The Dukes of Hazzard (film)

The Dukes of Hazzard is a movie based on the American television sitcom, The Dukes of Hazzard. Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and released to movie theatres nationwide on August 5 2005, The Dukes of Hazzard depicts the adventures of cousins Bo, Luke, Daisy and their Uncle Jesse as they outfox crooked Hazzard County commissioner Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.

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Movie - American - Sitcom - The Dukes of Hazzard - Jay Chandrasekhar - August 5 - 2005

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The film was #1 at the box office its opening weekend, grossing $30.7 million on 3,785 screens — this despite being panned by most professional film critics (its Tomatometer rating at Rotten Tomatoes is an abysmal 18 percent). Roger Ebert gave the film one star, calling it a "lame-brained, outdated wheeze" and suggesting that Burt Reynolds' part in the film is "karma-wise... the second half of what "Smokey and the Bandit" was the first half of." http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050804/REVIEWS/50725002 The Washington Post's Desson Thomson saw it differently: "This is one unusual case in which aiming for a middling C grade turns out to be A-plus work." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080400672.html The movie disappointed many fans who expected a lot of car action. There was very little of it throughout the movie with the notable exception of three scenes in which General Lee goes up a ramp and goes flying into the air.

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Rotten Tomatoes - Roger Ebert - Burt Reynolds

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