The Rescuers Down Under The Rescuers Down Under

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 llocal field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.

Bob Newhart Eva Gabor John Candy Tristan Rogers Adam Ryen George C. Scott Wayne Robson Douglas Seale Frank Welker Bernard Fox Peter Firth Ed Gilbert Carla Meyer Russi Taylor Peter Greenwood Billy Barty

Walt Disney Feature Animation Walt Disney Pictures

crime family animation science fiction adventure fantasy

77 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • keithrjackson

    Review by keithrjackson ★★★½

    I like the original Rescuers film, even though it's probably the sketchiest (literally!) due to lack of a decent budget for the cleaner, expensive animation process of years past. It's got a sense of adventure to it unlike any other at the time, even when the preceding film had the word "adventure" in the title.

    Rescuers Down Under is notable for being the only "legit" sequel produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Having watched it, it's disappointing Disney didn't decide to continue making Rescuers films. With some of their other, more popular animated features, there's not much more story to mine yet we have Lion King 1.5, or Bambi II. These aren't by the main Disney studio, but their presence…

  • matrixschmatrix

    Review by matrixschmatrix

    Oh my God, this is shockingly crappy. Comparing this to the Rescuers is a beautiful thumbnail encapsulation of everything that I hate about 90s Disney (and 90s RADICAL!! shit in general)- the half assed environmentalism, the proliferation of zany, manically mugging side characters, the very expensive computer aided animation that accomplishes nothing in the story, and an ugly, ugly lead kid who takes every opportunity to blow plans and blather about how the cops are going to come save him. Plus, poor Bob Newhart's Bernard has to be reformed from a charmingly befuddled and lovable shy but secretly truehearted guy into a parodic macho jackass. Blech.

  • Matt Wright

    Review by Matt Wright ★★★

    This was my childhood film.

    The reason why I partially enjoyed this was down to the nostalgic value, as I watched this to death as a kid, and in each scene it all started to come flooding back. The irony is that the film is actually quite forgettable in nearly all areas, compared to other Disney animations.

    I do prefer this to the original, just because the original left me feeling a little cold and withdrawn, this had a much more adventurous and exciting feel to it.

    The visuals are much better than the first film, partially because there was a 13 year gap between the two film's production but also this film has some of the first CGI mixed…

  • Ross Maclean

    Review by Ross Maclean ★★

    Disney at its most artistically bankrupt. This is their only sequel to be granted an outing on the big screen and entry into the Classic canon.

    That doesn't stop it being twee and disjointed though. The Rescuers themselves feel like add-ons to a story of a boy and his eagle. They turn up late on, do very little and feel like secondary characters in their own film.

    It's patently obvious this arrived at the height of America's obsession with all things Australian through its unsubtle use of location and stereotypes and its attempts to cram in an example of every marsupial. It does so while squandering what little potential opportunity is afforded to develop the central characters.

    While the first…

  • Chris Voss

    Review by Chris Voss ★★½

    Look, I'm not saying THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER is a particularly good movie, but in the first five minutes when the boy falls and is caught by the eagle I turned and looked at my son. The look on his face told me he WAS that little boy, and that was all I needed.

  • TONIHOOVER

    Review by TONIHOOVER ★★★½

    Aussie accents are neato

  • seasondays

    Review by seasondays ★★½

    once again a DISNEY CLASSIC movie that did not need to be done; at least this film features an amazing opening sequence and charming NEW YORK scenery.

  • zkorpi

    Review by zkorpi

    Just classic Disney. Delightful and simple.

  • Robin Solsjö Höglund

    Review by Robin Solsjö Höglund ★★★

    I quite enjoyed this one, much more than I had expected actually.

    The Rescuers: Down Under has a few distinctions. It's the only sequel in the Disney canon (not counting Fantasia 2000 of course), it's the second feature (after The Little Mermaid) that I think finally holds the true "modern Disney" standard of quality in art, animation and presentation, and it's got little kids that can actually speak to animals like little Dr. Doolittles (just like the original The Rescuers did). At least I can't think of any other Disney films where animals and people hold conversations, except maybe Winnie The Pooh. I'm not entirely certain but I think it's their only film set in Australia as well.

    The story…