Space jam

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Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Bill Murray.
Voices: Billy West, Danny DeVito, Bob Bergen, Maurice LaMarche.
Michael Jordan must play basketball against space invaders that are trying to capture the Looney Tunes characters. Special features include commentary, two music videos, and four Looney Tunes.
Blu-ray, widescreen; requires Blu-ray player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

A Classic comedy submitted by asopijw65 on August 4, 2014, 4:47pm Must watch film! Great fun for the whole family. Visually great for it's time.

Space jam submitted by Varshini on July 28, 2019, 10:15pm Funny movie! It has animated characters as well as real-life ones.

Come on and Slam, and Welcome to the Jam submitted by Meginator on August 11, 2021, 5:08pm Despite being a card-carrying millennial, I somehow managed to never see this film as a kid, though I do still know most of the theme song (a fact to which my wife and cats will not-so-happily attest). The story itself is predictably and precariously thin, as the Looney Tunes characters recruit Michael Jordan to help them win a basketball game with the highest possible stakes, but the real focus is always on the constant jokes and exaggerated action that define the classic Looney Tunes shorts. The jokes are mostly fine and they do accurately capture the spirit of the original cartoons, but it all feels kind of meaningless without a solid narrative arc; even when the script tries for something slightly meaningful (Big Pep Speech, It Was Inside of Them All Along, Ignored Benchwarmer Gets a Chance at Stardom), the emotional impact falls flat. But the animation is good and interacts well with the live action footage, the cast’s star power is off the charts, and the film never (to its great credit) tries too hard to be anything but the weird cross-promotional collaboration it is. I could have done with a bit more story, but at least it’s not as cloying as a lot of mid-90s family-oriented films tend to be.