The Rescuers Down Under

The Rescuers Down Under, directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel, carries its ambitions with an easy grace, expanding the art of animation to fresh ground without losing sight of the silly fun we love cartoons for.This movie, above all, looks different. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

And the rest of the story is fun, too.The movie marks a return for the tiny rescue squad of brave little mice, first seen in The Rescuers (1977). ( Read More )

As for the animation, computer technology invests contemporary features with sometimes breathtaking dynamism, but outback flora being what it is, this isnt the most colourful Disney movie. ( Read More )

Variety Staff

This sort of sequel to the 1977 hit The Rescuers boasts reasonably solid production values and fine character voices. Too bad theyre set against such a mediocre story that adults may duck. ( Read More )

An intrepid, but far from dynamic couple (theyre middle aged, genteel and his biggest worry is finding the right moment to propose to her) are despatched to bring the villians to book and from then on its par for the course: light comedy from the cast of humanised animals; ingenious applications of everyday objects; a few moments of darkly shadowed terror; and an edge of seat ultimately happy ending. ( Read More )