
'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. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.... (Full plot summary below)
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'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. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.
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| Chicago TribuneDave KehrMore than a technological wonder, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is brilliantly funny, bracingly smart and surprisingly moving. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackIf you dont like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, have your pulse checked... You'll forget yourself right through to the end when Porky Pig, dressed as a cop, says "M-move along, there's n-nothing more to s-see folks." [24 June 1988] |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is funny, but it's more than funny, it's exhilarating. |
| Radio TimesTom HutchinsonThis whizz-bang breakthrough in mixing live action with cartoon characters won a special achievement Oscar for animator Richard Williams. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAn instant slapstick classic from Disney and Steven Spielberg. Already, it's a hare's breadth away from legend. [22 June 1988] |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonThe best film directed by Zemeckis; the best of the many great high-concept '80s popcorn-comedies; the best American film of 1988. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThe 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. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelRoger HurlburtMotion pictures may never be the same again, now that the fascinating and utterly miraculous Who Framed Roger Rabbit has come to the screen. |
| Dark HorizonsGarth FranklinThe 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. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonNot only a technical tour de force, it crackles with entertainment. |