Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

"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.

. . . protesting agitator Bugs Bunny proclaims, embarking upon a nation-wide campaign of Vandalism, Sabotage, and Terrorism in the Looney Tune animated short, REBEL RABBIT. Miffed at seeing the bounty on rabbit scalps set at a measly TWO CENTS (compared to $75 for bear and $50 for fox), Bugs mails himself to Washington, DC (1st Class, of course) to confront the U.S. Game Commissioner. The latter proceeds to patronize America's Favorite Hare, provoking Bugs' rampage. On the plus side, he cuts Florida loose (Pre-Empting W.'s appointment to the White House five decades later), fills in the Grand Canyon (where tourists fall to their deaths every year), and persuades the Native Americans to take back Manhattan (cancelling out the S&L crisis, the Bernie Madoff Pyramid Scheme, the Tech Bubble, the Derivatives Scandal, the Crash of 2008, and countless other ills). Among the not-so-bright developments, Bugs destroys the American Railroad System, the Panama Canal, and mars the National Mall by candy-striping the Washington Monument. But at least this dumb bunny proves that Grey Lives Matter.

When I saw the title and first minute of "Rebel Rabbit", I sort of assumed that it would be a Robin Hood-style story. Boy was I wrong! It portrays Bugs Bunny getting insulted when he finds that the government has placed exorbitant bounties on foxes and bears, but only 2 cents on rabbits (after all, rabbits are such cute little creatures). So, the carrot-chomping rascal proceeds to make a complete mess of the United States. The final scene reminded me of the Peter Sellers-Ringo Starr movie "The Magic Christian", how they ridiculously brought in the most elaborate weaponry to deal with so simple an animal (then again, Bugs isn't so simple to catch).I especially agreed with one scene: Bugs cuts Florida off from the rest of the country. Considering that the Sunshine State is home to the rich Cubans who fled when Fidel Castro's army took over in Cuba, we should break that state off from the rest of the country and send it down to Cuba so that the current government there can prosecute Fulgencio Batista's henchmen.But I digress. The point is, this is a really funny cartoon. That southern senator was obviously Mel Blanc doing Foghorn Leghorn's voice. Really neat.

Directed by Bob McKimson, "Rebel Rabbit" stars a pudgy Bugs Bunny, whose wise-guy disposition throughout the film is very amusing. Only one thing bothers him: the U.S. Game Commission is willing to dish out $50 for every fox hide and $75 for every bear hide, but rabbits, being the timid creatures that they are, are only worth two cents! For Bugs, this is quite an insult, so he decides to cause all kinds of havoc throughout North America (particularly by defacing many historical landmarks) in order to prove once and for all that rabbits can do more damage, and are worth much more for the bounty hunters, than any other animal.My favorite moments from "Rebel Rabbit" include the following. When Bugs mails himself to Washington, he is rather appalled at the postmaster's unsanitary act of licking a stamp and sticking it on Bugs' body. Amidst all the wild damage that Bugs performs in order to increase the worth of his bounty, perhaps the funniest is his act of literally sawing off Florida from the rest of the United States and allowing it to set sail towards South America! Back in Washington, Senator Claghorn (based on a real-life radio personality, and a precursor to Foghorn Leghorn) demands a price on Bugs, with Bugs himself stealing the senator's line "That's a joke, son!" And at the end, Bugs finally stirs up so much trouble that the United States Army has no choice but to come after him; Bugs is surrounded by bombs and bullets as we see some exciting live-action footage of horsemen, tanks, jeeps, and fighter planes.Bugs Bunny becomes a scourge all across the continent of North America, but at least this "Rebel Rabbit" accomplished what he hoped: he increased his bounty to one million dollars!