n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Blistering performances.

"Rebel Rabbit" is an American cartoon from 1949, so almost 70 years old and it runs the same slightly under 7 minutes as they usually do. This is another Warner Bros. production, not one of their most or least known and this one stars Bugs Bunny once again and he unites McKimson, Foster and Blanc of course, 3 of the company's most successful and most prolific. So what do I mean when I call this unusual? Well, first of all the live action parts of course that came out of nowhere and added almost nothing for me comedy-wise. But it is also not too often that you see Bugs not go against one of his usual antagonists like Elmer, Sam or Daffy even, but basically against the entire United States and that's a battle not even Bugs can win, no matter how hard he tries. Most of the comedy here comes from the damage that has been done to American soil irreparably and honestly, it is not too creative or funny. I guess Blanc's voice acting is fine once again, but honestly that and the animation may be the only components that fit the description I'd say. All in all, this is nowhere near Warner Bros' best or most entertaining. I have to give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.

As a huge Looney Tunes fan, I have always thoroughly enjoyed Rebel Rabbit. Maybe it is not quite one of Bugs' or Looney Tunes' best, but it is one of my favourite Robert McKimson shorts. I do agree about the park bench gag, I have never really found that particular gag funny. Every other gag works though, with the ending especially memorable. The dialogue is also very fresh and witty, so on the humour side Rebel Rabbit scores with no problem. The animation is wonderful, the colours and character designs are classic McKimson and look beautiful, while the music is characterful energy personified. The story is engaging at the very least, and very crisply paced so there is rarely, if any, a dull moment. Bugs is on great form, he has been more likable before but his humour and personality do really shine here as you'd expect. Mel Blanc's voice work is right on the money, I've rarely heard Blanc put a foot wrong and Rebel Rabbit is no exception. Overall, not a classic for me, but still highly recommended with no hesitation. 9/10 Bethany Cox

The US. Game Commission has set a $50 bounty for each fox that is caught. Bugs, and we viewers, know that because it's on a poster nailed to a tree where Bugs Bunny lives. On the next tree is a similar sign offering $75 for a bear. A third and final sign has a rabbit's bounty at two cents! Bugs is furious. "That is an insult! They can't get away with it. Rabbits is worth more than mangy old foxes and bears and stuff," he says. "It's discrimination. I'm a taxpayer. I've got my rights."He goes to the post office and mails himself to Washington. He is told rabbits are furry, harmless creatures, unlike the others, and that's why their bounty is so low. Bugs winds up having to prove how rabbits can be "as obnoxious as anybody." For Bugs, that is not a hard assignment.Bugs goes on vandalizing spree in Washington and New York City. Normally, I might agree this is a horrible message - that vandalism pays - but it gets so ludicrous that you can't take the slightest thing seriously in here. I mean, Bugs Bunny shutting off Niagara Falls and filling in the Grand Canyon? Yes, it gets a little wild...all so Bugs can get a little respect. And, justice does prevail in the end in a very funny final minute that includes real-life footage.Bugs sums it all up with a humorous line: "Could it be that I carried this thing too far?"Yeah. This outrageous cartoon can be seen on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume three DVD.

'Rebel Rabbit' is one of the funnier Bugs Bunny cartoons, with an exciting and unusual climax. This toon is a splendid example of the work of Robert McKimson, the most underrated figure in American animation. McKimson's cartoons are always bright, visually attractive and (oh, yeah) funny ... far more so than the repetitive, predictable and pretentious offerings of the grossly overrated Chuck Jones. Some of McKimson's best cartoons, including 'Rebel Rabbit', are downright hilarious.SLIGHT SPOILERS. In this toon, Bugs decides he's been taken for granted when a wildlife commissioner tells him that 'rabbits are timorous creatures'. Bugs straight away becomes a public enemy, launching a one-rabbit crime wave. The climax is very funny and also visually distinctive, as live-action combat footage is intercut with animation to show the human race putting aside its petty squabbles to exterminate Bugs Bunny. The fadeout line is hilarious.Many of the old Warners cartoons had topical references that are now incomprehensible to the kids who watch these things on television. In 'Rebel Rabbit', Bugs has an encounter with a blowhard Southern politician who is clearly meant to be Senator Claghorn, the character from Fred Allen's radio show. During Bugs's crime wave, he saws off the entire state of Florida from the U.S. coast line, and then -- as the state floats out to sea -- Bugs cheerily urges 'South America, take it away.' In 1949, when this cartoon was made, that line was the title of a hit song performed by Betty Garrett in the musical 'Call Me Mister'.Most blatantly topical is the cartoon's one unfunny sequence, when Bugs vandalises a park bench that bears the peculiar sign 'Reserved for Barney Baruch'. Why would a park bench be reserved for one particular person? In fact, this refers to Bernard Baruch, Franklin Roosevelt's financial consultant who gave press conferences in the park while he sat on a bench and fed pigeons. This unfunny gag could be scissored from the cartoon with no loss.I'll rate 'Rebel Rabbit' 10 out of 10. Hurrah for Robert McKimson! What a shame that he didn't live long enough to correct some of the (shall we say) erroneous statements made by Chuck Jones.