8 March 2021

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988

  • Director: Robert Zemeckis
  • Seen by this director: Cast Away, Contact, Forrest Gump, I Wanna Hold Your Hand
  • Based on the novel by Gary K Wolf
  • Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye
  • Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
    • Bob Hoskins – Made in Dagenham, Doomsday, Sparkle, Paris je t’aime, Mrs Henderson Presents, Last Orders, David Copperfield, Felicia’s Journey, Hook, Mona Lisa, Brazil, Othello, Rock Follies
    • Christopher Lloyd – Wit, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
    • Joanna Cassidy – Six Feet Under
    • Eileen Heckart – First Wives’ Club, Mary Tyler Moore, The Fugitive
    • Stubby Kaye – Sweet Charity
  • Why? Bob Hoskins and curiosity over why the film is so popular
  • Seen: 7 March 2021.      

       Eddie Valiant (Hoskins) is a down-on-his-luck private eye in LA in the 40’s in a world in which cartoon characters, like Roger Rabbit, are real. I have no trouble buying the concept. It could have been brilliant.

       Instead, it’s just silly. Even Hoskins cannot save this long-winded juvenile mess. 

 ½ * of 5

 


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