Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Chris Sawin August 19, 2026

★ 6/10

It may not look the way classic animation fans want it to look. Still, *Coyote vs. ACME* is worthwhile for its ingenuity in both its homage to old cartoons and its clever storytelling, and seeing where your favorite *Looney Tunes* character fits into this wacky universe. https://bit.ly/WileEAcme

CinemaSerf August 24, 2026

★ 6/10

Come to think of it, I'm surprised that in the super-litigious US of A it took almost a century for anyone to cotton that "ACME" products were rubbish! Well now "Wile E. Coyote" has had his fill of things blowing up in his face and decided to employ lawyer "Avery" (Will Forte) to take on the mighty "Foghorn Leghorn" and his legal eagle "Buddy" (John Cena) in a courtroom battle. The coyote can't speak; they can't catch the "Road Runner" to act as a witness to his calamities and the thrust of their defence seems to fall on the deaf ears of an "Elmer Fudd" who doesn't seem to quite know which side his bread ought to be buttered on - or maybe he does? Can they win? I actually rather enjoyed the "Leghorn" character most of all as he rather counter-intuitively suggested that their gadgets and gizmos were being tested on the cartoon characters - rather than real people - because, well you can't…

Chandler Danier September 1, 2026

★ 6/10

I read an article inspired by this movie. It said top 10 anti-capitalist films like this movie. It included They Live. This movie is about a comically evil corporation headed by my favourite John Cena. John Cena is cool. Will Forte is cool. Jubilee from X-Men Apocalypse is cool. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is cool. This movie is pretty neat. It's not anti-capitalist. It should not be inspiring a list that includes They Live. It could inspire a list that is movies that do the Who Framed Roger Rabbit effects well. #1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit #2. Space Jam #3. Cool World #4. Coyote vs. Acme It's fine. A liiiittle too long and well a way too USA punishes corporations that treat the public poorly.

Brent Marchant September 6, 2026

★ 7/10

You won’t often see me review animated films. That’s because I remember what cartoons were like when I was growing up as a Baby Boomer, and I loved them (especially Looney Tunes). In fact, in my view, most of today’s headache-inducing animation is overly manic and overly silly, releases that pale in comparison to those classic old school offerings. For those who agree with me, however, there’s a new release out there that serves as a fitting homage to those works of days gone by that pays a fitting tribute to them while simultaneously incorporating fresh, contemporary material that does justice to its source material, “Coyote vs. Acme.” Based on the long-running comical desert conflict between the Road Runner and the bird’s perpetually unsuccessful nemesis, Wile E. Coyote, this feature-length tale brilliantly fuses animation and live action (in the same vein as “Who Frame…

TheFilmCritics.org September 9, 2026

★ 7/10

The Acme Corporation has finally met an adversary it can’t flatten with an anvil: a courtroom, and the result is an unexpectedly charming Looney Tunes comedy in *Coyote vs. Acme*. The premise is inspired: after yet another Acme product goes spectacularly wrong, Wile E. Coyote takes the company to court with the help of a down-on-his-luck lawyer. It is exactly the kind of ridiculous escalation that feels appropriate for a character who has spent decades ordering increasingly elaborate devices to catch one very fast bird. Better yet, the film actually makes something of the idea, turning Acme’s absurd catalog into the basis for a surprisingly effective corporate satire. Most importantly, the movie feels like Looney Tunes. The slapstick is broad, the visual gags come fast, and the dialogue occasionally has the same mischievous snap as the cartoons. Not every joke hits its target, …

Nick September 13, 2026

★ 7/10

Coyote vs. Acme is a genuinely fun surprise. The gimmick — Wile E. Coyote suing Acme Corp for decades of faulty products, staged as a courtroom dramedy — could've been a one-joke premise, but it earns its laughs by taking the legal-thriller framing semi-seriously. John Cena is a good sport as the smarmy corporate lawyer, and the blend of live action with classic Looney Tunes-style animation is charming without leaning too hard on nostalgia. It sags a bit in the middle once the courtroom stuff settles into formula, and some jokes land softer the second time around. Still, there's real heart here, and knowing the studio nearly buried this thing for a tax write-off makes rooting for it even easier. Solid family entertainment — not essential, but worth the watch.

andrewtislercinephile September 16, 2026

★ 9/10

*Coyote vs. Acme* finally got released after Warner Bros. tried to shelve the project for a $30 million tax write-off. It is exactly as I expected it to be: Funny, action-packed, emotional, and self-aware. The blend of live-action and animation is really cool because the real humans use animated props in the same vein as *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*, but the reason it feels more believable here is because instead of puppeteering the animated props, the human actors hold stand-ins that get replaced in post-production before release. Yes, I honestly believe actors holding real props and then replacing them in the editing is more believable than puppeteering because how do you puppet an animated prop? Anywho, the characters' roles in the movie, specifically the *Looney Tunes* characters, felt like an homage to classic crime films, like how Bugs Bunny's role as a whistle blower is similar to De…

nggr October 2, 2026

★ 4/10

Another piece of modern soulless entertainment. Full of unlikable and incompetent characters that are "quirky" and impolite to each other which is supposedly funny, but really isn't. Some of the jokes are fine, but most of them just don't land and feel forced. The whole film is like the depressed and boring version of the children's cartoons. Just watch "Who killed Roger Rabbit?" again.