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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 7.7
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Metascore: 83/100
Reviews: 212 user | 100 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com A toon hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Director:Robert Zemeckis |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 June 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dead Toons Don't Pay Bills See more »Box Office
Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$154,222,492 (USA)Company Credits
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Mrs. Herman: Mommy's going to the beauty parlor, darling, but I'm leaving you with your favorite friend, Roger. He's going to take very, very good care of you, because if he doesn't... HE'S GOING BACK TO THE SCIENCE LAB.
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Written by Jack Meskill, Charles O'Flynn, and Max Rich
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Robert Redford, Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson, and Ed Harris were considered for the role of Eddie Valiant. See more »Goofs
After Eddie shows the guy the check at the bus, he folds it, in the next shot, he folds it again. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mrs. Herman: Mommy's going to the beauty parlor, darling, but I'm leaving you with your favorite friend, Roger. He's going to take very, very good care of you, because if he doesn't... HE'S GOING BACK TO THE SCIENCE LAB.
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Crazy Credits
After the end of the credits, the Amblin logo plays cut short. See more »Soundtracks
"Smile, Darn Ya, Smile"Written by Jack Meskill, Charles O'Flynn, and Max Rich
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Watching this for the umpteenth time, I am struck by how much this movie resembles Brazil (1985). What, you will say, that was a grim and serious story set in a horrible dystopia. Ah, yes, but one of its main satirical weapons was its over-the-top humour.
Well, Roger Rabbit inverts the formula. We seem to have a zany cartoon comedy. but underlying this is a story about racism and genocide. The cartoon characters, who coexist with humans, are shown as a tolerated subordinated race, good for "singing and dancing and running and jumping". They are called "Toons", which resembles another epithet that used to be a nasty name for black people. And the "solution" is exactly that - a solution of benzene and acetone that will exterminate the Toons by dissolving them.
Both movies are set in something that resembles the 1940's, which gives lots of opportunity for spoofing films noir of the sort that Bogart et al. used to make.
How could something so serious be funny? The best comedy is just a hare's breadth (sorry, couldn't resist) removed from tragedy, which is why Hogan's Heroes is so funny while Disney comedies fall flat from gooey sentiment. Kids love Roger Rabbit, and that should be the ultimate test of whether it's comic or not.
It still amazes me how many grown-ups fail to perceive the underlying message of tolerance and understanding. Perhaps they don't want to...