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| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed |  |
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Raja Gosnell 
Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Seth Green, Peter Boyle, Tim Blake Nelson, Alicia Silverstone, Neil Fanning 
2004 
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Despite critics' wisecracks ("Scooby-Don't," "Scooby-Doo-Doo," etc.), the dreadful 2002 film based on the juvenile '70s cartoon "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" was successful enough to merit a sequel. "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" amounts to more frantic, unamusing hi-jinks trading on nostalgia for something only worth remembering with derision. "Doo 2" finds Mystery Inc. — the crime-solving, ghost-chasing quartet — and the team's cowardly, jabbering, snack-gobbling dog Scooby-Doo being honored with a museum exhibit in their hometown, Coolsville. Phony ghouls that the gang debunked in the past come alive to trash the bash and terrorize the citizens. Mystery Inc. must save the day. As in the previous "Doo," Matthew Lillard's portrayal of idiotic stoner Shaggy is the best thing here. Shaggy and the computer-animated Scooby are annoying, but true to the dumbed-down 'toon. That's more than can be said for Freddie Prinze Jr., too bland to be inspiring as heroic team hunk Fred; Sarah Michelle Gellar, too martial-arts savvy to be credible as vain team hottie Daphne; or Linda Cardellini, too slim, leggy and un-homely to be pudgy team science geek Velma. Seth Green as a museum curator, Alicia Sliverstone as a TV reporter and Peter Boyle and Tim Blake Nelson as old Mystery Inc. enemies go for the wages. | |||
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