The animated rabbit is accused of killing a man and he is to be punished by "deleting" sentence. His beautiful animated wife and a human private detective are trying to solve this case and save the rabbit and the whole animated world from destruction.For me, this noir-mystery-comedy-thriller to this day remains the best movie that combines live action and animated film. I saw it countless times, never found a flaw, and I could count the qualities until the day after tomorrow. The story is simple but well-written, the combination of the noir atmosphere and the atmosphere of short cartoons is captivating, and one-liners are hilarious. This is the only film in which Disney and Warner characters appear together on the screen, and there are also several characters from other studios. The film has several parallels to "Chinatown" and "Back to the Future", and it parodies or pays homage to many more iconic movies and characters. It is full of awesome details that you have no chance to notice all during just one viewing, and for some it is necessary to watch the movie in slow motion because they are put in single frames.What fascinates me most about this movie is that computer animation wasn't used at all. Everything was done old-school and 326 animators hand-drawn over a million drawings, of which nearly one hundred thousand frames were used in the movie. With 70 million dollars invested, this is the most expensive film of the 80's. It had six Academy Awards nominations, out of which it won three. I must also mention the excellent music by Alan Silvestri (Fandango, Cat's Eye, Back to the Future franchise, Predator, Young Guns II, The Bodyguard, Judgment Night, Forrest Gump, Judge Dredd, Identity, Van Helsing, Night at the Museum, Captain America, The Avengers).I recommend this movie to everyone, and if you end up amazed like me, you can find tons of interesting trivia online. I just spent a couple of hours reading interesting things about this movie and rewinding the movie to find the details I'm reading about.10/10

In this film, the iconic Roger Rabbit is charged with murder and will have to resort to a human detective who hates cartoons to prove his innocence. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Jeffrey Price, the film features performances by Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd, as well as the voices of Charles Fleischer and Lou Hirsch.This film did something that, until then, was extremely rare: put human actors interacting with animated characters. And this was done with quality and a welcome realism. I excused to say, I believe, that the cartoons are the strong dish of the film, as well as the countless comic situations they star in. Bob Haskins shone in his role, skillfully balancing a comic character who maintains, throughout most of the film, a serious and even grumpy attitude. Of course, his most angry phrases eventually turn him into something even funnier. Christopher Lloyd comes late but in excellent performance, as villain. Cold as ice, insensitive to no end, he gave life to a memorable character with personality traits worthy of a Nazi executioner. Among the cartoons, Roger Rabbit and his sculptural wife, Jessica, deserve all the highlight.This is a family film that will easily appeal to all ages. The bright colors of the cartoons are appealing, contrasting with the more serious environment of the "real world" and flesh and blood actors. The special, visual and sound effects are excellent. The costumes are good and help the public to locate the story around the forties. The soundtrack is good and the music sung by Jessica, a jazz classic "Why don't You Do Right", is memorable.

As outdated as Who Framed Roger Rabbit is, it offers so much nostalgia to those times when Saturday mornings were the best times to watch animation. The whole movie seems like one of those extended cartoons, though to its credit, it works out so much better than movies like the Hotel Transylvania films, Inspector Gadget, or Son of the Mask. The story offers a combination of Disney magic and Amblin exhilaration, providing a mystery that seems so familiar yet is executed in a way that it feels quite unique. The animation and cinematography are edited together in a style, with techniques like puppetry, that they seem to coexist in one setting; the live-action characters feel to the audience like they're in an animated environment (and animated characters in live-action) and they can interact with said environments either realistically (like Los Angeles) or not (like Toontown). The characters are absolutely memorable along with their acting, providing the action, comedy, and drama of a masterpiece. The songs aren't as memorable, but the sheer silliness or enjoyment of them rounds this movie out. No matter whether its ideas seem obsolete today, this is a movie that no one, including you, should miss.

Except « ice age », it's the only animation with which I remember to laugh so much and so hard : the opening cartoon ranks among the most funny ever done and this Roger Rabbit is really a wonderful character, goofy, crazy, with a good heart ! The idea to mix real world with Toon world is original and the production is astounding in both situations and it's even done when digital effects weren't there ! There is a real story, worthy of a film noir and this Golden age Hollywood is nicely done. The cast is excellent with late Hoskins totally believable and an amazing dark side « Doc » ! Silvestri delivers a jazzy, upbeat soundtrack as good as « BTF » and for sure « Looney Tunes » meeting Disney is a dream come true ! However, all this is lost as tears in the rain because it's totally old-fashioned ! For a movie aimed to a young audience, it's a total failure because it has nothing that the new generation likes ! As it means a lot for me, i offered it to the kid years ago and he didn't smile a lot : old Disney, Looney Tunes, Hollywood, jazz means nothing to him and watching a dusty, drinking private investigator really didn't appeal to him. So in fact, this a animation for old adults or more accurately for old movies aficionados so there are are a few of them in the world….