September 2, 2026 – Much abused cartoon character Wile E. Coyote enlists the aide of world weary lawyer Kevin Avery (played by Will Forte of “The Breadwinner”) to sue all powerful Acme corporation for all the defective products that have hurt him over the years. “Coyote vs. Acme” is directed by Dave Green (“Earth to Echo”) and written by Samy Burch, James Gunn and Jeremy Slater. It is based on a 1990 magazine article of the same name by Ian Frazier in The New Yorker.

This combination animated and live action film, features a whole cast of classic Warner Brothers cartoon characters, including Bugs Bunny, the Tasmanian Devil, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Porky Pig, The Road Runner, Tweety, Granny and Pepé Le Pew. Voice actors include archival audio of the late Mel Blanc (1908 – 1989, “The Man of a Thousand Voices”) who performed many of the classic Warner Brothers cartoon voices.

After Wile E. Coyote has a number of brutal failures to catch the Roadrunner, he happens to see an advertisement on TV for the law firm of Avery, Jones & Maltese. The advertisement offers justice for cartoon characters harmed by defective Acme products. Wile heads to Albuquerque, New Mexico (referenced often by Bugs Bunny as a wrong turn location) to engage the law firm.

Wile, who cannot speak, manages to get his point across to lawyer Kevin Avery, who plans his usual low-rent lawsuit for a few hundred dollars because he knows that Acme will settle small claims without a fight. Office miscommunications, however, result in a claim against hundreds of Acme products for a much larger sum, which gets the attention of Acme's top attorney, Buddy Crane (played by John Cena of “Fast X”).

Crane offers Kevin Avery a much larger settlement than usual, but Wile refuses to settle. Wile has his own plans for a trial against Acme. Kevin, aided by gung ho assistant Paige Avery (Kevin's neice, played by Lana Condor of “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”) reluctantly begins to prepare for trial. As Kevin and Paige dig into the case, they find out that Acme is hiding a vast secret consumer safety testing operation called Project Sisyphus (which is related to an earlier flashback scene in the movie).

The trial, and later Congressional hearing, are all staged for more jokes, hijinks, secret plots and other fun stuff. The climactic scene borrows key plot element from “The Lego Batman Movie” and it works just as well here. All's well that ends well, and it all ends wild, wacky and funny. This is a totally unserious and lighthearted movie that works. It rates a B.

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