Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . just 30 days, according to the Warner Bros. calendar seen between 46 and 53 seconds of NASTY QUACKS. During these seven seconds, Daffy Duck ages quicker than Barbie's baby in this week's final TV episode of UNDER THE DOME. In fact, much of DOME's implausible scenarios seem inspired by the misinformation running rampant in NASTY QUACKS. At the conclusion of the calendar montage, for instance, Daffy addresses the camera in English. Everyone knows that bird's lack the self-consciousness necessary to deliver soliloquies, with ducks much more likely to be fluent in Chinese than Sarah Palin's "American." Finally, when Daffy feeds fickle pet owner Agnes' replacement yellow duckling grow-fast pills, Mrs. Daffy sprouts up in an unmistakably buxom fashion. Mammals are named after Mammaries for a reason. Since their eggs are unshelled, they need milk spigots. NASTY QUACKS comes up with a DOME-like finale, in which the Daffy Family produces about a dozen ducklings OVERNIGHT, leaving Agnes perfectly positioned to become a sex education teaching assistant when she starts kindergarten.

MartinHafer It's really hard to dislike this Daffy Duck cartoon, as it's rather original, a bit cruel and very funny.Daffy is a little girl's beloved pet and Daffy knows it. In fact, because the child loves him so much, Daffy takes advantage of it and is a super-obnoxious member of the family. It's gotten so bad that the child's father is ready to kill Daffy--but Daffy manages to outsmart him again and again. When the father comes up with a great way to get rid of Daffy, naturally our obnoxious hero manages to triumph. I could say a lot more about the plot and the wonderful ending, but it would spoil all the fun. Overall, well animated, funny and memorable--while not the very best Daffy cartoon, it's awfully close.

TheLittleSongbird I'd see any cartoon with Daffy Duck as he is one of my favourite cartoon characters. I do love Nasty Quacks. The plot is very basic and at times a little too routine. However, the cartoon does have great energy. You can see this especially in the animation and Daffy. The animation is as ever colourful and fluid. What stood out though was when Daffy was manic you could actually see it in the animation, especially the sword-fighting and the banging on the door. Daffy is just brilliant, this is him being manic and at his best, the charisma and energy of this zany character continues to astound me as well as his quotable catchphrases. The other characters especially the duckling make an impression but never overshadow Daffy. The music is characterful and enhances the action wonderfully, while the gags are very funny especially with the duck call and the perfume. The end gag is totally unexpected as well. Mel Blanc as ever is stellar. All in all, very funny with a brilliant Daffy, but part of you yearns for a stronger story. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Lee Eisenberg This relic of Daffy Duck's brief angular period (his forehead looks like a right angle) doesn't carry a directorial credit, but I read that Frank Tashlin directed it. Anyway, it goes like this: a father gave his daughter a baby duck...who grew up to be the out-of-control Daffy, to the point where the father starts wanting to get rid of him. But not only is Daffy always a step or two ahead of the creep, the daughter loves Daffy no matter what he does! This features Daffy in full manic form: he sits at the table laughing hysterically while telling jokes, and runs around at breakneck speed. No wonder the daughter likes him so much! Also, there's a brief reference to the recently ended World War II, as Daffy explains that the government doesn't want people taking unnecessary trips.Anyway, "Nasty Quacks" is truly a look back at the days when Daffy's name actually referred to his personality, a few years before Chuck Jones turned him into a greedy narcissist*. Mostly just a way to pass time, but a really fun one at that.*Don't get me wrong, Jones really did some great work with the vicious Daffy; part of the idea in the Hunting Trilogy is that Daffy tries to undermine Bugs Bunny's integrity, and so Bugs gets Elmer Fudd to shoot Daffy.