Guilty as charged, there were several other things I liked about this movie, puerile, dumb and absolutely ridiculous as it was.

One was seeing all those favorite cartoon characters back in action, blending so seamlessly with the real actors and movie sets. Not only Bugs and Daffy, but Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Granny and Tweety, Taz, and even Pepe Le Pew, among others.

Two was digging out all the little gems like Scooby Doo's Matthew Lillard hanging out with his alter ego Shaggy, Brendan Fraser being a rejected stunt double for the guy in the Mummy movies, Bugs Bunny finding Nemo, the Louvre painting-hopping sequence, all the star cameos, and of course the secret agent car and gadgets.

Three was seeing Brendan Fraser, Steve Martin and Joan Cusack fighting it out for the hammiest actor award, with the full support of Jenna Elfman and Timothy Dalton. You also have to love the Acme management team, with Vice Presidents for Bad Ideas, Stating the Obvious, Nitpicking, Unfairly Promoted, Rhetorical Questions, Never Learning, Child Labor and Climbing to the Top.

Serious it may not be; over the top - definitely; corny - oh yes; but the funny parts were much greater than the whole. Let's hear it for the Dancing Yosemite Sams.

Amanda Richards, April 24, 2005


one of the best   August 27, 2004
 2 out of 4 found this review helpful

I first saw this film at the cinema and I thought it was amzing so I bought on dvd.
I know I didnt make a mistake buying it because is addictive you can watch it over and over and you still find it hilarious. On the dvd version you also get all the deleted scenes, making of, the wizard of ow cartoon, the trailer for the film and the trailer for the for disc golden edition thing.


Pretty stupid plot, but worthwhile   August 23, 2004
 0 out of 2 found this review helpful

After "Space Jam", it seems that Warner Bros. made another feature film starring the classic WB cartoon characters. While certainly not a very exciting or funny film, it is still good, better than the abomination that was "Space Jam".

For a start, I don't think that the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters exactly fit into a film, I mean, they were originally made for seven minute cartoon shorts, not ninty minute movies.

Anyway, the film starts with a recreation of the short "Rabbit Fire" (the one where Bugs and Daffy argue other whether it is Duck season or Rabbit season) Daffy is not happy with being constantly blown up and is fired from the WB lot. The same day, a WB security guard (Brendan Fraiser), who chased the duck sround the studio (this reminded me of the short "Hollywood Daffy") is also fired. I don't want to ruin the plot, so I shall go no further. :p

The guy who is in charge of the Acme corperation, is played by Steve Martin, who's overacting gets annoying and tiring after a while. It's a shame because he is usually funny. Jenna Elfman's acting was pretty crap as well and I think Brendan Fraiser left a lot to be desired (where's Jim Carrey when you need him?).

The voices of the cartoon characters, did approximate the original's well (though I thought Daffy's voice should of been speeded up a notch and Yosemite Sam's, Tweety's and Pepe Le Pew's voices sucked) but the characterization didn't exactly. Bugs is not a brash, funny heckler, but a forever cool bystander who only pretends to be scared, and the directors seemed afraid to let him do anything. Daffy was pretty much acts like his old wacky self save for a few jarring moments where they shoehorn the out of character late 50's persona in, which doesn't seem right. The other characters didn't get much screen time, so I can't say anything about them.

A good movie nonetheless, but not a "must see".