Just wrapped The Rescuers Down Under and… it ain’t it.
First 20 minutes feel like an epilogue to a movie I never saw. It picks up with the albatross, but never really soars.
White savior narrative. Confused tone. Wasted opportunity.
★★☆☆☆
Short review on Letterboxd:
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This story should’ve starred an Aboriginal child.
Final verdict: 2/5
Just go watch Ratatouille. Or The Secret of NIMH, which does everything this tries to do—but better.
#DisneyRenaissance #RescuersDownUnder #AnimationCritique #MouseFatigue #DonBluthWins
This runtime is gaslighting me.
The Rescuers Down Under clocks in at 1hr 17min and somehow feels twice as long.
Bernard lost the ring. I lost my will to finish.
It’s got mice, it’s got heart, it’s got adventure… allegedly. But none of it is clicking.
Ratatouille did the “empathetic rodent […]
