Animaniacs
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1993 · Animation / Comedy / Family

Animaniacs

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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

The two Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko and their Warner sister Dot had been (supposedly) created in the 1930's, but their cartoons were too screwy for the general public to handle. The three Warners were locked up in the studio water tower until they escaped in the 90's. There, they run wild, causing chaos everywhere!

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1993
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Animation / Comedy / Family
PLOT SUMMARY

The two Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko and their Warner sister Dot had been (supposedly) created in the 1930's, but their cartoons were too screwy for the general public to handle. The three Warners were locked up in the studio water tower until they escaped in the 90's. There, they run wild, causing chaos everywhere!

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@TRAILER_TROLL2026-01-13 07:00 UTC

Even the popcorn looked bored during Animaniacs.

@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-06 17:00 UTC

Animaniacs put every joke in the trailer and then dared us to sit through the rest.

@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-03 04:00 UTC

Animaniacs is 90 minutes of merch-tie-in with a story bolted on as a legal afterthought.

@CREDITS_FLEE2026-01-16 04:00 UTC

If Animaniacs was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.

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Why is Animaniacs rated highly on Roasted Tomatoes?+

Animaniacs (1993) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 20/100. The two Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko and their Warner sister Dot had been (supposedly) created in the 1930's, but their cartoons were too screwy for the general public to handle. The three Warners were locked up in th…

What streaming era or audience vibe does Animaniacs fit best?+

Animaniacs works best as a classic vault title for re-roast nights for animation fans. With a Burn Index of 20/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.

Is Animaniacs worth watching according to Roasted Tomatoes?+

Animaniacs scores 20/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.

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r/criticalkino · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 0.9k points

Hot Take: Animaniacs's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Look, I wanted to love Animaniacs. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/movies · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.4k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Animaniacs?

Honestly, Animaniacs would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/boxoffice · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 3.8k points

The cinematography in Animaniacs is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Director clearly thought Animaniacs was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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r/TrueFilm · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 4.2k points

Unpopular opinion: Animaniacs is the most overrated film of the decade

Rewatched Animaniacs last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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