Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

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The opening cartoon upstages the movie that emerges from it.

September 3, 2008 Full Review | Comments (55)

Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

Top Critic

A Hollywood entertainment that lived up to its hype.

November 14, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The real stars are the animators, under British animation director Richard Williams, who pull off a technically amazing feat of having humans and Toons seem to be interacting with one another.

November 14, 2007 Full Review

Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

Supremely entertaining -- especially for adults.

January 26, 2006 Full Review

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Top Critic

Roger looks terrific after 15 years.

June 14, 2003

Glenn Abel

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

Although this isn't the first time that cartoon characters have shared the screen with live actors, it's the first time they've done it on their own terms.

May 20, 2003 Full Review

Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

The Looney Tunes-Disney crossover still stands as the best blending of live action and animation.

March 12, 2013 Full Review

Phil Villarreal

OK! Magazine

It may be a cartoon, but Who Framed Roger Rabbit's deep engagement with municipal history is very much real.

March 11, 2013 Full Review

Calum Marsh

Slant Magazine

Watching "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is like spending a weekend locked in a room with the looniest Looney Tunes characters. But it's hard not to admire every aspect of filmmaking that contributed to this wacky classic.

March 7, 2013 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

The best film directed by Zemeckis; the best of the many great high-concept '80s popcorn-comedies; the best American film of 1988.

February 16, 2011 Full Review

Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Deceptively adult movie is fun, but not for kids.

January 1, 2011 Full Review

Ed Grant

Common Sense Media

The combination detective noir story, slightly adult humour, crazy toon characters from both Warner & Disney's vaults (a one-off which is unlikely to ever repeat) and overall technical wizardy yielded a film which set a precedent.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

Groundbreaking and thrilling

January 3, 2010 Full Review

Dan Jardine

Cinemania

Great fun to watch -- and not just for kids.

September 3, 2008 Full Review

Film4

It has become deservedly recognized as a cinema classic.

February 9, 2008 Full Review

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

While flawlessly delivered, it's overkill -- so loud and excessive, it makes our head swim.

November 14, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

TV Guide's Movie Guide

...after a bare-bones release that disappointed fans who knew that this is a movie screaming for a fully-packed-clown-car Special Edition, we get a two-disc whopper, and it's as keen as a special delivery box from Acme to Wile E. Coyote.

April 8, 2006 Full Review

Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

Yet with all that, Zemeckis' $70 million technical tour de force doesn't get pulled down in the undertow of its own cleverness.

April 8, 2006 Full Review

Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

Not as good as the book, but nonetheless superb.

January 12, 2005 Full Review | Comments (4)

Staci Layne Wilson

StaciWilson.com

It's still a superb film, a rare big budget blockbuster that concentrates on a clever story, crisp performances, and brilliant jokes while using its groundbreaking special effects only as window dressing rather than as the main event.

November 15, 2004 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

• 1. Psycho: Time to kill the rabbit!
  – Submitted by Tanner L (4 months ago)
• 1. Benny the Cab: Hey, Roger, what do you call the middle of a song?
  2. Roger Rabbit: Gee, I don't--A BRIDGE!
  – Submitted by Tanner L (4 months ago)
• 1. Jessica Rabbit (uncredited): Oh, Honey Bunny!
  2. Roger Rabbit: Oh, Love Cup.
  3. Jessica Rabbit (uncredited): Oh, Roger! You were a pillar of strength.
  – Submitted by Adam O (4 months ago)
• 1. Baby Herman: My stogie!.... WAAAAAAAA-HAHAHAHAAAAAA! WAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAA...
  – Submitted by Adam O (4 months ago)
• 1. Baby Herman: The problem is I got a fifty year old lust and a three year old dinky. Look, Valiant, the rabbit didn't kill Acme. He's not a murderer, I should know, he's a dear friend of mine. I tell ya Valiant, the whole thing stinks like yesterday's diapers. Look at this. The papers said Acme left no will. That's a load of succotash. Any toon knows Acme had a will. He promised to leave Toontown to us toons. That will is the real reason he got bumped off.
  – Submitted by Adam O (4 months ago)
• 1. Mickey Mouse: Gosh, I wonder who he really was?
  2. Eddie Valiant: I'll tell you one thing, Doc. He weren't no rabbit.
  3. Daffy Duck: Or a duck.
  4. Goofy Wolf: Or a dog.
  5. Pinocchio: Or a little wooden boy.
  6. Woody Woodpecker: Or a woodpecker.
  7. Sylvester: Or a pussy.
  – Submitted by Adam O (4 months ago)

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