Live action and some very slick animation combine in this amiable tribute to those legendary Warner Bros. cartoon characters. Brendan Fraser stars as D.J., a security guard and wannabe stuntman, fired the same day as the ever-manic Daffy Duck and the company VP of comedy, Kate (Jenna Elfman). Together with the always irrepressible Bugs Bunny, they embark on an adventure to rescue D.J.s' father Damian (the appropriately cast Timothy Dalton), a spy film star who turns out to be an actual spy. They also must obtain a powerful Blue Monkey diamond before the crazed Acme chairman (a campy Steve Martin) can use it for his nefarious purpose.One of my Internet acquaintances interestingly pointed out one day that if there's one thing that veteran filmmaker Joe Dante typically excels at, it's a sense of anarchy. And so it goes with this lively, engaging, sometimes very funny comic thrill ride. Granted, screenwriter / co- executive producer Larry Doyle couldn't come up with a live action story line to compare to the lunacy of the animated characters at their best. But people shouldn't let that prevent them from seeing this entertaining movie. Shot in stylish widescreen by ace D.P. Dean Cundey, its effects are generally pretty impressive. It's no "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", but it does a fine job of getting us to buy the idea that the humans and the cartoons are interacting.As with many a Joe Dante film, in-jokes come flying fast and furious. Film buffs may be ecstatic at the high volume of cameo appearances (naturally including one by cult actor Dick Miller, Dantes' good luck charm for many years), not just by some pop culture figures, but by less well known Warner Bros. cartoon characters.Somewhat smarmy wise guy Bugs is in fine form, but, as could be expected, Daffy often steals the show. Kudos goes out to the late, great comic talent Joe Alaskey, who voices them both. Fraser, by the way, also provides the voice for Taz and his lady friend...even playing "himself" at one point!The live action cast is fine, but at the end of the day, they just can't make you laugh like the Looney Tunes do.Dante is himself a big fan of these cartoons, and that affection does show in his handling of the material.Seven out of 10.

An attempt at bringing Looney Tunes into the 21st Century (why would we want to do that?), brought to us by the master of nostalgia Joe Dante. Lots of cameos and in-jokes as you would expect from Dante. Also just about every character from a popular WB property is represented, from Scooby Doo to Batman to Robby the Robot, as well as all of the Looney Tunes characters, of course. The live action stuff is hit and miss, with Jenna Elfman and Brendan Fraser likable enough but others like Steve Martin coming across as annoying in their attempts to be funny. The Looney Tunes are all 'off' to me, a huge fan of the original cartoons. These characters just seem hollow copies at best and, at worst, they're bizarrely out-of-character. I especially don't like Daffy in this. It's like someone never saw any of his cartoons, just read a brief description about him and wrote from there. Anyway, I can see a lot of other people really loved this. I don't, obviously. It's fine, I mean, but it just feels like it's trying too hard. I rarely laughed at it. It's more (occasionally) amusing than consistently funny. It looks good, though.

I first heard of this movie that combines animation and live-action when I saw it in the movie theater with my family when I was in Elementary School once, and ever since I saw it on the big screen I always thought "What an utterly horrible film this was"! I tried the movie again on Netflix in high school, and I still think the same thing to this day.Pretty much all I can say about this movie is that it is ABSOLUTELY NOT worth watching. Even if you're a big fan of Bugs Bunny as I am, I definitely recommend you PRETEND THIS FILM WAS NEVER EVEN MADE, because all of the iconic Looney Tunes characters were animated by computer instead of by hand. I especially also dislike the acting of Brendan Fraser, even with the way his character in here was very firm.Skip this Looney Tunes movie, and if you want to watch a full-length Bugs Bunny film see "Space Jam" with Michael Jordan, or even better than that, the critically-acclaimed hit animation and live-action cinematic success "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" because that one will definitely put a smile on your face. If Mel Blanc saw this one, he'd for sure be very disappointed with his famous animated character creations like Bugs Bunny, so I definitely imagine he's spinning in his grave because of this terrible film that should be extinct.

This is a GREAT movie. But it's not for kids. Typical line: Daffy, in the Louvre, running through a Dali landscape of melted watches, saying "This is surreal." This movie was written for those of us who grew up loving the Looney Tunes gang, but who have since matured and now have a little more, call it perspective. Life's tough. People have problems. People get fired. Heck, even Daffy Duck gets fired.Wait a second...This isn't a Looney Tunes movie in the way that Space Jam was. It's a movies about the Looney Tunes characters after hours, in real life. About what happens when they argue with their bosses. When they are the victims of a harsh bureaucracy. When they have to ask the security guard for help. But, of course, if his dad turns out to be a super spy playing an actor playing a super spy, and the Acme corporation really is trying to take over the world... well, there's only one duck for the job. So this isn't a movie for all kids, just the ones inside of grown-ups.