--- title: Watch Space Jam Honest Trailer Screen Junkies YouTube VIDEO description: Space Jam may be a cult classic for '90s kids, but the team over at Screen Junkies doesn't think its deserving of its popularity. canonical: https://time.com/4636791/space-jam-honest-trailer/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-17T21:26:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:13.924Z og:title: Enjoy a Hilarous Parody of Space Jam, Honest Trailer Style og:description: "Experience the Citizen Kane of live action-animated hybrid basketball movies" og:url: https://time.com/4636791/space-jam-honest-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Enjoy a Hilarous Parody of Space Jam, Honest Trailer Style twitter:description: "Experience the Citizen Kane of live action-animated hybrid basketball movies" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Honest Trailer Is Here to Reveal the 'Many, Many Flaws' of _Space Jam_ to Millennials > Sponsored content. 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The YouTube channel released one of its patented [Honest Trailers](http://time.com/4630636/the-princess-bride-honest-trailer/) for the [Michael Jordan-led](http://time.com/4580869/crying-michael-jordan-president-obama-meme-space-jam/) basketball flick Tuesday, detailing all the reasons they consider it overrated. “Based on a sneaker commercial comes a film that got the rights to Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes and then said, ‘Screw it, that’s all the work we’re going to put into this one,'” the voiceover begins. “Look millennials, I know you’re just getting old enough to feel nostalgia for the first time, but trust me, this one sucks” Let’s be real, we’re totally all going to see the [sequel with LeBron](http://time.com/4315000/space-jam-reboot-lebron-james/) anyways. 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