mistoppi I really liked this movie when I was a kid and because I'm hungover I wanted to watch something comfortable and I though hey, I haven't seen Looney Tunes: Back in Action in ages. Yeah, of course it's a children's movie and it's very silly, but for me this is kind of that adventure comedy I compare all others to, at least subconsciously, since it's about the first one I saw.Even as a grown-up I still find this movie funny. Yeah of course there are some corny childish jokes in there, but most of the comedy is still funny. The Looney Tunes character bring most into this movie. Sure, Brendan Fraser's character is alright and Timothy Dalton is good and all that, but still none of those characters beat Daffy Duck or Bugs Bunny and all those other characters we've learnt to love watching the Looney Tunes shorts. The story itself is pretty simple but it has so many hilarious details and the characters and the fun mix between live action and animation are the things that make this movie fun. It's not the best adventure movie out there, but it's hilarious, and what kid wouldn't love it?

Engine_Ear 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.

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews Daffy won't be part of the movie(yes, of course this is meta - one of the countless things in this that are entirely in the spirit of these creations; several failings one can attribute to this are directly linked to the insistence on them getting the treatment of feature-length - well, 81 minutes sans credits, 88 with, anyway) on account of being the one who gets the brunt of the abuse in the plentiful slapstick.He gets the equally clumsy DJ(Fraser, a security guard who dreams of becoming a famous stunt-man... on his own merit) fired, only for the two to discover that the latter's father didn't just star as a spy, he *is* one. They embark to find the Blue Monkey, a large diamond, to prove their worth. Kate(Elfman, at her least obnoxious... I honestly wonder why she was even the one cast... anyway, as a strong, if frightfully(and intentionally) by-the-book, female executive at Warner Bro's) is sent to retrieve the duck, and Bugs comes with. Acme's evil Chairman(Martin, mugging and moving as if his suit is full of ants) wants to stop them, and use the stone for his own benefit.Along the way, we'll visit Vegas, see a number of name cameos and the other 2D creatures(and yes, their 3D forms do take getting used to) will pop up here or there, on either side of the conflict. Gremlins director Joe Dante helmed this, determined to get right what Space Jam got wrong. The personalities are intact, the genre is action-adventure(rather than sports-sci-fi... why was that even...?), and the frenetic pace not only keeps it moving, keeping a steady onslaught(you'll have to pay close attention to get them all) of jokes, classic references and gags(verbal, breaking the fourth wall, cleverness, commenting on clichés as well as, occasionally, political correctness(sadly, such inspired bits are fairly few - the Louvre sequence is brilliant, however)), it fits with the original form of these beings(and frankly, this leaps from one set-piece to another, each of those playing out like one of those shorts, returning them to their element).It goes against expectations(or beats you to pointing out when it succumbs to them), and makes the wise call of making these drawn characters, not to mention their cartoon logic, an accepted part of the live-action world, not unlike the vastly superior Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Some of the on-screen comedic talent aren't given a lot to work with. The acting is dependable(I would like to, from the bottom of my heart, thank whoever was responsible for keeping Goldberg from speaking; his physical presence is why he's given roles, we know this, so best to rely entirely on that... in fact, he approaches his henchman role mostly as the one track mind, T1000 kind of thing, and is genuinely convincing).The DVD comes with 10 and a half minutes of decent deleted scenes(many with the drawings only partially completed), the 8 and a half minute documentary Behind the Tunes which isn't bad, the 7 and a half minute featurette Crash! Bang! Boom! - The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown and 7 minute new short subject Whizzard of Ow(both of which I will review on their individual pages here on the site), a theatrical trailer for this and one for The Looney Tunes collection. There is a lot of cartoon violence and a little moderate language in this. I recommend this to big fans of the classic WB animations. 6/10

bazmitch23 This is the film that crushed Warner Bros Animation. After the failure of Osmosis Jones, the studio needed just one hit to get themselves back on track. So they decided to do a Looney Tunes movie. Also, because of people's disappointment with Space Jam, they decided to make a better Looney Tunes movie. Unfortunately, it didn't work. This was released in '03, not many people were interested in Looney Tunes anymore. Besides, it had to go up against Finding Nemo. However, this film has found it's audience on DVD. What do I think of it? Meh.Some things are good, like the old school gags, the FX, the animation, Brendan Fraser was good and I like the cartoony look.Now here are things I hate about it: -The pacing is TOO FAST! The opening is really hard to take in when the film is moving at 250 mph. SLOW DOWN! It's like Moulin Rogue were everything moves by so fast, you can't follow what's going on.-Jenna Elfman is TERRIBLE! She doesn't even try to give a good performance. I think she knew this film was going to flop and didn't care.Too many jokes are happening at once! It's hard to concentrate on one joke when there's something in the background you're meant to be looking at too. It's like the equivalent of having two friends talk to you at the same time and you don't know which one to talk to.Steve Martin is dreadful. I know he's overacting for the sake of being funny. But there's overacting in a good way and there's overacting in a bad way. Sadly this is the latter. I'm surprised him and Jenna didn't get any Razzie Nominations. -The scene where Ron Perlman gets eaten by Taz and there's just his skeleton left was just too much. Sure, it's done in a non gory way, but....... it's just creepy.-The Rabbit Season- Duck Season gag has been done a million times. ENOUGH!Overall, this film is okay. Worth watching if you're a Looney Tunes fan. But maybe if the pacing was slowed down a bit, it would've been better.