Space Jam

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1 hr. 27 min.

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Swackhammer (Danny DeVito), an evil alien theme park owner, needs a new attraction at Moron Mountain. When his gang, the Nerdlucks, heads to Earth to kidnap Bugs Bunny (Billy West) and the Looney Tunes, Bugs challenges them to a basketball game to determine their fate. The aliens agree, but they steal the powers of NBA basketball players, including Larry Bird (Larry Bird) and Charles Barkley (Charles Barkley) -- so Bugs gets some help from superstar Michael Jordan (Michael Jordan).

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Critics Consensus

While it's no slam dunk, Space Jam's silly, Looney Toons-laden slapstick and vivid animation will leave younger viewers satisfied -- though accompanying adults may be more annoyed than entertained.

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Tom Hughes

Since my childhood days, I have wishing to see this movie at a theater, but today was my lucky day to have my wish come true. Boy, it was nice to see a movie from the late 1990's in this decade, especially with a combination of live-action and animation put together.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/22

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Danelle O

Comedy was great! Basketball game and graphics were amazing. Movie was family oriented!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/21

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Артем Б

Space Jam is a bright, absurd and pleasant example of the second half of the nineties. Of course, even today, when you rewatch it, you notice how the authors, well, were trying with all their might to come up with a plot.The plot is very simple, but it's a simple concept that actually works. Especially considering all this crazy logic, one of the main charms of the space jam, the stunning enveloping aesthetics of the nineties, the soundtrack playlist turned out so successful that it is now perceived as nothing less than the quintessence of the spirit of the American nineties, just like the title track “I believe, I can fly”, which I still listen to periodically. The animation is very worthy of the Looney Tunes world, it came out cute and authentic. In general, everything looks impressive and expensive. You definitely can’t call it bad work. A monument can be erected to Michael Jordan for surviving this endless marathon of interaction with emptiness while filming.But for all its merits, I won’t deny how the film simply basks in its randomness, starting with the sudden Bill Murrai, whom Reitman dragged in for old times’ sake.The final moral also smacks of weird randomness, if you're Michael Jordan and you're burned out, screw your dreams of becoming a baseball player. Shut your mouth, go out on the field and get back to basketball. Perhaps, confusion, in general, is the middle name of Space Jam. If we take into account the picture as a whole, then we will see not advertising for the sake of advertising and a washed-out third-rate product, but a completely curious eccentric stupid, absurd, but despite everything, still a good film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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GABRIEL P

The film Space Jam is a very good film with sensational animations and a very fun story, as well as being based on a basketball star on Michael Jordan's level, but even so, the film is not perfect because the beginning of the film is very bad, but during the time it becomes much better and has the appearance of great stars of the time and besides the film is for all ages so this is my evaluation of the film space jam starring michael jordan the best player of all time who played for the chicago bulls of the nba a best basketball league in the world The film Space Jam is a very good film with sensational animations and a very fun story, as well as being based on a basketball star on Michael Jordan's level, but even so, the film is not perfect because the beginning of the film is very bad, but during the time it becomes much better and has the appearance of great stars of the time and besides the film is for all ages so this is my evaluation of the film space jam starring michael jordan the best player of all time who played for the chicago bulls of the nba a best basketball league in the world

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Tyler

It's a great movie with great animation and cast, I love this movie I rated this a 97%

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Josiah W

I love this movie a absolute Classic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/07/24

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Ryan Gilbey

Independent (UK)

Space Jam is nothing if not a product made by men who gauge a film's success by how many soft toys it spawns.

Mar 22, 2019

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

This isn't Looney Tunes, it's Sloppy Tunes.

Mar 22, 2019

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

The movie could have been a gleaming showcase for cartoon wit. Instead it's an 87-minute commercial peddling sainthood for Michael Jordan.

Mar 22, 2019

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

It’s a stroke of evil marketing genius.

Rated: D

Sep 1, 2022

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Sheila Reid

Women in the Life

Imagine a movie with Michael Jordan acting alongside Tweety, Bugs... and a few other Warner Brothers characters. Then imagine paying seven dollars to watch them play basketball. If you can't imagine it, consider yourself blessed and skip this one.

May 16, 2022

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David Gonzalez

The Cinematic Reel

On November 15, 1996, not much could top Space Jam in my eyes. 20 years later, on November 15, 2016, Space Jam has become nothing more than a nostalgic guilty pleasure and thats not always a bad thing.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 14, 2022

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Synopsis

Swackhammer (Danny DeVito), an evil alien theme park owner, needs a new attraction at Moron Mountain. When his gang, the Nerdlucks, heads to Earth to kidnap Bugs Bunny (Billy West) and the Looney Tunes, Bugs challenges them to a basketball game to determine their fate. The aliens agree, but they steal the powers of NBA basketball players, including Larry Bird (Larry Bird) and Charles Barkley (Charles Barkley) -- so Bugs gets some help from superstar Michael Jordan (Michael Jordan).

Director: Joe Pytka
Executive Producer: David Falk, Ken Ross
Screenwriter: Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Vídeo
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Northern Lights Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 15, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $90.4M
Sound Mix: Surround

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