Rotten
This sort-of sequel to the 1977 hit The Rescuers boasts reasonably solid production values and fine character voices. Too bad they're set against such a mediocre story that adults may duck.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Rescuers Down Under
Hang on for the most thrilling ride of your life!
1990 · 1h 17m · G
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Hendel Butoy
,
Mike Gabriel
Overview
A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.
Director and cast
- Hendel Butoy Director
- Mike Gabriel Director
- Bob Newhart as Bernard (voice)
- Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca (voice)
- John Candy as Wilbur (voice)
- Tristan Rogers as Jake (voice)
- Adam Ryen as Cody (voice)
- George C. Scott as McLeach (voice)
- Wayne Robson as Frank (voice)
- Douglas Seale as Krebbs (voice)
- Frank Welker as Joanna (voice)
- Bernard Fox Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film's direction, by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel, is spectacularly inventive even when not fully appropriate to either the film's subject or the very young viewers it can be expected to attract.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
A gorgeously drawn myth made for plucky children and very brave mice.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
The flight sequence and many of the other action scenes in this new Disney animated feature create an exhilaration and freedom that are liberating. And the rest of the story is fun, too.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
As for the animation, computer technology invests contemporary features with sometimes breathtaking dynamism, but outback flora being what it is, this isn't the most colourful Disney movie.
Time Out
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