Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The Rescuers (1977)


Buena Vista Distribution
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery and Art Stevens
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Disney)

At the UN in New York, a parallel group consisting of mice from around the world have their own meeting. They respond to a message for help found in a bottle by organizing a rescue, headed by the glamorous Eva Gabor, who chooses mild mannered janitor Bob Newhart to accompany her. They track down clues at a local orphanage and pawn shop, which lead them to the bayous of Louisiana and an old broken down paddle wheeler. A little girl has been kidnapped by the outrageous Madame Medusa, voiced with aplomb and glee by Geraldine Page, and forced to help find a diamond hidden by pirates inside a cave. The two mice get help from the local wildlife to defeat Medusa and her minions, including a memorable pair of alligators named Brutus and Nero. Far-fetched Disney never quite takes off like you want it to, perhaps Newhart is too meek, or Gabor too aloof, but probably due more to the declining standards of Disney animation in the late 1970s, despite the presence of Don Bluth and others.

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