Le Noël des Looney Tunes

This was so good. I admit- I was hesitant to watch. Sometimes when a "newer" rendition of the Looney Tunes is presented, it tends to let down. But this was true to the Looney style.

The re-telling of a Christmas Carol with the faithful characters of the Looney Tunes was great! Making Daffy the Scrooge was inspired and the twists that the writers added to give that Dickens flavor was refreshing.

Bottom-line: my young kids loved it, my teenager loved it, I loved it... even my hubby was laughing.

Grab the popcorn, wrangle the family in and get ready to enjoy a holiday moment with Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas.

After the Walt Disney characters and The Muppets, it was the turn of the Looney Tunes stable to tackle the popular Yuletide tale revolving around the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge; coming so late in the game (i.e. way past the Warners Animation Studios' prime), it is no surprise that this emerges as the least effective rendition of all! The grouchy Daffy Duck is the natural choice for Scrooge: with the premise updated to modern times, many of the familiar Looney Tunes figures turn up – atypically – as submissive employees in Daffy's department store (that said, Bugs Bunny is his usual independent self, though he serves no particular function here except to further harass Daffy!). On the other hand, Porky stands in for Bob Cratchit, Sylvester is "Jacob Marley" and, as the Christmas Ghosts, we have Granny and Tweety(!), Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil. Even at a mere 46 minutes, the film is mostly a drag – since the comedy is generally forced, thus unfunny, and the quality of the animation extremely poor when compared to the dazzling imagination displayed by the form in its heyday.

"Bah Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas" is an Animation - Comedy movie in which we watch a greedy duck who hates Christmas getting visited by three ghosts in the middle of the night. These visits are very important and they will change everything.

I enjoyed this animation movie because it combined very well the original story with Looney Tunes and the result was both enjoyable and interesting. The direction which was made by Charles Visser was good and he created a festive feeling along with the pleasure of watching Looney Tunes be a part of it. Lastly, I have to say that "Bah Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas" is a nice animation movie to watch and I am sure you will enjoy it very much.

First off, I will advise you not to expect high quality like any Rankin'/Bass special or How The Grinch Stole Christmas! but it is a decent effort. Of course it isn't as irreverent or as ingenious as the Looney Tunes cartoons that we all grew up with, and in some cases still love. And while the voice acting is good, particularly Joe Alasky in numerous roles such as Daffy, I don't think they quite have the energy that the immortal Mel Blanc(a major part of the success of the original cartoons) brought to the proceedings. It is also too short, so one or two of the jokes didn't work as well as it should. But overall, it is decent and well worth the watch. Despite the story being used countless times before(Muppets, Disney, Peter Pan and the Pirates, Scrooge(1951), Scrooged, the recent Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey etc.), and the danger of it being too clichéd, the story about Daffy being a Scrooge-like character and being visited by three spirits, is a nice if condensed twist on the timeless Dickens story. The animation is in general beautiful and traditional, the music is lovely and the writing is sharp. Plus while Bugs was badly underused, it was nice to see our favourite cartoons on screen again. There are some funny moments, Daffy being visited by Granny and Tweety was one of the funnier moments, particularly the image of Daffy getting hit on the head by a candy cane. Another hilarious part was anything to do with Yosemite Sam. And there are some poignant ones too, Porky with Prisilla certainly but I am principally talking about young Daffy in the orphanage and he says "I just want to have a family". All in all, decent effort but if you are looking for anything exactly like the original cartoons, you will be a tad disappointed. 7/10 because it was very enjoyable and was a nice twist on the classic story. Bethany Cox

Charles Dickens' ghost story of Christmas is the greatest work of fiction ever. That's my opinion.

Any Studio, Actor, Musician, Animator, or other performer that retells or adapts this story spreads the hope of Christmas to another audience. Humduck is not my favorite 'Carol. It does however faithfully enough follow the original storyline. The thrill of seeing a Scrooge, whether man, woman, duck, or dog, reach redemption never grows old.

Daffy is one of the most severe and greedy Scrooge characters I've seen. I can think of only Cecely Tyson's malevolent portrayal as more wicked. Scrooge does not have to be so evil. The Looney Tunes model had them include physical elements that weren't in the original story. That's the way they told the story.

I ask producers and publishers to keep the tale alive.

Nic