The movie Coyote versus Acme is a sentimental love letter to the years long Coyote, Road Runner story.
If like me you grew up watching Coyote’s myriad of attempts to catch Road Runner you will delight in this movie. Within the first new minutes you get to relive some of his most brilliant attempts.
The movie takes us several years on when Wil E. Coyote is at a loss of what to try next in his quest to catch the Road Runner.
When he sees an advertisement from Kevin Avery (Will Forte) a personal injury lawyer he has an idea. Why not take on ACME, the manufacturer of all the contraptions he’s tried. Such a simple idea, why hadn’t he thought of it already.
And so Coyote teams up with the small-time lawyer to take on ACME.
Avery thinks they’re only seeking compensation for a pair of malfunctioning roller skates, but Coyote’s plans are much bigger. To his dismay Avery finds he’s suing the company for ALL the devices Coyote has ever used.
As the court drama unfolds Avery must take on his school nemesis Buddy Crane (John Cena). It soon becomes obvious that Avery is out of his depth. Not to worry though because Coyote has other plans entirely.
As the failed attempts unfolded I pondered:
- The movie is about friendship, purpose and hope;
- Ten minutes in I was already laughing my head off;
- This movie is such a wonderful trip down memory lane;
- I’m no pleased political correctness didn’t get in the way and we got to see the poor coyote suffer all the usual mishaps.
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