Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster

This 2004 installment to the Scooby-Doo franchise is a very mediocre and generic movie experience, even for a Scooby-Doo adventure.

You know what you are getting yourself into here, for better or worse, as all Scooby-Doo animated movies are essentially the same, just presented differently visually. So there is familiarity in what you get here at least, but that is also where it ends.

Why? Well, because "Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" doesn't break the formula and give you something beyond what you would expect from an animated Scooby-Doo movie. And that was ultimately why the movie failed to climb out of the gutter of mediocrity.

The voice acting was good, as it usually is in these animated movies, and you have Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn and Grey Griffin, but Matthew Lillard was missing from the equation and it was audibly clear that he was not there. The movie also boasts the talents of John DiMaggio and Sheena Easton.

As for the art and animation, well it was good, as it usually always is in these animated movies in the Scooby-Doo universe. Again, playing on familiarity, and hand on heart, then it is great to sit down now into my 40s and look at something that looks exactly the same as when I was a kid. Now, I can just enjoy it with my own son.

"Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" is not a bad animated movie, not at all. It just suffers terribly from being way too mediocre and generic. But hey, it is a Scooby-Doo adventure nonetheless.

One of quite a few cartoon Scooby Doo films, "Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" turns out to be entertaining, exciting, interesting, funny and also does a surprisingly good interpretation of the Highlands of Scotland. One annoying aspect of the film is the voices of many of the characters - American people trying to sound Scottish in this film are unfortunately not succeeding all that well (although some people do better Scottish accents than others).

Daphne has come to the Highlands to see her cousin Shannon and the Highland games at Blake Castle. Gravely Shannon tells the gang that she believes to have seen the Loch Ness Monster. When yet more chaos arises, the Mystery Inc Gang have another mystery on their hands...

Good for Scooby Doo fans and for people who want to find out more about Scotland! Enjoy "Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster"! :-)

The Loch Ness monster was my favorite monster from my child hood. Here in scooby doo the story is nice and I like it how they relate it to the real monster. It does have some clunky animation on the monster and it doesn't look like a plesiosaur like the stereotype.

good job.that's how i would describe this animated Scooby-Doo adventure.this is so far the best of the animated Scooby movies i have seen.i liked the story.i thought it had some depth to to it.the movie is also well paced.it doesn't get boring for a minute.it also has an interesting group of characters(besides Scooby and Shaggy and the gang,of course)plus,the movie was a real blast.i has a lot of fun watching it.i also liked the great Scottish music.it was very catchy and infectious.naturally,we know that Scooby and the Gamg will solve the mystery,but it's still fun getting to that point.the animation is also pretty good for this movie.i would love it if they did a 3D animation Scooby adventure,but we'll just have to wait and see.for me,Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness monster is a 7/10

Monster of Mexico I do agree is the weakest of the modern Scooby Doo movies, mainly because of the weak plot and how predictable it all was. Loch Ness Monster however, is a considerable improvement, with gorgeous animation, honestly Scotland looked beautiful. The music is good, and the plot is well thought out. Plus, there is some great dialogue, and the voice acting was fabulous, with Casey Kasem a consistent delight as Shaggy, and the beautiful Scottish singer Sheena Easten a pleasant surprise in a guest starring role. In fact, my only complaints were some strange accents in one or two members of the voice cast, with the exception of Easten whose accent did sound genuine, and somehow the Loch Ness Monster wasn't as well designed as it had potential to be. Overall, a solid and enjoyable Scooby Doo film. 8/10 Bethany Cox