This Guardian review covers Coyote Vs Acme, a live-action/animation hybrid comedy that reimagines the classic Wile E Coyote and Road Runner rivalry, based on a 1990 New Yorker gag by humorist Ian Frazier. The film gained attention after Warner Bros initially shelved it as a tax write-off before it was rescued, and it stands out for flipping the traditional cartoon dynamic by casting Wile E Coyote as a sympathetic underdog suing the Acme corporation over its faulty gadgets, rather than as the franchise's usual homicidal antagonist.

Directed by Dave Green, the film blends 2D cartoon characters, including Road Runner and an animated Peter Lorre, with live-action actors Will Forte as Wile E's lawyer and John Cena as Acme's smooth corporate counsel. The reviewer describes it as satirising America's litigious culture and corporate arrogance, praising its "pure fanatical oddity" while noting the exhausting pedantry, and concludes it falls short of Bee Movie's wit but remains a distinctive watch.