Don't listen to the negative reviews

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

"Haredevil Hare" is a great Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Charles M. "Chuck" Jones. Scientists volunteer Bugs to be a passenger on the first rocket to the moon, where he meets the chief expert of interplanetary destruction: Marvin Martian.Here are my favorite sequences from "Haredevil Hare" (DO NOT read any further until after you have actually seen this cartoon). Bugs twitches humorously when he first lands on the moon. He tries to contact Earth on his walkie-talkie, but the only response he receives is a harmonizing commercial for Crumbly Crunchies; he then pulls a familiar word-switcheroo gag on Marvin Martian's dog to get him to hand over a stick of dynamite (or, as Marvin so humorously calls it, the Uranium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator). As the rocket flies into frame, Bugs is hilarious as he screams in the window. I also love Carl Stalling's distorted musical accompaniment for Marvin's walk.Marvin Martian's voice in "Haredevil Hare" is funny, but not quite the hilarious high-pitched nasal voice that would later become his trademark. He certainly looks mean enough with his expressive eyes masking his deep black mouthless face.

Haredevil Hare (1948) *** (out of 4) Earth is about to send someone to outer space for the first time so why shouldn't it be Bugs Bunny? Once the rabbit lands on the moon he is soon to meet a man from Mars known as Marvin the Martian. I know millions of people really love this short but I've never found it to live up to its reputation. This is certainly a good entry in the long-running Bugs series but I wouldn't go as far as to call it one of his best. What does work here is a strong performance by Bugs who manages to get several laughs, which include his hilarious reason for finally agreeing to travel to the moon. The space dog is another plus as he gets several laughs but I'm still not totally sold on Marvin. He would certainly get better in future shorts but his first appearance is rather hit and miss. He's entertaining visually but his voice has often turned me off.

Bugs Bunny 'volunteers' somewhat reluctantly (kicking and screaming) to be the first earthling blasted into space. He perks up however when they fill the rocket to the brim with carrots. After a bone-crushing spell of g-force he lands a little too roughly on the moon and decides to go for a little sight-seeing. On his journey he meets Marvin the Martian (who sounds a little bit different than usual) and his usual plans to blow up the earth for some insane reason.As usual, hijinks and endless outsmarting follow, all to wonderful effect. It's in this type of anarchy and imagination that Bugs and the rest of the Looney Tunes prove how ingenious they really are.

When the first mission to the moon is announced, Bugs Bunny volunteers to `man' the rocket and be the first to set foot there. When he arrives however, he is joined by a rocket from Mars that has also come to the moon for the first time. However the alien has come to use the moon as a base to attack the earth as opposed to exploration.I usually quite like the Mars based cartoons but occasionally they will be too simple - requiring too much set up before the jokes start. That is sort of the case here; the cartoon has to explain why Bugs is on the moon in the first place and so on. The short then sees Bugs trying to foil the alien attack on earth but this isn't very funny. The antics don't really have any imagination and nothing really happens of note.The characters are also quite weak. Bugs is OK, as he always tends to be however the alien is really poor. I don't know what's up with his voice, but he doesn't sound as sharp or as `good' as he usually does (awful use of words there, sorry!). The dog is just a clown rather than a character.Overall this is amusing but none more than that. It lacks imagination and wit; just going through the motions at times without really pushing it. It's a shame because the setting of space should open it up for all sorts of crazy antics but it doesn't work here.