CrawlerChunky
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Dana
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de)
"Plane Daffy" is an American 7-minute cartoon from the year 1944 and everybody who knows a bit about history will immediately realize that this was done during the later days of World War II with the United States already being involved. Daffy is the star here, even if he does not appear before half of the film. It is all about keeping military secrets from a femme fatale spy who is a reference to Mata Hari. In the end, we also get to see caricatures of Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito(?) and two of them die. This film was generally a bit darker in tone than most other Warner Bros. cartoons, but this was of course to emphasize the seriousness of the matter here. There are certainly films out there by the company that make a bigger impact in terms of comedy or story, but this one here is absolutely worth seeing as a prime example of how films (and cartoons more specifically) were used back then to get political messages to the people. I recommend the watch.
TheLittleSongbird
Most of Frank Tashlin's cartoons are hugely entertaining and clever, they deserve to be better known as does Tashlin as a director. And Daffy Duck is one of Looney Tunes/Warner Brothers' best characters. Plane Daffy is a classic for both. The animation is fluid and colourful, with expertly camera angles(always one of Tashlin's directorial strengths), and the music is both lively and catchy. The writing is fresh and fabulously witty, there is some brashness but also degrees of subtlety, and to call the gags hilarious is an understatement, very hard to pick a standout as they're all great in their own way. Plane Daffy is easily one of Tashlin's funniest, and with the sexual tension and the caricatures at the end one of his daring too, managing to do that without offending. The story is not exceptional from a premise point of view, but the breakneck pace, the fantastic humour and managing to not be afraid of being ahead of its time makes that not matter at all. Daffy is on top form, the femme fatale character is both beautiful and dangerous and the voice work from Mel Blanc et al is spot on. Overall, a classic. 10/10 Bethany Cox
slymusic
Directed by Frank Tashlin, "Plane Daffy" is a World War II Daffy Duck cartoon that is quite bizarre. Amidst some amusing rhymed narration by Robert C. Bruce, we feast our eyes upon a very sad squadron of Air Force chickens at their flight station, weeping for their lost comrade. It's up to Daffy, the "squadron woman hater", to deliver a secret military document and resist the flirtations of a slinky Nazi spy hen named Hatta Mari.Here are my favorite sequences from "Plane Daffy". Daffy ogles Hatta Mari's leg and then gets electrocuted by her kiss. When he escapes her hideout, he quickly returns, telling her, " Let's go back inside. It's scaaaary out there!" And I love the caricatures of Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels at the very end."Plane Daffy" is a cartoon that lives up to its title, because once Daffy winds up in Hatta Mari's hideout, the rest of the film is absolutely silly!
Darth-Helmet
Daffy Duck is a woman-hating military worker who must send a secret message but then he falls in the hands of the seductive "Hatta Mari", whom happens to be a big-breasted blonde buxom Pigeon.Entertaining and excellent WWII toon featuring Hitler as the second villain, the animation is pretty good for it's time and that Hatta Mari chick MAMA MIA! what a woman, this is definitely a cartoon for adults besides kids cause of Hatta.She makes men wanna drool and makes men wanna do it with her.10/10 ( a must see short).
