 Siskel also praised it, and ranked it number two on his top-ten films list for 1988, while Ebert ranked it as number eight on his best films of 1988 list.Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" commented, "although this isn't the first time that cartoon characters have shared the screen with live actors, it's the first time they've done it on their own terms and make it look real".Desson Thomson of "The Washington Post" considered "Roger Rabbit" to be "a definitive collaboration of pure talent.