The Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years, until they each receive an invitation to Spooky Island. Not knowing that the others have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that affects young visitors in very strange ways.
The movie drags, and the occasional bursts of mirth and self-referential humor can't save it from bogging down.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
Much funnier than it has any right to be, and filled with just enough inside jokes to please longtime fans of the cartoon franchise.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
As this movie knows what it is, Scooby-Doo's a relatively painless 85 minutes.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
The acting is stiff, the story lacks all trace of wit, the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan's Island -- and the CGI Scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
19 Jun 2002
fresh:
Scooby-Doo knows when to take itself seriously and when to laugh at itself -- even if its audience isn't laughing along at every gag.