Looney Tunes: Back in Action

On paper, it seems like a perfect combination: Joe Dante and a Looney Tunes movie. Well, the production was apparently some kind of nightmare with studio execs trying to ensure a new era of cartoons, stepping all over Dante’s feet, and generally preventing him from making the movie he wanted. At least the animated segments are pretty solid, but the manic busyness of the film from beginning to end just wears down, all while it takes nothing seriously, including its own story.

Daffy Duck (J...