Film Review: Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up (2024) 

Official synopsis: From Warner Bros. Animation, director Pete Browngardt, and the creative team behind the award-winning Looney Tunes Cartoons, Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion. The movie unfolds a rich Porky & Daffy story that fans have never seen before: In this buddy-comedy of epic proportions, our heroes race to save the world, delivering all the laugh-out-loud gags and vibrant visuals that have made the Looney Tunes so iconic, but on a scope and scale yet to be experienced.

I grew up on the original Looney Tunes and admittedly pretty much checked out on the franchise after the first Space Jam movie. However, Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up sounded intriguing enough to me that I decided to give it a chance. A science fiction themed full length Looney Tunes film? What’s not to like?

I’m happy, even thrilled, to report that there is pretty much everything to like about Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up! It’s a blast, and anyone who ever loved the old-school antics of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck should find this new installment of their adventures to be an absolute blast.

The animation is outstanding, blending styles that recall both classic Looney Tunes and some The Ren & Stimpy Show art, for starters. The voice acting is top notch, including Eric Bauza performing Daffy and Porky in a very Mel Blanc style and Candi Milo as Petunia Pig.

Like the classic Looney Tunes, the humor appeals to both adults and kids. Maybe not at the same time and not for the same reasons, but overall the laughs come hard and often. 

There’s so much going on that it would require a lengthy synopsis, and I don’t want to spoil any of the fun, so suffice it to say that we get something of a Porky and Daffy origin story to kick things off before things go into an alien invasion plot involving bubble gum, and a sweet romantic angle between Porky and Petunia. Science fiction film fans will have a fantastic time with all of the influences on display, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers and John Carpenter’s The Thing.

How silly, fun, and entertaining is Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up? So much that I now want to check out recent LooneyTunes shorts from the folks involved with this feature. The film has a big heart, and boasts plenty of rewatchability.  

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up, from Vertigo Releasing, opens in U.K. cinemas on February 13, 2026.

Joseph Perry also writes for the websites Gruesome Magazine (gruesomemagazine.com), The Scariest Things (scariesthings.com), Horror Fuel (horrorfuel.com), B&S About Movies (bandsaboutmovies.com), The Good, the Bad, and the Verdict (gbvreviews.com), and film magazines Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope (videoscopemag.com) and Drive-In Asylum (etsy.com/shop/GroovyDoom). 

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