Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 31
A harmless mishmash of basketball and animation that'll entertain kids but leave adults less than thrilled.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 9
A harmless mishmash of basketball and animation that'll entertain kids but leave adults less than thrilled.
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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,"
Nov 15, 1996 Wide
Aug 27, 1997
Warner Home Video
All Critics (50) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (33) | DVD (15)
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.
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.
Sufferin' succotash!
This film was made very quickly by animation standards, and the haste shows.
It's the first time either Jordan or Bugs has had a starring role on the big screen. It's gimmicky Saturday-morning cartoon wackiness in your face -- funny, but brain-deadening.
Space Jam is no Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but it works well enough.
A silly, forgettable comedy...
If you weren't a kid when you first saw Space Jam, you're a lot less likely to find it palatable. [Blu-ray]
Live-action/animation mix is good fun for kids.
Attempts to inject some hipness into the classic cartoon characters, not to mention some potty-mouthed dialogue, will enrage purists, but otherwise this pretty much scores a slam dunk with its under-five target audience.
A cynical attempt to cash in on the popularity of Warner Bros. cartoon characters and basketball player Michael Jordan, inspired by a Nike commercial.
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.
What I miss most of all is the absence of the late, great Mel Blanc.
Space Jam isn't exactly a slam dunk. It's more of a graceful tip-in by Michael Jordan, with a snazzy assist by Bugs Bunny.
The two-disc DVD comes with a solid line-up of extras that are bound to make not only fans of the film happy, but long-time fans of the classic Looney Tunes as well.
Succeeds in reintroducing the Looney Tunes name, but fails to capture the imagination and sharpness that defined them originally.
This Special Edition Space Jam turns out to be a rather mediocre enterprise any way you look at it.
Space Jam is harmless kiddie fare, but it may not be every adult's idea of a good time.
I absolutely loved this movie. It has terriffic animation and has a warm feeling of innocence that modern kids movies dont have anymore and although the central plot seems like something of a marketing scheme by Warner Bros considering what it's about. It's actually funny, cute and very charming. Michael Jordan isn't
December 16, 2011
Super Reviewer
Space Jam is a good film that anyone can enjoy. This is not a great film, is flawed, but for what it is, it's a film that is simply lots of fun whether you're an adult or a kid. The animation is great, and the plot is really entertaining too. This was one of my favorite films at the time of its release, and there are
December 9, 2011
Super Reviewer
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