Review in Brief: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024/25)

Small wins for art are worth savouring, especially in an age when it is seemingly under attack from all sides. In the first cinematically released, all-animated Looney Tunes feature film that was thankfully sold to Ketchup Entertainment rather than being junked by David Zazlav’s Warner Bros, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza) fight to save their home, and then their planet, from an alien plot revolving around of all things, bubble gum. Considering the uphill struggle this one had to go through to get released, it’s almost disappointing that the final product is just a really good Looney Tunes movie. It doesn’t innovate beyond preserving the traditional cel animation style, it’s not about anything more than being silly, but it evokes the anarchic mischief of the best Looney Tunes shorts and celebrates top-notch vocal performances and talented craftspeople. SSP

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Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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