His epic tail begins.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Voices of Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried |
| Director |
Tony Cervone |
| Screenplay | Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott, Matt Lieberman, Jonathon E. Stewart, using characters by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera |
| Music | Junkie XL |
| Editing | Ryan Folsey, Vanara Taing |
| Sound formats | Dolby, Dolby Surround 7.1 |
| Soundtrack | Listen to samples or get it right now on Amazon Affiliate link |
| Soundtrack | |
| Made in | 2020 |
| Produced by | Warner Bros., Warner Animation Group, Hanna-Barbera Productions, |
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| Genre | Adventure, Animation, Comedy |
| Language | Low impact . Infrequent. Words used include dipstick, dynobutt and an isolated instance of the word ‘cr.p’ |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Low impact fairly frequent non realistic, and fantastical violence in comedy context with cartoon and slapstick style action. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Contains scenes of horror. This animated adventure has complex themes that are handled in a light hearted manner and interrogate the forming of a friendship between a man and his talking dog, the adventures they face, the break of trust and the restablishing of trust, friendship and loyalty, teamwork and overcoming challenges all within the context of saving the world. The themes have a low sense of threat and menace and and are itigated gainst a higher impact by the positive outcomes and messaging in this story which speaks of the individual accessing the super hero in all of us, and the importance of friendship. The content does not contain any themes that may be disturbing , harmful , upsetting or inappropriate for any children . It does however have a low sense of threat and menace created by the villianous character Dastardly , and his robots who eventually turn against him and help Scooby and the team save the world. Parental guidance is required for guidance and to contexualise content. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for some action, language and rude/suggestive humor |
| Runtime | 93 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| PG: Parental Guidance (General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children) | Mild threat, Rude humour, Language |
| Runtime | 90 |
| British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 7 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 9 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 143 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  Scoob! is fun enough for youthful viewers and some hardcore fans, but never quite solves the mystery of why audiences shouldn’t watch old episodes instead. | 10 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Fun Scooby reboot has goofy hijinks, scenes of peril. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 164 users | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 1468 users | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 11 | |
| IMDB 15134 Netizens | 11 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 15 |  |
Average .. 54% | 11 | |