Did I ever tell you why as comedians I preferred the Do Not Adjust Your Set, Monty Python members over the At Last The 1948 Show cast members John Cleese and Graham Chapman? It's because Eric, Terry and Michael could just as easily master clever/dumb children's humor as they could crude and/or satirical adult oriented work. And Dudley DoRight fits the former perfectly. And Eric had the greatest knack for giving a Pythonesque tone for a movie in just a short cameo remember National Lampoon's European Vacation and South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. Well this is the family friendly version of that. Goofy narration and thin plot to carry absurd situational humor in all it's dumb glory and Eric doesn't even have to do it alone as Brendan Fraser has already proven his talents as a comedic actor as well as working with fellow MP alumni John Cleese in the other 1950's cartoon tv kid show made into a family film of the 90's George Of The Jungle. I have not seen that one yet as I felt it was more natural to watch this one first as Eric doing live comedy trumps John phoning in voice overs for me. The greatest treasure in this film is watching Eric (the lone prospector; it's a bigger role than his film credit implies he's in half a dozen scenes) trains Brendan (Dudley DoRight) to fight dirty against Alfred Molina (Snidely Whiplash). If you're not laughing by then, then it's apparent the movie is just not your taste but I couldn't imagine why because if nothing else it's something amusing you can watch with your kids.
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