Wisecracking roger's first cracks at the movies - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

How can you say no to the best movie which won 4 academy awards. The true reason I adore "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is the first time I checked out "Animations in Real Life," or real people meeting cartoons. Bob Hoskins, playing toon-hater Eddie Valiant, fits perfectly when he met with the framed White Rabbit named Roger, who people said he cacked Marvin Acme, the Gag King, which caused sad hittings on Roger's Wife Jessica, who some said cheated on the Rabbit with the ol "Pattycake" routine. Now, the characters, what's with Warner Bros and Disney, we don't know, it was a brainburp on me when I saw Mickey and Bugs parachuting together. Acting is flawless, even for Roger, he's too darn hyper, and makes me wanna cack him. Shooting sludge out of the Acme Factory, burning the shoe with Dips and such, you can say visuals makes you wanna be animated, not like Space Jam, oh no sir. Overall, I would say this movie should be legendary. If you don't like it, then don't say it. I wish Roger Rabbit was alive.

I want to meet goofy! - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

Imagine a world where Bugs Bunny was your nextdoor neighbor and Mickey Mouse came to one of your parties. That is the magical world of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a remarkable movie, not only in the visual achievement of the film, but also it stars both Disney and Looney Toon characters. Produced by Steven Speilberg, rights owned by Buena Vista (part of the Disney empire), and directed by Robert Zemeckis, there is a lot of talent involved with this melding of live action and cartoon characters. This, of course, is not the first melding of people and cartoon, one just has to look back at Mary Poppins, but this is the most advanced convergence of real life and cartoon life. The story involves a cartoon rabbit actor, Roger, who is accused of murder. Before Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) took over Toontown (where all of the cartoon characters live, a town that looks like it came out of a child's nightmare), there was no way to kill a cartoon character. But Doom found a way to administer capital punishment for his citizens (by using paint thinner, or course) and Roger is on the lam. He finds aid in a drunk detective (Ed Hoskins) who spiraled down from the heights of the business after a cartoon killed his partner, his brother. The movie features the sexiest cartoon character since Betty Boop, who is also in the movie, in Jessica Rabbit, married to Roger. Why would she marry Roger Rabbit? Easy, he makes her laugh. The story is a pretty standard "whodunnit" movie, but the movie itself is much much more than that. Such a creative merge of hardboiled detective story and cartoons of the 1940s is a joy to watch. And the end of the movie discusses the zany ideas of "stip malls" and "free ways" in such a way to bring out some of the biggest laughs of the movie. A trailblazing movie is enertaining to a point, Who Framed Roger Rabbit has the plot to keep the viewer interested throughout the entire picture.

Pg or pg-13??? - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

This movie is such a classic and i used to love this movie and i still do. but man, some of the stuff in this, "is this PG or PG-13?" parents out there, this is a disney movie so you should trust it, just prepare to 'edit out' some of the stuff in this H I L A R I O U S movie.

Flatbread on the pan with onions - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

i lika this a movie. its good. i know that everyone and their mother and their pet hamster named joe joe has seen this movie. so i wont go into detail about this movie. yes its a review but im just telling you how much i like it and not telling you why. just hafta guess. yap i a meanie.

An animation fan's dream - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

For anyone who grew up watching cartoons (I can't imagine anyone who didn't!), this movie is perfect for you! If anything, it is just amazing to see the unprecedented collaboration between Disney, Warner Brothers, and Tex Avery. Like the geek I am, I squealed with delight when Donald and Daffy duked it out in a piano duel and when I saw the memorable skydiving scene with Mickey and Bugs. It was also fantastic to see other animation legends, like Droopy and Betty Boop. I enjoyed this movie a lot when I was a kid (even though the villain, Judge Doom, scared me a little). As for the adult jokes and innuendoes, they just flew over my head at that time. I just laughed at the baby because he smoked and talked like an adult. Only until I watch it now that I'm delightfully shocked at the adult humor involved. It is a movie that appeals to the older set with its classic characters and modern humor, but kids can still enjoy it by seeing some of their favorite characters. As for the work that went into this movie, I just find it amazing. Bob Hoskins, in particular, deserved an Oscar just for the degree of difficulty he took in the role of Eddie Valiant. Not only did he have to disguise his thick British accent, but also he had to act with invisible characters and make it all look realistic. And what a job he did! As a viewer, you are immersed in this world where people and toons come together. You get so caught up in the storyline and the characters that you don't really take a step back and think that this is just impossible. The actors, the puppeteers, the animators, the directors, and countless other staff members just did a phenomenal job with this movie. It is truly one-of-a-kind, and I don't think we'll see anything quite like this again. Sure, there's been "Space Jam" and "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," but I don't think those movies come close to the innovation and memorable storytelling that "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" achieved. Kudos to everyone involved in this picture. Hopefully someday they can all get together again. I think I speak for many people when I say that we're eager to go back to Toontown!

The original live action film - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

this is so much better than any of todays "live action" films with the toons it has a good story for once ,it flowed well ,you believed that they were in fact living with toons that they were real ,didn't understand why they were in the real world but you still believed it bob hoskins performance was really good believed he was with the toons for the most part ,apart from the extra toons in the back gorund but the main ones at least you believed were real its a very clever film and i can't see there will be anothe rlike it with such diasters as toons back in action

Rather disappointing - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

i was not impressed...no one specifically recommended this movie to me, but it is very popular so i took it upon myself to watch it....and i don't really know why it is so great....it is def more stupid then anything....everything happens in a cliche manner, dropping at the precise moment, without fail....the acting was alright, and the blending of the animation was pretty smooth, but the plot line was just so stupid...i was waiting for it to get better, and it never did...only thing really good was the meshing of Warner Bros and Disney was really neat to see

A classic in the books - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

this is a genuis film it had its weirdness which made it great and its laughter that showed it had a true sense of humor

Oldie but goodie - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

I know this movie is really corny and old too, but i grew up with this one. It is still amuzing to watch once in a while. I love the mixing of the animation with the real world. The director, not to mention story writer, deserve much credit for this one. A very original story line, that could never be duplicated. This was an instant classic, and will be.

Funny and amazing - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

A mystery comedy that has bedazzled me! This movie deserved the Oscars it got! The visuals and SFX amaze me even today! Roger and the toons were just to funny not to laugh. Bob Hoskins did a good job as a detective! Christopher Lloyd went from scientist(Back to the Future) to villain very nicely and greatly! This film is a must see!

Original and funny - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

One of the most original movies of all time.Great from begging to end.It's hallarious with a good story.You'll never see anything like this.It's good for kids but more for adults.

Minority opinion here - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

This was a major hit, and a very well loved movie. My friend and I, lovers of all animation from Betty Boop to The Simpsons, saw it together, and felt the same thing. This is a terrible movie. There is so much unpleasant about it I don't know where to begin. Roger Rabbit is such an obnoxious character, with a horrible voice, that I really wish HE was the one to get killed. But we do see a cute little pair of animated boots who is frightened beyond belief dropped into a vat of acid and destroyed by the laughing bad guy. We see a guy strangled in an editing machine. This is a family movie? The lead character is so manic its as if the creaters thought that by pushing him over the top that it's funny. Well, it's not. My son didn't even laugh. My friend and I both mentioned after viewing this that each time we saw a classic character make a "cameo" we were jarringly reminded about good animated efforts, and wished they were on longer. Who would have thought seeing Mickey Mouse would be a sight for sore eyes? Felt that way to us, but it didn't last long. You may like some of the technical prowess in this film in the way the animated characters interact with the real ones. Ok, the technical effort is what keeps this from being an F. Loud, brassy, obnoxious, and no warm heart.

Will be the first one to diss this movie - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

I really disliked this film. The only reason why I didn't give F in this film was the motive of killer and the response of the detective being unique. Besides that, I am shocked to know that I cannot find any critics dissing this film. Yeah, I guess it was fun to watch characters from looney toons and Disney crowd together, but that still didn't improve this film. This film is highly predictable. Why is it that I was bored by the end of the film? Also, if you don't like looney toons, I will not recommend this film.

Yes this is a great movie - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

I am embaressed to admit that I have never seen the ending once out of the millions of ties I have seen it because I have always been scared of doon lol and I could never watch it or I would have nightmares... This movie was very hilarious and very freaky also I think younger kids6 or younger should beware that there is a very freaky guy at the ending but he isn't real so don't worry...;)

The best family movie! - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

This movie was amazing, the way it was writen, the direction... absolutly perfect. It had a story that is wonderful for the family(yet a bit inapropiat) and very memorable!

An animated fan's ultimate dream come true - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

Ever wanted to see the "Looney Tunes" on the screen with "Betty Boop" (voiced by Mae Questel), then this is certainly the movie for you. However, due to some studios that loaned their characters to the movie, you won't see a few of the classic characters we love. It's the late 1940's, and "Private Detective Eddie Valiant" (Bob Hoskins) has been hired by the head of "Maroon Studios," and creator of "Maroon Cartoons," "R.K. Maroon" (Alan Tilvern) to get photographic proof of an adulterous affair between "Marvin Acme" (Stubby Kaye), creator of some of the greatest gags in cartoon history and owner of "Toontown", and popular lounge singer "Jessica Rabbit" (voiced by Kathleen Turner), the wife of popular cartoon star "Roger Rabbit" (voiced by Charles Fleischer). "Valiant" gets his proof, and shows the evidence to "Roger," who goes berserk and runs out of "Maroon's" office. The next morning, after a night of drinking, "Eddie" reads the newspaper and discovers that "Roger" has been arrested for the murder of "Acme." Now, despite his grown hatred for "Toons" since one killed his brother (Eugene Guirterrez, in his only movie role and seen in flashbacks), goes in search for "Acme's" last will and testiment that reportedly gives ownership of "Toontown" to his beloved "Toons" as he protects "Roger" from being dunked in "Dip," a chemical solution created by "Judge Doom" (Christopher Lloyd) that is the only thing known to kill "Toons." The first thing you will notice in this movie is how great the cartoon characters blend into the real world. Thanks to some robotic technology that were used to place the animated characters which interact with their human co-stars makes their reality quite convincing. The characters are also nicely animated. The animators did a great job adding shadow and other tricks to make the characters interact with real people and objects nicely. The script is nicely written. It's got great dialogue filled with some memorable lines and some fantastic one-liners that I guarantee will make you laugh. The characters, not counting "Toons," feel like they belong in a film-noir flick, which this movie gets a good chunk of inspiration from. Everything about this film, from the wardrobe to the score, nails the time the movie is set in. And the performances of all the human actors just added to the movie, as they made their performances a great tribute to 1940's movies similar to this one. The only problem I had with the film is that the version I watched was full-screen. There are numerous scenes with a lot of animated action going on that a wide-screen format would be the only way to see everything. A lot of the humor is targeted to the adult audience, but there are some jokes which target the younger members of the audience, as well as the adults. We also get to see many of the comedic bits from various cartoon characters that make a cameo in the movie that helped us grow to love them. There is very little violence, most of which is done for a laugh. But there is no blood anywhere to be seen in this film. If you want a good movie to rent this weekend, check this one out. You won't be disappointed.

Awsome graphics and plot for the 80s to perform - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

so funny! ha ha ha! see it. in the beginning you thing you're were tricked to watching a show taped on cartoon network, keep watching! as it turns out, the carton characters are making a movie director, who's human. the director yells cut! and the baby, who is still a carton, says 'whatthe h*ll was wrong w/ that take!??' it even gets better, WATCH the laughs won't stop coming!!!!!!!!

This movie is great - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

First of all it's funny. Combines Real life with cartoons. Some of the old cartoons characters like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Roger Rabbit, and others are in it. The story is good.

I'm in love with this film - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

I'm only 14 and well I?ve watched this movie about 30 or 40 times. I just love it. It starts off with a cartoon when Roger keeps messing up his lines and to stressed because his wife is "cheating" on him. Eddie Valiant(Bob Hoskins)is a washed up detective who HATES toons, only because his brother was killed by one. Well I?m not going to spoil the whole movie for you, but I recommend that a adult be present when watching this film with a young child because of the slight adult subjects that they talk about. All in all, this a extremely funny and interesting movie to watch.

The comedy i'm looking for - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

A memorable cartoon comedy with slapstick humor and many laughs. Detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) is forced out of retirement to help clear a cartoon star of a murder that he claims he didn't commit. Valiant soon finds out that the killer is Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd), the same cartoon character that murdered his brother by dropping a piano on his head. Valiant must nab Doom and his cartoon crew called "the Weasles", before they plan to rid Toon Town of its existence in place of a freeway.

Absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

Who framed roger rabbit was one of the greatest films ever made! Also won 4 academy awards in 1988, to have all those cartoons characters in one movie was absolutely remarkable and genius. Also for Bob Haskins to change his voice from a native from England to a wise cracking detective that was absolutely remarkable!

Great movie - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

This is a really good movie, but stays as far away as possible from the book. That doesn't make it bad though, because I would have to say I like the movie a little bit better. One of the things I wouldn't of liked was if they kept the whole word-bubble-instead-of-speech. It was good in the book, but would of been bad in the movie. This movie has good direction, mostly good acting, and does a good job mixing live action with animation, especially the humans and "real world" objects interacting with the animation.

A wonderful achievement - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

Roger Rabbit starts off like many vintage cartoons in the golden age or the cartoon business. Roger is a nanny who is told by his owner to watch her child while she heads out. And as in all cartoons, as soon as the mother (whose face we never see) leaves, the kid gets out of the pen and climbs the fridge to get to the ever-lusted cookie jar. Roger, in a panic,scrambles to get to the baby, but everything from an ironing board to the pots and pans in the kitchen fall on him. This is the mood of the movie, screamingly funny and at times a touch naughty. It is a true achievement, another greaqt film brought to us by the mind of Steven Spielberg. My grade:95/100

Really good - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

really really really really good. This is laugh out loud comedy. I was cracking up. This movie is fun and is for every age, well some things might and I really mean MIGHT not be suitable for children!

Adult animation - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

Before I start my actual review, I must say that this is not a movie for children, even though animated ones usually are fine for children. This has crude jokes and definitely more adult situations...yet it's rated PG. Now this wasn't bad enough to get an "R"...maybe they had no "PG-13" back then. Anyways, the movie was good. Those adult scenes I referred to a second ago were hilarious, only not appropriate for little kids. The theme of how laughter is a precious commodity for everyone is good for all ages. When Valiant enters Toontown it's really funny. The story was predictable in some ways, but in others had some twists in it. It's about Roger Rabbit, a failure in most eyes, who only tries to make people laugh. When his wife is caught with a human man in her room, Roger Rabbit goes nuts and runs out the window. The next morning, that man, Acme, is dead with a safe dropped on his head. Everybody automatically thinks the jealous Roger Rabbit is to blame. After Roger convinces Valiant he's not a murderer, Valiant helps him to escape and find the real murderer, which leads them into Toontown. It was pretty good. The acting was pretty good actually. Valiant (Hoskins) did well as a tough-nosed detective. Also, he wasn't afraid to make himself look like an idiot when he started dancing in front of a bunch of cartoons. Judge Doom (Lloyd) did pretty well too. He was pretty weird by the end. Also, seeing the Disney, WB, and Looney Toons characters all together in one movie was pretty spectacular and I'm sure, groundbreaking at it's time. People about the age of 14+ should be able to handle the jokes probably I think.

Amazingly done - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

A rule was set when live action and animation were first combined: Don?t move the camera. Why, you may ask? There are several reasons. When the camera moves, the animators must also change the toons dimensions according to the camera movement, whether closer or farther. To say the least, the animators were lazy. Spielberg picked up the project and gave it to Zemeckis, whose was proving himself to be a strong director with Gremlins, Back to the Future, and others. Spielberg was the executive producer on the film, and sat and watched the ride. The ride was a three year picture. Over a year alone was spent drawing in the characters in Post-Production, which had many layers, including shadows, colors, expressions, etc. And the end result is fantastic. Who Framed Roger Rabbit takes place during 1947 in Hollywood, where toons work with humans and inhabit their own town, Toon Town. The setup is that Roger Rabbit (voice of Charles Fleischer) has killed Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye), the creator of the Toons, Toon Town, and series of gags like the hand buzzer, ?Our best selling product,? he exclaims. Apparently Acme played patty cake with Roger?s wife, Jessica (voice of Kathleen Turner), and Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) took pictures of it, driving Roger crazy. If you understood that, you?d see it?s the perfect setup. Roger Rabbit is also somewhat of a homage to old film-noirs. Valiant?s Private Eye company is named Valiant & Valiant, like in Maltese Falcon, which had the last names of the detectives as their company name. Also Valiant, like Sam Spade, loses a partner. The diffference is Spade does not mourn and remains firm, while Valiant?s lose causes him to be stiff. There are other things too. Valiant hops a ride on the back of a trolley, which supposedly takes it?s passengers to Sunset Blvd. The movie is a combination of three things. The first is it is a live action movie, a story. The second is it?s a full-length animated feature. The third is that it is a special effects show. And this whole movie was done without one computer. All the toons were drawn in by hand. There are scenes in which the toons are holding various real life objects. Baby Herman holds a real cigar he smokes, while the Toon Patrol (a gang of weasals) hold real machine guns and handguns. The objects were operated by either machines that were rigged to copy the movement of someone else, or by puppeteers. Then there was the camera movement. The animators had to draw different dimensions for the toons, making them change shape and size constantly. This is probably the only movie to do that. Think about it. In Space Jam, a copy cat, Michael Jordan spends all of the tim in front of a blue screen acting with imaginary characters, but Bugs Bunny and the rest of the gang never really enter the real world (except in one scene where they take something from Jordan?s house). Roger Rabbit is also a combination of many different things. His clothes are colored similar to the American Flag, he has the cheeks of Bugs Bunny, the yellow gloves Mickey Mouse wore in the 40s, and Goofy?s pants. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a beautifully realized movie that will go down as the first movie to fully combine live action and animation seamlessly into a story. It?s surprising to know that at the first test screening of Roger Rabbit, everyone walked out in the first three minutes. Probably because their audience consisted only of 18 year olds with their dates and the opening three minutes is a cartoon short in which Roger Rabbit runs around a kitchen while Baby Herman knocks things over in his desire for a cookie. They left before it is revealed that Roger screws up and a director yells, ?Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut!? Each screening got better and better, and soon Roger Rabbit was the biggest hit of the summer of 1988. I would recommend this movie to anybody. The combination of action, story, animation, and whatnot is superb. Bob Hoskins is especially good, since most of his lines are projected into thin air at nothing (until the toons are added). He should have received the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Cool mixture of live action and animation! - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Reviews

Live action animation about a free spirited rabbit who?s framed for murder, based on a novel by Garry K. Wolf. Detective Eddie Valiant [Bob Hoskins] is forced out of retirement and hired to investigate the fidelity of Jessica Rabbit [voiced by Kathleen Turner], though he is then taken upon by the plea of Roger Rabbit [voiced by Charles Fleischer], who?s on the run and framed for a murder he claimed he never commit. Further plot twists develop as Valiant uncover a devious plan to eliminate all the cartoon characters in Toontown, which is headed by the diabolical Judge Doom [voiced by Christopher Lloyd]. Director Robert Zemeckis original styled filming of mixing live action and animation is welcomed in all circles as it triumphed as one of the highest grossing films of the decade. Academy Awards went for Editing, Sound Effects, Visual Effects and a Special Achievement Award for Animation Direction. Noted was the ending sequence that showcased a full scaled account of Walt Disney animated characters [Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Droopy etc.] and Warner Bros. animated characters [Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Porky the Pig etc.] all entwined on the same stage together.