SincereFinest
disgusting, overrated, pointless
Keira Brennan
The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
Ginger
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . is the upshot of Bugs Bunny's not-so-shaggy dog story, A HARE GROWS IN MANHATTAN. This Warner Bros. animated short SEEMS to deal with one fairly pedestrian incident from Bugs' formative days on America's East Coast. In actuality, Warner is tackling more profound issues with MANHATTAN. Perceptive viewers will note that bulldog Hector and his gang of canine terrorists ARE WEARING WINTER CLOTHES IN MID-SUMMER, just like the Bangladeshi bombers this week. Hector & Co. try to forcibly convert Bugs to their perverse sex cult\"faith" with calls of "Dog pile!", which Bugs rightly mocks. They threaten to "Murdalize" Bugs before a Suicide Plunge into a Manhattan Highrise. Anything beginning to sound familiar? Fortunately, Bugs realizes that these oddly-dressed radicals rattling off threats in foreign-sounding gibberish will only be deterred in an All-American Haven such as a baseball park, Natural History Museum of Evolution, or an American-language bookstore. Bugs ducks into the latter, and flashes a secular novel in front of Hector's rampaging rabble. This sends the mob of mongrel mutts scurrying, like a flock of vampires fleeing a garlic field.
ccthemovieman-1
To fellow reviewers here: the title is there only because this is a play-on-words of the 1945 classic movie and best-selling book, "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn." So, Bugs growing up in Manhattan despite a Brooklyn accent is meaningless....not to be taken literally. It's all about fooling with the title name and nothing more. (Yes, Bugs IS from Brooklyn!)The story is told in flashback as some Hollywood celebrity magazine interviewer is visiting Bugs' digs and asking about publishing his life story. Bugs quickly dons a robe and sunglasses and plays the "star" to the hilt, and relays his story about growing up in New York City.Funny "bits" include Baby Bugs popping out of a flower plant holder sucking a carrot with a nipple on the end of it; the "He went that way" sign on electronic ticker-tape-type message board; the elevator zig-zagging up the skyscraper; Bugs doing his Egyptian dance, and finally, the plug for "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" book.More than the cartoon story, I enjoyed the artwork in here. Many of the Manahattan buildings and streets were beautifully painted. One shot has the Stork Club will the the striped canapé with yellow, red and brown buildings next to it. I froze the frame it looked an Edward Hopper painting - just magnificent artwork.
Lee Eisenberg
In his first before-he-was-famous story (followed by "What's Up, Doc?"), Bugs Bunny tells a never-seen reporter of how he grew up in New York City and had to defend himself against a gang of tough dogs. Not surprisingly, the wascawwy wabbit makes mincemeat out of the dastardly canines no matter what the situation.I would actually say that it's a little strange that they have Bugs grow up in Manhattan. After all, he's partly famous for his Brooklyn-Bronx accent; it's part of what gives him his edge. Then again, maybe I shouldn't dwell on that. The point is that this is a really cool classic cartoon. Definitely worth seeing.I wonder what was with the accent that Bugs put on at the beginning of the interview.
smicalef
One of the ways to make a character a 'hero' is to make trouble find the character, instead of the character looking for trouble.In this short, Bugs is encountered by a group of New York 'toughs' who just happen to be dogs.This short is most noticeable for one of the early introductions of Spike, the big dog wearing the derby and sweater, later paired up with Chester in their own couple of shorts. This is a fun short, so if you get the chance, definitely watch it. 8/10.
