Who Framed Roger Rabbit

In a fantasy world, cartoon characters live in the same world as real people and are hired just like regular actors to star in cartoons.
When Marvin Acme, an important person in the toon industry is murdered, Roger Rabbit is the first suspect because his wife Jessica was seen and photographed with Acme.
Acme's last Will is also missing, a Will that apparently leaves Toontown to the toons that live there.
If the Will isn't found though, Toontown will be ripped down and replaced with a highway that will bring millions of dollars in for the owners.

It's up to a Toon hating PI called Eddie Valiant to investigate this turn of events and discover who Acme's murderer really is and find out who will profit from what appears to be a cover up.

One of the most original movies of the 80s... Framed gives the viewer a taste of what a handful of movies gave years before with the likes of Mary Poppins and Bedknobs And Broomsticks...

... then turns the whole thing right up in the action, writing, comedy and screenplay stakes.

It's a big hit movie with younger movie goers due to the wacky and zany comedy on show and the bright colours of the setting and characters but Framed is really a more adult murder mystery filled with an incredible eye detail and a screenplay that rivals most murder mysteries.

It's highly inventive too with the subject matters and smaller plot points that go on throughout, including the air of history and mystery that's added to the storylines and plots.
The whole journey through the story is felt wonderfully by the viewer.
The other thing is that there's always something happening on screen, whether in the background or simply something going on with the dialogue... it's very cleverly put together.

It's also incredibly funny at times too. The humour is based around in-jokes mainly and references to other cartoons and the legend of cartoons from over the years but it's handled with a real world realism that makes it much more than just homage type humour.

The animation is also lovely... it's bright, colourful, zany at times and works wonderfully with the talented cast on screen. The voice-over work is also top notch.

The acting is absolutley bang on too.
Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant is absolutley perfect... his drunken but intelligent and tough PI works brilliantly with his co-star Roger... the disparate pair really are extremely believeable when seen together, even though Roger isn't actually there with Hoskins.
Joanna Cassidy makes a nice appearance as Delores, Eddie's love interest.

Charles Fleischer voices Roger with a gorgeous sounding Kathleen Turner as Roger's beautifully animated wife Jessica.

By far the stand out role though is Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom... a sadistic hater of Toons and a heavy handed authoritarian. He's extremely memorable too, especially in the third act when Lloyd seems to have been given free reign with the character. Shame he's not on screen more though.

As for the action side of things... the technicalities throughout having humans and Toons interacting couldn't have been easy but it's the highly charged scenes of action and running around fighting that are an absolute marvel to watch.
The humour involved with Roger makes some of the action even more exciting too.

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All in all, an absolute masterpiece in technical terms... and the story, plot, screenplay and acting are all on serious top form. It's highly funny, incredibly exciting and even the quieter scenes keep the audience fixed to the screen.
It's also the first time in history that cartoon characters from different franchises are seen together on screen, from Disney to Warner to Terrytoons.
Another highly memorable 80s classic.

My rating: 100%