Nasty Quacks (1945)

i must have seen a different film!!

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

. . . 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.

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.

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

Once upon a time a kind father gave his daughter a cute little duckling. The `cute little duckling' however, grew up to become the manic Daffy Duck who, after a while begins to grate on the nerves of the father.In terms of plotting, jokes and routines, this cartoon isn't that good. However it is driven by the sheer manic energy of Daffy Duck - if you dislike his crazy period then you will simply hate this cartoon. I'm a big fan of Daffy when he is in his crazy period so I enjoyed this but even I couldn't overlook just how basic the plot is here. As a chase cartoon it works though and it is manically funny at times, but you need to be in the mood.Daffy is as good as he ever is, at the dinner table telling crazy stories he is the truest I have seen him and he is just the way I love him! The father and daughter are a very far second in the cast list, although they do OK. This is a cartoon that is based totally on the fact that Daffy is intensely crazy and that that in itself is funny.Overall I enjoyed this simply because I love Daffy in this role. However those who don't like that or are just untaken by him will probably struggle to enjoy this as much as I did.