Review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) by Phil H — 12 Oct 2011

Zemekis genius here, saw this when I was about 11 and it blew me away, it still does. Lloyd and Hoskins are great but we all know this film is about the effects and the toons. The cartoons look amazing and despite standing out against the live action actors like bad bluescreen it somehow still looks good. Its amazing the skill involved to make real objects move, timed to perfection, so they blend with the toons, to be frank the making of the film is almost better and more interesting than the actual film.

The story grabs you and isn't as basic as you might suspect whilst the film is also historic as its the only time Warner ('Bugs' etc..) and Disney ('Dumbo' etc..) cartoons feature on the same screen. Fun, wacky, quite macabre and risky here and there..kids be warned everything is not rosey in this world of toons. Stand out movie which is extremely clever and well made.