Female Film Critics 24/375
Coyote vs. Acme is a delightful late summer surprise. This live-action/animated misadventure originated in Ian Frazier’s 1990 humorous anti-corporate New Yorker satire, a mock court case in which Looney Tunes’ resilient Wile E. Coyote sues the Acme Corporation for all the defective mail-order products (rocket-propelled roller skates, jet-boosted pogo stick) that have malfunctioned as he relentlessly chased the Road Runner
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Three years after being shelved for a tax write-off, Coyote vs. Acme screeches into theaters, as much a metaphor for perseverance as its wily protagonist. Boulder-size expectations aside, it’s delightful, a screwball, surprisingly poignant tribute to creativity, friendship, and that indefatigable super genius, Wile E. Coyote. Based on Ian Frazier’s dryly brilliant short story in The New Yorker, Coyote vs. Acme</em> blends live action with animation as the dogged desert dweller once again fails to trap his white whale, the Road Runner (scientific name: Fastas Hellus</em>), because of some flawed Acme product.
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is an absolute treat, full of eye-popping colors and laugh-out-loud moments. It’s also the first theatrically released Looney Tunes film based entirely on original material, not partly live-action (such as the Space Jam films) or compiling shorts—and done in hand-drawn animation to boot. Sufferin’ succotash! For a film with a team of eleven (!) writers, The Day the Earth Blew Up feels like a cohesive whole, not one schtick after another, and zings along through one hour 31 minutes. Director Peter Browngardt has a steady hand on the setups, payoffs, sight gags and puns that make these toons tick.
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