Toons. Gets 'Em Every Time.

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2012)

Warning: there will be spoilers.
So the film starts out in 1947,oddly enough on a cartoon staring Roger Rabbit voiced by Charles Flesicher and Baby Herman voiced by Lou Hirsh. We find out when the filming for the cartoon ends that Roger just can't get his lines right and is kicked off of the set, Much to the onlooking eyes of private detective Eddie Valiant played by Bob Hoskins.
Eddie later gets a case that will pay for his very large bar tab by his boss R.K. Maroon played by Alan Tilvirn head owner of Maroon Cartoons to find out if Marvin Acme played by Stubby Kaye is having relations with Jessica Rabbit voiced by Kathleen Turner Roger Rabbits Wife.
Eddie takes pictures of Marvin and Jessica literally playing Pattycake and shows the photos to Roger. After a sip of Scotch Roger runs away into the night and Eddie passes out in his office.
The next morning Eddie is told that Marvin Acme has been Murdered by Roger and go to the scene of the crime to see what happened. Marvin had a safe dropped on his head and the paint from Rogers glove is on the rope. After meeting with Judge Doom played by Christopher Lloyd who can actually kill toons by dropping them in "Dip", Eddie goes back to his apartment to find Baby Herman There. Bbay Herman tells Eddie that Marvin Acme had a will entitling ToonTown to the toons, but nobody can find it.
The next day Roger appears in Eddies office because he is a wanted man. The Toon patrol which is a group of 5 weasels come to Eddies house looking for the Rabbit.
After causing a mishap at a bar Roger and Eddie go to a movie theater and Eddie reveals that his brother Teddy was killed by a toon dropping a piano on hi head. They then see a newsreel saying that R.K. Maroon wanted to kill Marvin Acme by blackmailing him. Marron is then shot twice and Eddie leaves and heads into ToonTown.
After it is revealed that Doom killed Maroon Eddie and Jessica Set out to find him but get captured. Roger, being worried, goes on his search for them.
At the Acme Factory Judge Doom says that He wants to not only own ToonTown but get rid of it so he can build a freeway. After Roger and Jessica are tied up, Eddie devises a way to kill the weasels. After a slapstick musical number the weasels literally die of laughter. After Judge Doom gets run over by a steam roller, He reveals himself to be the one that killed Acme and Eddies Brother. Ediie decides to kill him with his own creation, Judge Doom Gets Dipped, The Toons find Acmes will, And Eddie gets his sense of humor back.
This is a fantastic film. It does so well with combining live action with animation, it has great Humor, the story while dark is great, and it is the only time you will see Donald Duck and Daffy Duck together on screen, and the only time you will see Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny on screen together. However this should have gotten a PG-13 Rating because of the Sexual Content and the violence. I mean how does getting shot and getting run over by a steam roller, even though there is not any blood, considered PG material? Still this remains a gem in my mind.
Rated PG For Lnaguage, Violence, Sensuality And Frightening Images.
1hr 44min/104 min.
****/****