1988 Directed by Robert Zemeckis
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
It is amazing to think it has been 25 years since Who Framed Roger Rabbit first burst onto cinema screens, not only because I still have vivid memories of seeing the film as a child but because it hasn’t aged a day in all that time. Robert Zemeckis’ film is often remembered for its groundbreaking technical achievements and the novelty of seeing Disney characters rubbing shoulders with classic Warner Bros. toons, yet the real reason it has endured is simply because it is a great story brilliantly told. Technical wizardry and novelty gimmicks age quickly; great storytelling is timeless.
As concepts go Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a killer - set in a world where humans and much loved animated…
This film really holds up, but I do not know why that woman thought Roger Rabbit would be a good babysitter. He's really well-intentioned, but patently unqualified for the position. That aside, it was quite swell.
I've always struggled keeping an all time favorite film. It was something I realized around the time I started getting into the more mature side of film talk/viewing that, for awhile, I didn't really think about what my real, all time favorite film was. Like, the one set in stone.
Hell, even in the last two years of properly getting into the more underground side of the medium, my favorite film of all time shifted between literal months (going from "Monsters Inc", to "Pulp Fiction", to "Synecdoche, New York", to "Moon").
I don't know exactly why. I guess it's because my tastes keep evolving into new discoveries of different loves in various different types of films (especially during last year),…
I always look forward to watching childhood films. To me, rewatching a film that was so prominent in my life has the effect of a memory, meaning that I feel such a strong connection to a film from my childhood, whether it holds up or not, because each scene unfolds like, well, a memory.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit after what could quite possibly be 10 years since I last saw it, holds up.
- The outbursts of creativity through its impeccable screenplay and impossible feats of technology.
- The rich juxtaposition of cartoon to live action (that still leaves me in wonder today).
- The perfect amalgamation of noir and fantasy.
- Roger and Jessica Rabbit.
- Christoher Lloyd.
-…
Raise the roof movie fans for this groundbreaking phenomenon! For the first time ever Walt Disney and Warner Brothers cartoon characters shared the big screen in this technical marvel combining live action and animation!
I was tickled pink by its raucous and semi raunchy nature! When buxom Jessica Rabbit croons onscreen your eye's won't be the only thing going BOING!
Bob Hoskins was absolutely amazing in this!
i went to disneyland a couple days ago and just rewatched this i miss it so much now
Christopher Lloyd is such a multifaceted actor. He’s the heart of BTTF & he’s absolutely terrifying in this. What a great man
A very fun and well made film
All the characters are well done and I love the live action-animation in this film, it was really well done
Nothing amazing, but it’s a really solid and well made film, I gotta watch this one more often.
One of my favorite childhood movies. Holds up incredibly well. Some memories of this from younger me: Jessica Rabbit <3, and flat Judge Doom was incredibly terrifying.
I'd love to embrace you but first I have to satisfy my sense of moral outrage
Absolutely bonkers and great fun nonetheless. Still holds up technically, for the most part, and is such an enjoyable film.
It’s always sad to watch a movie your memory told you was a classic but becomes a completely different experience through the eyes of an adult. Such was the case when I re-watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It had been at least 20 years since I’d last seen it, and even though I still consider it quite an achievement, I would be lying if I didn’t say that some elements didn’t work for me this time around.
Let’s be honest, for that time, the integration of the animated characters in real world settings was ground breaking even if not new (ex: Mary Poppins). It’s also not done just to be a technical show-off, but is part of an actual world…
I always look forward to watching childhood films. To me, rewatching a film that was so prominent in my life has the effect of a memory, meaning that I feel such a strong connection to a film from my childhood, whether it holds up or not, because each scene unfolds like, well, a memory.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit after what could quite possibly be 10 years since I last saw it, holds up.
- The outbursts of creativity through its impeccable screenplay and impossible feats of technology.
- The rich juxtaposition of cartoon to live action (that still leaves me in wonder today).
- The perfect amalgamation of noir and fantasy.
- Roger and Jessica Rabbit.
- Christoher Lloyd.
-…
Dolores: Is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
It has been 30 years since I have seen this, but it is still as good as it was 30 years ago.
There is so much to love in this movie, but the pian0-duel between Daffy Duck and Donald Duck reminded me back to those times when I was a youngsters and was able to see some cartoons on the tv set on Wednesday afternoon. The jazz club scene with the classic 20 "Why Don't You Do Right?" is also equally memorable.
Highly enjoyable
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