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Space Jam: A New Legacy

2021

Malcolm D. Lee

Animation, LeBron James, Sonequa Martin-Green, Don Cheadle ...

4.2

6,463

Animation. Fantasy. Comedy. Kids NBA superstar LeBron James teams up with Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes for this long-awaited sequel.

	Media	Author	Review
		Kristen Page-Kirby The Washington Post	"Held together by the most tenuous of narrative threads, 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' offers a relatively amusing story that rises above mediocrity (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"A ridiculous blockbuster designed to sell merchandise."
		Warren Cantrell The Playlist	"The franchise reboot boasts something the original sorely lacked—heart"
		Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"A bizarre piece of commercial propaganda for Warner Bros (...) Everyone involved seems unaware that in fixating on the company’s past, they’re losing sight of any future it could possibly have (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		John Nugent Empire	"Despite some dazzling animation, this is a mess of celebrity and corporate cameos that fails to capture the weird spirit of the ’90s original (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"It’s less a family-friendly film with a hoops legend and more a crassly referential love letter to all things Warner Bros. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"I’ve never seen anything like it. I also hope to never see anything like it again, and I wish I could unsee what I HAVE seen (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Amy Nicholson The New York Times	"This meta-comedy serves up a rematch with even rowdier fans (...) Lee’s massive sandbox allows him to seed curiosity about cinema history in kiddie audiences"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"It all feels like Warner Bros. ingested an emetic and vomited up all their intellectual property (...) James lacks the charismatic appeal of Jordan, who, although no actor, anchored the previous film with his sheer likability."
		Ethan Vestby The Film Stage	"It feels inexplicable why this sequel is 30 minutes longer and makes its predecessor resemble some example of strong, classical storytelling"
		Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"Malcolm Lee balances the action, the family dynamics, and the Looney Tunes silliness very well (...) This is an improvement over the original film (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Joshua Rivera Polygon	"Not satisfying cinema, not a worthwhile story, not a fun time at the movies, but 'a great product'"
		Francesca Rivera IGN	"A New Legacy gets a modern update to one of nostalgia’s largest strongholds (...)The central story about a father and son cuts through the excess, giving [it] a heart and a message that encourages staying true to oneself"
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"Space Jam: A New Legacy takes almost nothing but wrong turns, all leading to a glittering CGI trash heap of cameos, pat life lessons, and stale internet catchphrases"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Even without a movie-saving Bill Murray around to fully save it, “Space Jam 2″ is a smoother, less grating experience than the first one"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"What they’ve created here isn’t just a sequel to 'Space Jam,' as disheartening as that might be, but also a sequel to 'Ready Player One' and 'Hook'. Spielberg should collect royalties for this unofficial remake"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"'Space Jam: A New Legacy' is no slam dunk"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"It is an abomination (...) This film is nothing more than forgettable nostalgia bait (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"It is an exercise in excess anchored to a likable LeBron charmfest, melding multiple forms of animation, recycled cartoon jokes, and the basic plot of the original, but with a twist that updates it (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"

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