Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Ranked 3 of 19 animated films by recommenders
People recommend it for its dense irony, noir-parody jokes, and physics-defying live-action and animation blend, which many call a rare, unheralded achievement.
People recommend it for its dense irony, noir-parody jokes, and physics-defying live-action and animation blend, which many call a rare, unheralded achievement.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Witty irony and noir parody
“It was dense with irony, jokes about the noir genre, straight man/funny man jokes and physical humor.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Disney Lost Roger Rabbit” “Hilarious, thoughtful and just the right amount of dark.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Disney Lost Roger Rabbit” Brilliantly realized, physics-defying world
“Disney just brought it to life so brilliantly on screen”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Disney Lost Roger Rabbit” “due to the wild physics-defying reality it creates”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Personal thoughts/notes from working on Zootopia 2” Rare, unheralded achievement
“It was a stunning, very much unheralded achievement.”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Disney Lost Roger Rabbit” “the characters were flat and the central mystery was terrible”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Disney Lost Roger Rabbit”
Other animated films people recommend
The four most recommended other animated films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost in the Shell | 22 | 5 | 81% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Spirited Away | 14 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Who Framed Roger RabbitThis page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 3 | — | — |
| Princess Mononoke | 9 | 2 | 82% | 3 | — | — |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | 9 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's one of, like, 5 DVD/Blu-Rays I own, because of how excellent it is.”
“rising back to the art of”
“The plot is — lame and inconsistent?”
“due to the wild physics-defying reality it creates”
“It was a stunning, very much unheralded achievement.”
“It was dense with irony, jokes about the noir genre, straight man/funny man jokes and physical humor.”
“the first movie was kind of lightning in a bottle”
“the characters were flat and the central mystery was terrible”
“the Roger Rabbit is a miracle where multiple major studios came together and allowed their IP to be in the same work”
“Disney just brought it to life so brilliantly on screen”
“Hilarious, thoughtful and just the right amount of dark.”
“What a treat it would have been to known that the original author got his characters back”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.