We'll never see one of these again

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2001)

The only really good movie to mix live actors and cartoons, this isn't just a cracking good story of corruption in the heart of a supposed dream-world, but it also pays an hommage to decades of animation. Mixing cartoons never seen before together (the duel between Donald and Daffy remains an absolute classic to be rewound and seen again forever and ever), the movie must have made a handful of animators of both Disney and Warner Brothers jerk a few tears, as the biggest stars of american animation of the forty's appear on screen and receive a human treatment. This really fantastic point of view is the reason I scored it a 9: the film dreams out loud, and allows us to picture a situation: what if the toons were actors, who have feelings, emotions and problems just like regular people? In the centre of this question is the show-stealer Roger Rabbit, who emerges as one of the most engaging animation characters created. But the real treat is seeing Bob Hoskins, who, accomplishing something never before seen, shares most of his screen time with a character which doesn't exist except on post-production. The movie turns out an incredible journey, far beyond the regular fare of animation movies, it will please all audiences. A victory of director Robert Zemeckis and everyone involved, this picture is an example of movie magic at work.