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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

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Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 47 | Rotten: 1

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is an innovative and entertaining film that features a groundbreaking mix of live action and animation, with a touching and original story to boot.

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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 1

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is an innovative and entertaining film that features a groundbreaking mix of live action and animation, with a touching and original story to boot.

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In Robert Zemeckis's trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, Hollywood's 1940s cartoon stars are a subjugated minority, living in the ghettolike "Toontown" where their movements are sharply monitored by the human power establishment. The Toons are permitted to perform in a Cotton Club-style nightspot but are forbidden to patronize the joint. One of Toontown's leading citizens, whacked-out Roger Rabbit, is framed for the murder of human nightclub owner Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye).

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All Critics (48) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (1) | DVD (46)

The opening cartoon upstages the movie that emerges from it.

September 3, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comments (55)
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A Hollywood entertainment that lived up to its hype.

November 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment (1)
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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 Source: Variety
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Supremely entertaining -- especially for adults.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Roger looks terrific after 15 years.

June 14, 2003
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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 Source: New York Times
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The Looney Tunes-Disney crossover still stands as the best blending of live action and animation.

March 12, 2013 Full Review Source: OK! Magazine
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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 Source: Slant Magazine
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 Source: Movie Metropolis
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 Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

Deceptively adult movie is fun, but not for kids.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
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 Source: Dark Horizons
Dark Horizons

Groundbreaking and thrilling

January 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinemania

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

September 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

It has become deservedly recognized as a cinema classic.

February 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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

November 14, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | 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 Source: DVDJournal.com
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 Source: DVDJournal.com
DVDJournal.com

Not as good as the book, but nonetheless superb.

January 12, 2005 Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com | Comments (4)
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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 Source: Combustible Celluloid
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Audience Reviews for Who Framed Roger Rabbit

This movie is truly one of its kind. It's not really a kids movie, nor can it be classified as intended for adults only. It lands somewhere in between, in the blurry greyzone, where everyone may enjoy it on some level, no matter your age. The only other film I can think of, that goes along the same lines (mixing live-action with cartoons), is Space Jam, altough it's far from as brilliant and memorable as Who Framed Roger Rabbit is. The story is quite wonderful, the effects very good for their time, and it's an 80's classic that endures several re-watches (I reckon this is the 4th time I see it). Simply put: Hollywood magic at its finest hour.
April 8, 2007
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This is movie magic. So colorful and beautiful.
December 11, 2011
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    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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