Following these two clumsy, unpretentious doofuses as they jump from one brisk gag to another is a gentle, cozy experience, especially if you compare these harmless vignettes to the brutal and vitriolic spirit of, say, a comedy by the Farrelly brothers.
– Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec 2000
rotten:
Operates in a limbo between the relentlessly moronic and the legitimately entertaining, while almost solving the vehicular existentialism suggested by its title.
– Wesley Morris,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Dec 2000
rotten:
Gratingly unfunny.
– Michael Rechtshaffen,
Hollywood Reporter,
19 Dec 2000
rotten:
The definition of aiming low is when the John Hughes film you're ripping off is Weird Science.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec 2000
fresh:
Daft and lovable and even kinda daring, Dude deserves its truly clueless studio's belabored support.