Bob Hoskins' at his best

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 2002)

This is not so much a comment on a fun, wonderful film with lots of great, memory-stirring cameos, but more in the line of a critique of Bob Hoskins. This was the first film in which I saw Hoskins. But not the last. Since then, were ZULU DAWN, and HOOK, to name a few. When seeing Eddie Valiant, I had no trouble accepting Hoskins as an American. But when I saw ZULU, I found, as in other films, that he actually has a strong British accent, and fit the role of a Color Sergeant Major in the British Army very well. He's a truly gifted, and in my opinion, the epitome of a versatile actor. He can do anything and I've never ceased to be amazed by his range of characters. Not many serious dramatic actors would have taken on the WFRR role and done as well or seemingly had so much fun with it, but I'd bet that Hoskins took the job of acting with a whole range of totally nonexistent characters, the Toons, and making it work sa a personal challenge. Also, kudos to Charles Fleischer for the great Roger Rabbit voice.