The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Tummy Trouble
Comedy · Animation · 1989
Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine.
Movie details
Tummy Trouble
1989 Comedy · Animation 7m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.2 / 10
1.8K votes
TMDB
6.7 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Tummy Trouble?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Rob Minkoff · Frank Marshall
Written by
Rob Minkoff · Patrick A. Ventura · Mark Kausler · Bill Kopp
Charles Fleischer
Roger Rabbit (voice)
April Winchell
Young Baby Herman / Mrs. Herman (voice)
Lou Hirsch
Adult Baby Herman (voice)
Corey Burton
Orderly (voice)
Kathleen Turner
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
S
Sol Pavlovsky
Raoul J. Raoul
William Bronder
Sign Carrier
Court is in session
Put Tummy Trouble on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.