Film: The Dukes Of Hazzard

Ladies and gentlemen, behold the ultimate redneck movie. If you like good ol' fashion cussin', cars being driven over big ramps in ways that are sure to destroy them, ricketty old jokes that seem to keep on going somehow, unfeasibly proportion women dressed for hot weather and many, many car chases then The Dukes Of Hazzard is for you.

Unlike the recent movie adaptation of Starsky And Hutch, The Dukes Of Hazzard does not get an ironic makeover. Instead it's leans heavily on the fact that the cast don't get close to needing to act. Willie Nelson is an amiable old rogue with no respect for the war, Johnny Knoxville does crazy stuff, Seann William Scott acts dumb and Jessica Simpson smiles sweetly. Sound familiar? If they hadn't made everything look so shiny and professional the film would resemble cinema verite. As it is you have 90 minutes of mindless entertainment that never strays from it's limited raison d'etre.