Space Jam (1996)
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35% of critics liked it
(49 reviews) -
52% of users liked it
(576,657 ratings)
Basketball superstar Michael Jordan and cartoon favorite Bugs Bunny team up with other basketball greats and Looney Tunes characters in this combination animated/live-action feature. Jordan must help the Looney Tunes gang with a basketball game against a group of outer space creatures whose plan, if… More Basketball superstar Michael Jordan and cartoon favorite Bugs Bunny team up with other basketball greats and Looney Tunes characters in this combination animated/live-action feature. Jordan must help the Looney Tunes gang with a basketball game against a group of outer space creatures whose plan, if they win, is to kidnap the Looney Tunes and take them to a failing intergalactic amusement park as the latest attraction. Also starring Academy Award-nominee Bill Murray ("Lost in Translation," "Charlie's Angels") and Wayne Knight (TV's "Seinfeld," "Rat Race"). Gene Shalit says this movie is "for adults, kids, teenagers, women, men, boys, girls, old folks, young folks, Jordan fans, Bill Murray fans, Wayne Knight fans and every Looney Tunes lover who wants to revel in Bugs Bunny and his pals at their looney tuniest."
- Directed By
- Joe Pytka, Joseph Pytka
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- Nov 15, 1996 Wide
- On DVD
- Aug 27, 1997
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Simpler and cruder than Who Framed Roger Rabbit in terms of story and technique, this is still a great deal of fun, confirming that Jordan is every bit as mythological a creature as Daffy Duck or Yosemite Sam.
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Todd McCarthy, Variety
Cute, rambunctious, generally amusing rather than outright funny, this clever mix of live action, highlighted by the unequaled skills of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, and animated Looney Tunes antics will be a must-see for kids.
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Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Sufferin' succotash!
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, Time Out
Visually, it's a mess: the attempts to blend 2- and 3-D animation with live-action and computer-generated images produce scenes that are fuzzier than the storyline.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
This film was made very quickly by animation standards, and the haste shows.
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Cast
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Michael Jordan
as Himself
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Charles Barkley
as Himself
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Wayne Knight
as Stan Podolak
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Patrick Ewing
as Himself
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Theresa Randle
as Juanita
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Billy West
as Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd
- Muggsy Bogues
- Bill Murray
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D. Bradley Baker
as Bull Dee, Daffy Duck, Tazmanian Devil
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Danny DeVito
as Swackhammer
- Larry Bird
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Bill Farmer
as Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam
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Kath Soucie
as Lola Bunny
- Vlade Divac
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June Foray
as Granny
- Cheryl James
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Maurice LaMarche
as Pepe Le Pew
- Ahmad Rashad
- Del Harris
- Danny Ainge
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Bob Bergen
as Bert, Herbie, Marvin the Martian, Porky ...
- Shawn Bradley
- Cedric Ceballos
- Jim Rome
- Paul Westphal
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Larry Johnson
as Himself
- Dee Bradley Baker




