Director Robert Zemeckis does an astounding job at adapting novelist Gary K. Wolf's Who Censored Roger Rabbit? into a big screen bonanza seamlessly melding classical animation with live action.
A definitive landmark in visual effects, Who Framed Roger Rabbit plays like a whacked-out golden age detective story where cartoon characters live side-by-side with the real world. Filled with hilarious cameos from famous cartoon characters, well-paced action & storytelling, a Carl Stalling-esque jazz-infused orchestral score from Alan Silvestri, a delightfully twisted performance from Christopher Lloyd and jokes both obvious & buried deep in subtext that will please the whole family. Movies like this don't come around often enough but that's what makes it all the more special.5 booby traps out of 5
