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.

LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION was Joe Dante's live action tribute to the Warner Brothers cartoons he loved as a kid, made in respect to Chuck Jones, the famous animator who had recently died. Dante went on record to say how much he had hated SPACE JAM for ruining those cartoon characters (and it's hard to disagree with him), so this was his chance to make amends. The problem with the film is, ironically, Warner Brothers themselves. They refused to give Dante much in the way of creative control so what we get is largely a generic piece of junk. Certainly the scenes involving the constantly mugging actors Brendan Fraser and Jenna Elfman are largely wince-inducing and never have you seen such irritating lead characters. And the less said about Steve Martin's villain the better - what on Earth was that all about, anyway?Where LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION shines is in the cartoon characters themselves. Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny share equal screen time and they're a real hoot when thrown into the real world. Even better, this must be the ultimate 'reference' movie of Dante's career; there are bit parts and supporting roles for literally dozens of Warner-owned cartoon characters, new and old (mainly old). Catching the references is ever a delight, but there are also some imaginative highlights in the main plot, too. The sci-fi attack by classic sci-fi monsters is great stuff, and the chase through the paintings in the Louvre is hilarious. Sadly, the dumb humour and main actors drag this film down quite considerably, but Dante's heart is in the right place and the references make it worth a watch.

I remember watching this when it first came out on DVD. Even though I was a child then, I just wasn't a fan. The reason was because - it wasn't as good as Space Jam. I know we have Steve Martin, Brendan Fraser and Jenna Elfman on this and the fact that they are stars, but think realistically. The acting isn't really that great, yeah kids won't mind because of course, "Looney Tunes" is on the title. But what I'm saying is, it just isn't that good of a Looney Tunes movie.I am hoping that I hear news of it becoming a sequel in the future, I think this did all the damage in my opinion! If my future children want to see it, I would watch it no bother. I wouldn't be crazy over this, I would probably try to avoid looking at this again at all costs! :/

...you hire Joe Dante, who already made one in "Gremlins 2."LT:BiA is probably about as good as a Looney Tunes movie can be these days. Yes, the magical timing of the Looney Tunes heyday is gone forever, but Dante provides tons of comic chaos, which is a decent substitute. Even when the jokes backfire (as they often do), you end up chuckling at the sheer audacity and ridiculousness of it all.The film is cast well, although whether you find Martin's hysterical overacting funny is a matter of personal taste. Fraser is much more successful; he knows that when you're up against Bugs and Daffy, your best bet is to play it relatively straight. And after a slow start, the movie gathers a nice, breathless momentum and finally captures that WB anarchy that we grew up loving.There are perhaps too many winking in-jokes, or maybe Dante lingers on them a bit too long. It all comes down to timing, which, of course, was WB's stock-in-trade. Dante can't quite capture it, which leads to more smiles than laughs. But when he nails it (as when Daffy proclaims the name of his alter-ego late in the film), it's great, silly fun. Plus, for those of us who love Dante's drive-in sensibilities, he cast his old buds Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, and, for good measure, Ron Perlman. And for the most part he doesn't skimp on the cartoony violence that makes WB cartoons wonderfully subversive. So thumbs-up to "LT:BiA," which ends up being better than it probably needed to be.Still, if you really wanna see a live-action Loony Tunes movie, you should check out "Gremlins 2," the hilarious sequel/send-up of his own "Gremlins." That one's consistently funnier and even more anarchic, even though it might be a little scary for the kids.