The story goes that Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer) can't focus on his work because his lovely wife, Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner) has been seen around town with legendary jokester tycoon Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye). Roger's boss, R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) hires washed-up private detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) to tail Jessica and find out what's what to finally set the rabbit's mind at ease or let him know the truth. Eddie gets the goods, but when Acme shows up dead, Roger is Suspect Number One! Not long thereafter, R.K. Maroon turns up dead as well. Not knowing where else to turn, Roger hides out at the Valiant Detective Agency, hoping Eddie can help clear his name and find out who is murdering the toon tycoons.
Meanwhile, the new law enforcer in Toontown, Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) seems hellbent on finding Roger and putting him away. To further complicate matters, if Acme's will doesn't turn up showing that he left Toontown to the toons, the whole place will be wiped out to build a new freeway. It's all on Eddie's shoulders, which is tough for him, since he suffered a family tragedy at the hands of a toon and he doesn't have much love for the zany characters. With a lovable pal like Roger at his side and his devoted girlfriend Dolores (Joanna Cassidy), Eddie is sure to save the day.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a great movie and holds up well to this day, but even having been remastered, it still didn't look as good as the recently released remastered version of Dick Tracy. It has definitely been cleaned up and you can tell the most difference when toons are combined with the real world, but it just didn't impress me as much as I thought it would on Blu-ray. However, the film is still terrific and it has some great special features, most of which have shown up on earlier DVD releases. Regardless, they are fun to watch and its great to see the team of filmmakers describe how this incredible film came to life. I especially enjoyed Toontown Confidential, which had so much pop-up trivia you could barely catch it all. It was very interesting stuff.
Overall, this is the best possible way to view Who Framed Roger Rabbit to date, so if you haven't already added this wonderful movie to your collection, now is the time. If you already have it on DVD, you may not want to plunk down the extra cash to pick it up since the Blu-ray transfer adds something, but isn't mind-blowing.
