I am a big fan of the Dukes of Hazzard TV series. I have been skeptical of this movie since I heard it. Like the series, it is enjoyable but you shouldn't think about it too much. However, the casting of the lead roles leaves a lot to be desired. Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville have not exactly impressed me in previous roles and they did not change my minds in this movie. Scott's Bo is simply stupid while Jon Schneinder's Bo was just young and impulsive. Knoxville's Luke is supposedly the smart one, but Tom Wopat of doing that on the show. The actors playing Rosco is just playing it straight and has none of James Best's humor. Enos and Cletus are interchangeable characters not worth mentioning. Fortunately, the film does have Jessica Simpson in skimpy outfits plus Willie Nelson, Lynda Carter, and Burt Reynolds filling out the cast. The real star of the movie is The General Lee itself and gives the movie's best performance. The movie is at its best when it centers on the car. I wish the movie had taken out the scene in which the General Lee is going through a black neighborhood while Bo and Luke have black dust on them (making them look like they have offensive black face on them). The plot doesn't make sense. Did it really take a geologist to figure out there's coal underneath the Duke's farm? Of course if they didn't, there wouldn't be that side trip to Atlanta for Bo and Luke to pick up girls. A 5/10 and I think that rating is just right.
Review of The Dukes of Hazzard
