We be "Jam"min'...

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2000)

For the first time in his illustrious career, Michael "Air" Jordan shares the court and the spotlight with some of the most intimidating players in basketball...most of which have fur and feathers.
"Space Jam" melds real-life and cartoon-life as well as in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and with about the same result. No one can say that they skimped on the FX, or the story - which yields some mighty big laughs.
Seems that Looney Tune Land is under threat from aliens from an other-worldly amusement park and the only way Bugs, Daffy, Porky and Tweety can save themselves from intergalactic slavery is by challenging them to a basketball game. But when the aliens in question acquire powers from Earth's best b-ball players (Ewing, Barkley, Bogues, etc.) and become Mon-Stars, Bugs and company acquire the newly-retired Jordan to help them get game.
Jordan is comfortable in front of the camera, even when surrounded by cartoon characters and Bill Murray (!), so he proves he has even a future as a movie star, especially in movies like this. And as if there were ever a doubt, Bugs Bunny shows he still has what it takes after all these years.
I love this movie; I've always been a fan of animation and "Space Jam" doesn't disappoint. Every figure, shadow and shade of skin is perfect and shares screen time with real people so seamlessly that, sure, it looks real enough that we could be surprised that this kind of thing doesn't happen every day.
Anyway, you have to love a movie where Murray's big entrance is heralded by someone shouting "I didn't know Dan Aykroyd was in this picture!"
Ten stars and a pair of Nikes for "Space Jam".
Now, how about a sequel with Joe Montana?