Who Framed Roger Rabbit




Don't tell me you lost your sense of humor already?

Featuring break through visual effects, Who Framed Roger Rabbit wowed audiences everywhere by seamlessly combining live action with cartoon elements. It's also stuffed with every homage to cartoons and film noir imaginable.

Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) is a cartoon hating detective who takes some pictures leading to Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer) being framed for murder. Despite his reservations, Valiant helps Roger dodge the cops and figure out what's really going on. Meanwhile, the sinister Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) is hot on the bunny's trail.

Cutting to the chase, this movie has a lot more going for it in adult audiences. The humor is often exceptionally crude, hardly making it a family film. While there are periods of lull, there are also several instances of overt innuendos and not so kid friendly language.

That being said, there is nonetheless some good cartoon humor. The live action actors have incredibly sappy dialogue, but Roger and his pals are there to steal the show anyway. There are actually more laughs in counting the number of toon cameos and marveling that both Disney and Warner Brothers characters manage to share the screen. It is also impressive how the effects are able to blend the two worlds together without the aid of computers.

It's frequent when the toons actually out perform the human characters. Haskins and his fellow humans are sloppily written and not performed much better. That comes with the exception of Lloyd, who is actually pretty creepy. The best performances come from the likes of Donald Duck and Roger himself.

While the story's message is silly in and of itself, the plot will keep you guessing until the end. Other than that, this is a decent one for adults looking for a few laughs coming from toons you normally wouldn't expect it from.



-The Gnome