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Looney Tunes - Back in Action

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Looney Tunes - Back in Action (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 127

Fresh: 72

Rotten:55

Average Rating: 6/10

Consensus: The plot is a nonsensical, hyperactive jumble and the gags are relatively uninspired compared to the classic Looney Tunes cartoons.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: David vs. Goliath. Ali vs. Frazier. Britney vs. Justin. All pale in comparison to the earth-rending, bone-crushing, carrot-chomping, anvil-dropping, tail-feather-scorching, gleefully epic smackdown that... David vs. Goliath. Ali vs. Frazier. Britney vs. Justin. All pale in comparison to the earth-rending, bone-crushing, carrot-chomping, anvil-dropping, tail-feather-scorching, gleefully epic smackdown that is... Rabbit vs. Duck. Warner Bros. contract players BUGS BUNNY and DAFFY DUCK are up to their feudin' ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.' humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton (JENNA ELFMAN), who releases him from his contract and instructs WB security guard/aspiring stuntman DJ Drake (BRENDAN FRASER) to capture and "escort" Daffy off the studio lot. (In other words, he's fired and tossed out on his tail feathers.) Suddenly a sidekick without a hero, the duck decides to ally himself with DJ, whether he likes it or not. Consequently, Daffy is on the scene when DJ discovers that his famous movie star father Damian Drake (TIMOTHY DALTON), known for playing suave international spies onscreen, is actually a suave international spy in real life - and has been kidnapped by the nefarious Mr. Chairman (STEVE MARTIN) of the equally nefarious Acme Corporation. It seems that Damian knows the whereabouts of the mysterious and powerful Blue Monkey Diamond, and the Chairman will do anything to get his hands on it. With Daffy in tow, DJ hits the road in a desperate attempt to outrace the evil Acme stooges to the diamond and save the world from their evil clutches. Unbeknownst to the two neo-spies, they are also being followed by VP Kate and Bugs - the studio brass has decided that the rabbit needs a comic foil after all, and Kate's job is on the line if she can't get Daffy back to work ASAP. Their chase sends the foursome around the globe to meet up with various undercover operatives, from Dusty Tails (HEATHER LOCKLEAR), a showgirl at Yosemite Sam's glitzy Las Vegas casino, to Mother (JOAN CUSACK), the stern but loving caretaker of the various otherworldly creatures housed at Area 52 - a location so extraordinarily top secret that Area 51 was invented just to hide it. Then it's off to the lights of Paris and the treasures of the Louvre, and finally into the deepest jungles of Africa, where they must beat the dastardly Chairman to the deadly diamond - or it's "That's all, folks!" for the world as we know it. Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Baltimore/Spring Creek / Goldmann Pictures production, Looney Tunes: Back In Action, starring BRENDAN FRASER, JENNA ELFMAN and STEVE MARTIN. Directed by JOE DANTE, the film also stars TIMOTHY DALTON and JOAN CUSACK with HEATHER LOCKLEAR. Produced by PAULA WEINSTEIN and BERNIE GOLDMANN, the film is written by LARRY DOYLE. The executive producers are CHRIS deFARIA and LARRY DOYLE. DEAN CUNDEY, ASC is the director of photography. BILL BRZESKI is the production designer. The film is edited by MARSHALL HARVEY and RICK W. FINNEY. Music is by JERRY GOLDSMITH. -- © Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Steve Martin, Heather Locklear, Timothy Dalton

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Steve Martin, Heather Locklear, Timothy Dalton, Joan Cusack, John Cleese, Jenna Elfman

Director: Joe Dante, Dean Cundey

Director: Joe Dante
Screenwriter: Larry Doyle
Producer: Allison Abbate, Bernie Goldmann, Joel Simon, Paula Weinstein
Director: Dean Cundey
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith, John Frizzell
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Bursts with energy but not inspiration.

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02/03/04
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Falls back on movie in-jokes that are often unfunny, while the amusing spoofs are irrelevant because they're not even Warner Bros films!

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12/12/03
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Like a pop culture-gorged Hope-and-Crosby buddy flick hopped up on mescaline.

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Tony Medley
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Perfect fare for a 5-year-old on an Apple Jacks sugar high, but scarcely tolerable for anyone moving toward the Raisin Bran end of the aging spectrum.

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09/20/04
Mark Collette
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Merece elogios por seu humor auto-referencial e, principalmente, por resgatar a insanidade das animações originais (ao contrário do fraco Space Jam).

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03/16/04
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...neither offensive nor inspiring. It's undoubtedly fun for kids, but except for its occasional in-jokes there isn't all that much to excite the funny bone of an adult.

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02/29/04
John J. Puccio
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Joe Dante & Warner Brothers destroy more of our childhood memories.

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01/17/04
KJB
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For anyone reared on the stuff, Looney Tunes: Back in Action is sweet anarchy.

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01/15/04
Jason Anderson
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It’s the cleverest mix of animation and live action since Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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12/31/03
Daniel M. Kimmel
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..far too much importance is placed on the live action characters, who in contrast look like they should be spectators at a who's-who reunion of animated superstars.

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12/17/03
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