Duck Amuck
Duck Amuck
NR | 28 February 1953 (USA)
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The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

Reviews
ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Edgar Allan Pooh . . . most likely would take longer to read than this seven-minute Looney Tune's running time. Pirandelloism, or the eternal conflict between Illusion and Reality (named after SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR playwright Luigi Pirandello) was in vogue when DUCK AMUCK was released, so Daffy is marching in lock-step with his Zeitgeist here. Though the black duck becomes increasingly agitated WAITING FOR GODOT, he cannot help being reduced to a boy-toy with NO EXIT from the Solipcistic imagination of his Arch Nemesis, Bugs Bunny. Doonesbury cartoonist Gary Trudeau frequently tried to diagram "Reagan's Brain" while "The Gipper" spent his days watching himself pretending to be someone important in some old movie on the TV in his White House bedroom. These daily newspaper comic strips showed that our Commander-in-Chief's Noggin' was totally Looney Tunes (which helps explain why we invaded Grenada--this actually happened in Real Life; you can Wiki it!). Reagan's autobiography was titled "Where's the Rest of Me?" This is taken from Daffy's poignant cry in DUCK AMUCK. Pirandelloism, anyone?
JMSchmidtty this cartoon is hilarious. Even after you watch it over and over again it still is absolutely hilarious. Daffy is at his absolute best in this cartoon. This cartoon may have even created the fourth wall joke. All the ways Daffy is harassed is hilarious. I highly suggest you watch this. It may be the greatest cartoon of all time, it definitely is the greatest Daffy Duck cartoon. This is one of the few cartoons i can think of where Daffy is not a total jerk, even though he does get pretty p!$$3d off. Watch it if you haven't already. Even buy it on I Tunes, which you can do, by the way. Chuck Jones is a genius. It proves Daffy Duck as a comic legend.
klolson54 Daffy Duck... the most deliciously self-absorbed character in memory... possibly the King of such. Even though, by strict ethics, we ought not enjoy caustic payback... there is something innocent in our enjoyment of seeing this "greedy little duck"' the backstabbing, ego maniacal, the quintessential self-absorbed character; getting his come-up-ins. And from us, the viewers, vicariously through Chuck Jones and Mike Maltese (the director writer respectively). Then, the cathartic exasperation in Daffys' exclamations seems to strangely give vent to our own frustrations even if unconsciously aware of them previously.( Is there some of Daffys' flaws in us too?) But beyond academics, it is a joy to see the free range application of morphing realities, contradiction to settings, convention and the breaking rules of traditional expectation. Polka-dotted in daisy tutu ? with the body of something from Marvin's Martian Militia; from "Hey look I'm a Buzz-Boy to Cow-Boy to Alaskan-whatever... this is the true joy of animation and the very definition of zaniness. Finally, WB Looney Tunes, especially Duck Amuck was PS. Politically Safe. In other words, before PC and the polarity of present Right-Left self and social identity, there was PS; but it had no name nor concept. I have a political ID and it is either Left or Right but I like to find areas that we can enjoy together without claiming that it reinforces a partisan bend. I'm OK and if you love Looney Tunes and stuff like Duck Amuck, then as far as I'm concerned, we're both OK in that special little safe zone. I personally KNOW what Chucks' political persuasion was... it was ANIMATOR; for everyone.
Mightyzebra This is probably the most clever and inventive short I have ever had the opportunity to watch. It shows Daffy Duck, being made VERY VERY ANGRY by being drawn into many different messes. Daffy Duck is perfect in this episode. He is well-animated, nice enough and gets angry easily when necessary (In some episodes, I feel as if he is being unnecessarily cruel and he's not in this one, he's trying to be nice!).This short also has some MASSIVE humour. Just when you have finished laughing, yet ANOTHER joke comes on - and of course - you HAVE to laugh again!Recommended for all Daffy Duck and cartoon animation fans! Enjoy!