Enjoyable family picture with great juxtaposition of real and imaginary

Rating: 7/10 (25 February 2010)

Private Detective Eddie Valiant (Hoskins) attempts to help Roger Rabbit, a Toon who is accused of murder whilst overcoming his own drinking problems and hurtful past.
Over 20 years old Robert Zemeckis' picture still remains a family favourite and with its array of charming cartoons, simple narrative and collection of positive meanings it should remain so for another few decades.
Since the turn of 2000 family entertainment has been represented by two words, Harry Potter. The charming story of a mistreated young boy discovering his true purpose in life has demonstrated how media influence and positive good will can charm audiences of any ages and much must be said for this film.
Having viewed this for the first time yesterday I sat and enjoyed a story regarding cartoons living in a world dominated by miserable humans. Like Potter, it takes a fantasy ideology and implements them into the real world, making it somewhat believable. We could all be Muggles or we could all see cartoons walking down the street. What brought this film to my attention was many reviews proclaiming this as one of the best family films ever created. Certainly the idea of this film puts it with the best, but if like me you have seen countless films of family entertainment over the years its not too difficult to see where this film is heading.
Bob Hoskins, in a pretty conventional role, spends the whole film frowning and drinking, Christopher Lloyd (almost distinguishable) portrays a hard nosed negative villain and the obvious love interest is decoded through a fairly blank portrayal by Joanna Cassidy.
Whilst there may be a formula to all this negative energy in way of the story, there is some light hearted revelations in way of the cartoons.
The geeky and absurd Roger Rabbit acts completely bonkers that will generate laughs with viewers of a young age whilst older viewers, particularly guys, will enjoy the Jessica Rabbit encoding. Kathleen Turner's seductive voice has won many fans over but the animation of Jessica, the slim figure, long hair and positive and suggestive movements are hardly forgettable.
The story revolves around Bob attempting to earn cash but when he gets Roger in trouble he must attempt to resolve the case of his framing. Whilst the plot moves along at a respectable pace using humour and familiar crime detective movements, it gives off a positive enjoyable ride.
Zemeckis has created an astonishing ideology by juxtaposing humans with cartoons that have been worked through a tough process to generate a real world feeling. There are no awkward dialogue timings or cinematic mistakes of deception, everything fits together to create a foundation of realism.
This is an enjoyable picture that uses this concept to generate the most laughs between humans and animations and whilst the conclusion is inevitable and the performances are fairly ordinary it is a good family entertainment picture.