Product: Who Framed Roger Rabbit [VHS] (1988)
Rating: 4.0
Roger Rabbit's only purpose in life is to make people laugh!
There have been numerous films which mixes live action with animation but never before has anything like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" been made. This movie is literally sharing the human world with the animated world.When a detective, Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), has his brother killed by a toon, he swears he will never work with toons again. So after doing one quick job for Roger Rabbit's boss, he believes he'll never have to be with any toon again. Unfortunately, Roger Rabbit (voice by Charles Fleischer) is framed for the murder of the man who owns toon town! With the help of Dolores (Joanna Cassidy), Eddie must discover who the murderer is, and also find out what the murderer's evil plan is. Of course Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner), Roger Rabbit's wife, is acting mighty suspicious... And so is the Vile Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd). Could either of them have had anything to do with the framing of Roger Rabbit?"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" must surely be congratulated for the spectacular cartoon and special effects work. The story and plot might be a bit overboard but just watching all the eye-popping fun is worth it. And the movie is filled with underlying jokes and lots of slapstick humor. The acting is also done pretty well, from Eddie Valiant the hard-bitten and serious detective and to most noticeably, Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom who isn't all who he seems.Also you get to see all of your favorite cartoons who you've known forever, along with hearing the guys who did the original voices: Mickey Mouse and his gang, and Mel Blanc doing the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester and Tweety Bird. There also Mae Questel as Betty Boop who had done her voice from 1930 until the character was retired in 1949. And plus plenty for characters including one of my favorites, Droopy Dog!But I can't tell you any more of the story or any of the jokes and fun parts or I'll ruin it for you. So if you're in the mood for a funny movie with lots of cartoons AND people, check out "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". The movie is rated PG for some language and some pretty obvious and sometimes subtle innuendo (just look at Jessica Rabbit...).A bit of trivia, Kathleen Turner who did the voice of Jessica Rabbit was uncredited. And Amy Irving did Jessica's singing voice.