The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

It shows that what has worked for generations can still work today, given the right care, attention to detail and loony spirit.

The near-dozen writers veer between ungainly slapstick, so-so meta-humor, trite cultural references, desperate puns, and occasional jarring vulgarity that can fairly be called deth-picable.

“The Day the Earth Blew Up” isn’t arguing for the past at the expense of the future, it’s simply trying to put a modern spin on a classic formula in a way that makes you wonder why we ever left it behind.

A consistent pleasure that should delight youngsters as well as nostalgic adults. It’s a shame that the folks at Warner Bros. didn’t honor their past but instead declined to release the film.

[This] new feature ably captures the Looney Tunes spirit, which is something our world can always use more of — and which is a far more formidable endeavor than might at first seem.

The movie’s energy doesn’t pay off in dividends of real pleasure.

So no matter how entertaining the film is, audiences who grew up loving the WB's looney crew may experience some disappointment.

As lofty a bar as it is for any version of this to clear, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is the best Daffy/Porky adventure we've gotten since the Plucky Duck/Hamton J. Pig road trip in Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation.

This chaotic but charming experiment is a good reminder of the ingenuity that made these characters unforgettable. [Full review in Spanish]

The Day the Earth Blew Up made me so nostalgic for those cartoon films we’ve been missing and you can see the love put in every frame by the Looney Tunes team.