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I expected to scoff at this entire movie and instead I only scoffed at the first third. The premise of Lebron's son being some NBA Jam inventing wunderkind, and Lebron being the regimented dad who couldn't see the literal genius behind him was just so dumb. It was the most paint by numbers "I think I know what kids are into" setup they could have went with, and Lebron's acting only made it sillier.

But once they got into the Looney Tune world, there were some decent chuckles. I'm a sucker for the Looney-style slapstick and some of the references to other WB properties landed, even if most were lazy. People consider the gratuitous referencing/advertising to be ruinous to the movie, forgetting their was a scene in the original where Daffy kissed his own ass with a Warner Brothers logo on it. At least there was more effort than THAT in this one.

The best parts of the movie are Lebron and Bugs gathering the Looney Tunes team together. The stuff before that was awful. After, the game itself went too long and there wasn't as much comedy as I was expecting there, but it was fine. Not nearly as entertaining as the original but I'd say it did it's job. And the ending was just there. Nothing to it.

Overall though I think there is plenty of stuff here for kids to enjoy and JUST enough old school Looney humor and references to make adults not hate their lives watching the movie. I think it's overhated by the weirdos that can't stop with Jordan/Lebron debates. Just take the movie for what it is, and it's not "good" but it's enjoyable.

Which is exactly what I would say about the original, by the way.

Some purests were put off by the disturbing implications of the hunter, but this is the first episode of the reboot that felt like a perfectly old school episode. The first few were great, but this was old school "Character has something against the Warner's so they troll the living bajeezus out of him". Fast paced and constantly funny Warner torture. The Greek games but was close but this one really stuck the landing. So good!

They did it. Those crazy sons of guns actually did it.

Thanks for the review, animated Goldblum.

For real though, the writers have managed to keep the animaniacs spirit alive and proved that they can slide into modern society and remain relevant as ever. The first episode does its job showing the animaniacs acclimating to the modern world and riffing on the glut of Hollywood remakes. I LOVE that this episode exists and I also love that it's just one episode.

From the second episode on, it's right to business as usual and it feels like the Warner Brothers, and the Warner Sister, never left.

This is how you do a remake, people. Love it.