only one thing surprised me about this film, and that was that Jessica Simpson isn't the worst thing in it. In fact she acquits herself better, in my opinion, than the writers, the director, the producers and most of the cast. If, therefore, you're a Jessica Simpson fan, you might get a kick out of it.

Unfortunately, I am not a Jessica Simpson fan. I'm a Dukes Of Hazzard fan, and I'm gutted.

In the interest of balance, though, I won't dwell on the embarrassing script, uninspired direction or bizarre casting here. Instead. I'll try and mark out the good points.

Um...

Well, OK, the General looks great and the action scenes are surprisingly well-shot, particularly the Atlanta chase scene (although even that is ruined by the tiresome 'comedy' banter peppered throughout). Burt Reynolds, while woefully miscast, delivers another masterclass in scenery chewing. Knoxville and Scott, while (ahem) woefully miscast, at least look like they're having fun. Somebody has to, right? And to be fair, the film does contain one or two laughs. But then so did Schindler's List, and that didn't claim to be a comedy.

I'm not doing too well with this positivity thing, am I? Look, we all knew it was going to be rubbish. By all means watch it if you're curious, but if you grew up with the TV show then don't expect to feel anything but hollow. It really is as bad as you think.

This movie was as about as far as one can get from the Dukes. Except for the car chases and stunts which were great, this movie is NOT the Dukes of Hazzard. Shawn Williams Scott and Johnny Knoxville played Bo and Luke like two backwards rednecks and made Wopat and Schnider look like two Harvard educated young men (no offense boys). Jessica Simpson played Daisy like some white trash slutty bimbo. Don't get me wrong she is a gordoeus looking woman, but she is NO Daisy Duke. Willie Nelson played Uncle Jessie like, well, Willie Nelson. This movie felt more like Dude Where's My Car with the General Lee. I am certain that there will be a sequel in the works judging from the money it has made. In all, this movie WAS NOT the Dukes of Hazzard.

Its just an over the place movie.

Maximum utilization of sexual attractive women, pointless, ridiculous plot, very boring movie for most of its runtime even though it is supposed to be like mega fun thing.

I saw it because I saw few recommendations for it, and they were definitely way way off!

I wanted to stop watching it for couple of times during the runtime, but I just let it run since I was sleepy, hence the title of this review.

If you want something like this just watch original American Pie, or smt like that.

What Hollywood has been doing to classic Television shows from the good ol' days is very sad and disheartening to not only fans but movie lovers in general. They've been dissecting the show for what it really isn't about and making that the prime focus in the film. Bewitched was victim the same year as The Dukes of Hazzard, and that remake focused on the goofiness of the movie rather than the tenderness.

Jay Chandrasekhar's The Dukes of Hazzard dissects the original program solely for its car chases and idiotic dialog. I've caught a couple of the original shows on Television and found that it's more about the cousin's relationship than what kind of neato tricks the General Lee can do. Even if you're not familiar with the show, ponder this very broad and simple question; how can this film be true to the show that was very successful and ran for seven long seasons if all it focuses on are car chases? Chandrasekhar is part of the Broken Lizard comedy team, a team known for making hilariously crafty satires on genres and clichés. Ironically, M.C. Gainey from the original Dukes program is here, who also worked with Broken Lizard in their film Club Dread a year later. My, how the film world works.

Bo (Scott) and Luke (Knoxville) are not only cousins, but best friends who make a living selling moonshine for their Uncle Jesse (Nelson) in Hazzard County, Georgia. They, of course, take dirt roads and tend to trail off course by going over muddy slopes, dirty ramps, etc in their 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed "General Lee." One day, the boys get word that Boss Hogg (Reynolds, in quite possibly his most embarrassing role to date) is planning to tear down the town of Hazzard and make it into a coalmine and get rich. So, the boys and their scantily clad cousin Daisy Duke (Simpson, who serves as literally insulting eye candy) try to stop Hogg and reclaim the town as there's.

All of the Broken Lizard castmates including Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lomme, Paul Soter, director Jay Chandrasekhar, and Erik Stolhanske make some sort of appearance and gives it the close to home feel I'm sure Chandrasekhar was going for. Sadly, they are used mostly for filler and don't add much to the storyline.

In fact, the storyline is cookie-cutter at best. I always think of ways they could've improved a film, but here, I'm totally at a loss for replacement plot ideas. That means the show should've been left alone. Going back to Jessica Simpson, her performance is the equivalent to a mannequin you see at a shopping store. She's dressed provocatively and is so comfortable baring everything that it's mind-boggling. In an interview, she even states how she has to work a lot less because her part is so unnecessary and void of purpose. It's hard to define whether or not she is proud of that.

The Dukes of Hazzard is one of the many shows to now get a butchered, undeserved film treatment and can join the club with Bewitched, Starsky and Hutch, etc. Chandrasekhar has been in and directed very good films. He should stick to those rather than dead-end, dissected, empty areas of little creativity.

Starring: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, and Willie Nelson. Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar.

There are few things worse than Jessica Simpson's "southern" accent and one of them is in this movie. It's the freaking "Australian" girl who doesn't even sound remotely like an Aussie. Couldn't they hire an actual hot Australian girl for the part? I mean, there are hundreds of random hot girls, and the girl playing the Australian roommate had no acting talent whatsoever.

Jessica Simpson is so dumb she doesn't know what a southern accent is. Half the time she sounds like she's from Brooklyn. I mean if you think tuna is chicken you might think Atlanta is New York so I wouldn't be surprised if she has everything confused.

Besides those two untalented girls, the movie and its paper-thin plot revolve around drinking and cars. The plot is essentially a catalyst for car chases and chances for the hot and robotic Jessica Simpson to strip to nearly nothing.

It's definitely a guy movie, with pointless explosions and car chases... just for the sake of car chases. There's no plot or anything. It might be worth a rental, but I wouldn't spend 10 or even 8 dollars to watch this movie. Luckily, I work at the theater. Got in free. Legally. And it was worth the price I paid.