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Looney Tunes Back In Action on DVD (2003)

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Average rating: 60%
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Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Heather Locklear, Joan Cusack
Director: Joe Dante
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 87 mins
Certificate: PG
Genres: Children, Family
Languages: English
Released: 19/07/2004

Brief synopsis of Looney Tunes Back In Action

Joe Dante directs this fast-paced, inventive combination of animation and live action with irreverent, comic flair. In Hollywood, Daffy Duck is jealous of Bugs Bunny's success and demands a pay increase. Instead of giving him a rise, Kate (Jenna Elfman) a fed-up studio executive, fires Daffy and has him escorted off the lot by security guard D.J. Drake (Brendan Fraser). Drake is a wannabe stunt man who is heading to Las Vegas to find his missing father, Damian Drake (Timothy Dalton), a famous actor/secret agent in search of the elusive Blue Monkey Diamond (a diamond that turns humans to monkeys). Out of work, Daffy joins D.J. while Kate and Bugs Bunny follow, desperate to re-hire Daffy. Meanwhile, Damian Drake is being held captive by the evil Mr. Chairman (Steve Martin), a mad scientist who wants the Blue Monkey Diamond for his own nefarious plot to rule the world. Their quest for Damian and the Diamond sends Daffy, D.J., Kate and Bugs on a global adventure, full of hilarious Hollywood spoofs and pop culture trivia. References to INDIANA JONES in the African jungle, or STAR WARS while in space are just a few of the nonstop Hollywood parodies. The entire Looney Tunes cast of characters join the stars, including Elmer Fudd, Tweety Pie, Foghorn Leghorn and many others in this dizzying adventure.

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Radio Times

This is no Who Framed Roger Rabbit? — unlike that near-seamless mix, the live actors interact awkwardly with the animation — but it is better than Space Jam, Warner Brothers last stab at putting its cartoon stable on the big screen. The dumb story has studio security guard DJ Drake (Brendan Fraser), Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny attempting to foil the world domination plans of Mr Chairman (Steve Martin). Director Joe (Gremlins) Dante packs every frame with his brand of referential humour (including a few B-movie homages so oblique that only the most knowledgeable of genre scholars will appreciate them). However, for all its reliance on introducing skewed cartoon logic into the real world and spoofing recent movie hits, the most inspired moments of this uneven adventure come during a classic Looney Tunes chase through the Louvre, when Daffy and Bugs leap into paintings and are transformed into the style of artists such as Salvador Dali and Edvard Munch.

Halliwell's Film Guide

Unsuccessful mix, with its human stars at their hammiest and its cartoon characters losing their vitality in a series of self-referential gags.

Time Out

The Gremlins director is a true mischief-maker ready to subvert corporate Hollywood chores. The prospect of him... Read more on www.timeout.com

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Rated - 2 starsNot As Looney As You Deserve

Marc Smith from Bishop Auckland , 29/07/2004

It's a great idea, there is no doubt about that, the crazed world of Bugs and Co embarks on a madcap adventure to retrieve the Blue Monkey Diamond before the Chairman of Acme (Steve Martin in a deliriously terrible performance) can turn the people of the world into...you guessed it...monkeys.

The film is a hoot for kids, and tries hard to provide ample jollies for the adults forced to watch along with them, but this is a film that tries just so damn hard it ultimately fails. The film is a triumph technically, but something was...well..left out. The looniness I think, because although there are scenes which capture the anarchy of the original cartoons (The Louvre sequence and Area 52 are ones to watch out for)there are loads of jokes that fall so flat you can hear them hit the ground with a thud...

Give it a go, anyone under 10 will thank you for it, you, however, may want to a stiff drink to hand.

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Rated - 5 starsReal Fun for the whole family

A customer from london , 15/02/2005

Excellent fun and full of enjoyment for the whole family.

A very clever and funny movie.

  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 5 stars

Nell#1 from SCOTLAND , 26/09/2004

<b>A very funny film. A great one for all the family to sit and enjoy. Well worth watching.</b><p><b>5 Star *****</b></p>

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Rated - 1 starsNo Space Jam

A customer from Bicester, England , 08/09/2004

If you were hoping for a great follow up to space jam then prepare to be disappointed - Young children will still enjoy it but the cross over to keeping older children and adults entertained is missing

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Rated - 4 starsBrilliant

A customer from England , 04/03/2005

this film kept my 7 year old son glued to the telly from start to finish,he even watched it two more times.Any film like that is good in my books,just for the peace and quiet!

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Rated - 4 starsAs good as Shrek!

Raymond Oko?ski from Scotland , 01/02/2005

This one grew on me, and by the time I was an hour into the film the plot was immaterial (it goes without saying it was banal). No, the real interest was the mastery of the mixing of live action and animation which was superb. Shrek 2 has been named as the most accomplished CGI film to date. LT Back In Action is the same for mixing real and animation into a feast for the eyes.

Sure the jokes have been done before, but there are now additional levels of humour that kids won't spot - yet adults (and film buffs) will appreciate. Certain scenes (in the Art Gallery) were inspired, as the character takes on the syle of the painting he's just jumped into. The 'Area 51' spoof didn't work for me - apart from the Dalek, the sequence seemed to fall flat, but that was a minor irratation. On their way to Las Vegas our heroes (now in the desert) come across a full size Wal-Mart. 'Is that product placement or what?' asks Bugs.

The special features are also great - a new Roadrunner cartoon - and 3 featurettes on how they managed to make the film, which start off patronising, then get down to showing clearly how it was all done.

Priceless!

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