Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[Nerys Myk]

I love the film, but thought Hoskins was the weak link. His performance didn't quite click for me.

 

[t_smitts]

I love the film, but thought Hoskins was the weak link. His performance didn't quite click for me.

Reakky? I think he's the glue that holds the film together. If he doesn't sell the fact that toons are real, the movie doesn't work.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Reakky? I think he's the glue that holds the film together. If he doesn't sell the fact that toons are real, the movie doesn't work.

It's his American accent. Just doesn't sound right.

 

[t_smitts]

It's his American accent. Just doesn't sound right.

Seemed fine to me, and I've heard some bad ones.

 

[DBR]

I love the film, but thought Hoskins was the weak link. His performance didn't quite click for me.

Wow, really? I thought Hoskins nailed the role, and fast forward almost 30 years, I think he is Eddie Valiant (in other words: every other role Hoskins has played in his carrier is Valiant playing that role.)

While WFRR is one of my favourite movies, I think it suffers a bit of a third-act collapse. Loved the noire, 40s beginning, and when they entered Toon Town chasing Jessica Rabbit/Doom everything was going great, but the finale where Doom has Roger and Jessica tied up, Valiant doing his comedy routine, trying to destroy Toon Town to build a highway . . . I don't know, it just didn't work for me.