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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten Page   1   2/4 "While the affection for the originals is really refreshing, Looney Tunes: Back in Action still stumbles over some formidable hurdles."   Nitrate Online   Dan Lybarger 1.5/4 "..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."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 1.5/4 "Dante favors the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to this Warner Bros. nostalgia trip when funny-and-affectionate would have worked better."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 2.5/4 "...a lot more fun than Space Jam."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "Probably works best if you are into following the logic of cartoons."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "A movie bursting with energy and sheer creativity."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "Some of the merry, slapstick appeal of the old Warner Bros. cartoons is recaptured, and some of it is most assuredly not."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/4 "This is Dante’s Toontown and he’s going to appease every Looney fan from womb to grave."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C+ "Too long, too self-indulgent, and adult in all the wrong ways."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2/4 "Dante's loose-minded narrative comes across more as a marketing ploy than it does a festive flick... somewhat strained and overreaches for its intended frivolity."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B "An endlessly inventive tribute to the classic Tunes...that actually captures the spirit, energy and zany allusiveness of the old shorts."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "The film's appeal is universal, much as the appeal of the Looney Tunes characters is universal."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 6/10 "It doesn't seem to exist for any other reason than to reference, in particular, Looney Tunes and Hollywood."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 6/10 "...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."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio ""Back in Action" is so fast and frenetic it feels like an extended Looney Tune rather than a feature length film."   Light Views   John Larsen 5/5 "Dante revives the possibilities of widescreen humor ... literally leapfrogging across time and the cosmos to achieve profundity through expertly controlled chaos."   ToxicUniverse.com   Keith Uhlich C+ "despite the inspired casting of such human cartoons as Fraser, Martin and Cusack, the live action segments drag the Tunes down"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "The satire becomes unfocused without a driving force behind it, and the adventure is the stuff of which so many movies have touched upon before."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[W]here the original Tunes were subversive, *Back in Action* is smarmy; instead of lobbing zingers, it’s lobbing spitballs. And it’s all anvil, no anticipation."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Looney Tunes have always had an anarchic sense of humor. Setting them loose on Hollywood was nothing less than inspired."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Like a pop culture-gorged Hope-and-Crosby buddy flick hopped up on mescaline."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager "The smartest, cleverest film of the year."   Critic Doctor   Peter Sobczynski 2/5 "Falls back on movie in-jokes that are often unfunny, while the amusing spoofs are irrelevant because they're not even Warner Bros films!"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Not a classic animated feature by any means, but it is funny and entertaining."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "A sequence that takes place in the famous Louvre museum is brilliant"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "Doesn't perfectly capture the manic energy of the old WB cartoons, but it comes pretty ... close, which is fairly impressive in this age of corporate-filmmaking-by-blueprint."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg 1.5/5 "Tunes strives for the surrealism of Roger Rabbit, yet delivers the entertainment equivalent of life inside a pinball machine."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 1/4 "Director Joe Dante ... and screenwriter Larry Doyle have achieved the impossible: they've actually managed to drain every last ounce of irreverent wit and joyful silliness out of the classic Warner Bros. cartoon characters."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight B Read review   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf B+ Read review   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten Page   1