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Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Reviews

2009 Certificate PG
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What brings best friends together? For Daphne, Velma, Fred, Shaggy and Shaggy's spunky pup Scooby-Doo, it's a mystery! The feature-length live-action Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins original movie takes you back to when four teenage sleuths (plus one dog detective) first met. Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke .. Read more

Starring Nick Palatas, Frank Welker, Robbie Amell
Director Brian Levant
Genres Children, Family

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  • Critics' reviews of Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

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  • SCOOBY-DOO! THE MYSTERY BEGINS turns out to be a surprisingly effective origin story

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  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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    Rated - 5.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    superb............................

  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Scooby Doo

    If you love kids films they you will love this one. I thought it was great. I honestly forgot Scooby was cgi. Shaggy was great, but perhaps I am biased as I ... more

      • A customer from Aberdare
  • Rated - 0.0 stars

    Scooby Doo - back to the beginning

    If you watched the first two live action Scooby Doo films, you will want to see this one. Previewing the formation of Mystery Inc. the story tells of how the ... more

      • Masonic from London
  • Most recent members' reviews (2) of Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Scooby Doo

    If you love kids films they you will love this one. I thought it was great. I honestly forgot Scooby was cgi. Shaggy was great, but perhaps I am biased as I ... more

      • A customer from Aberdare
  • Rated - 3.0 stars

    Not as good as the other ones

    I looked at the other reviews and was tempted to rent this.

    Unfortunately I can't be as positive about this as film as the other reviewers. I ... more

      • chrismc2 from York
  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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    Rated - 5.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    superb............................

  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Scooby Doo

    If you love kids films they you will love this one. I thought it was great. I honestly forgot Scooby was cgi. Shaggy was great, but perhaps I am biased as I ... more

      • A customer from Aberdare
  • Rated - 0.0 stars

    Scooby Doo - back to the beginning

    If you watched the first two live action Scooby Doo films, you will want to see this one. Previewing the formation of Mystery Inc. the story tells of how the ... more

      • Masonic from London
  • Rated - 3.0 stars

    Not as good as the other ones

    I looked at the other reviews and was tempted to rent this.

    Unfortunately I can't be as positive about this as film as the other reviewers. I ... more

      • chrismc2 from York
  • Rated - 3.0 stars

    worth watching

    i found this film very good, it should have been the first one out, the kids loved it, i could watch it over and over, well worth watching.

      • A customer from Reading
  • Rated - 4.0 stars

    Scooby-Doo We Love You

    We loved this. It was watched 10 times in one week!!

      • A customer from rotherham
  • Rated - 1.0 star

    Slow going

    i got this for my children as they have loved all the other scooby films but this one is so slow and quite boring,

    it tells you how they all got ... more

      • A customer from manchester
  • Rated - 3.0 stars

    Good for 5 years olds...just!

    Jack our five year old enjoyed it but it wasn't up for a repeat view so dont buy it :-)

      • A customer from Isle of Wight, England
  • Rated - 2.0 stars

    enjoyed the credits

    a serviceable direct to dvd movie. Nothing spectacular or particularly riviting about the film. A rather dull story line that could have been ripped from the ... more

      • A customer from Preston
  • Rated - 2.0 stars

    yawn...

    got this for the kids as they love the other 2 live action scooby doo titles. but it was not good! they lost interest not even halfway through, walking out of ... more

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