Product: The Rescuers Down Under [VHS] (1990)
Rating: 1.0
Doesn't please kids, bores adults to death!
We got this for our children as an early Christmas present together with a copy of the original The Rescuers. Unfortunally, out of the $29.98 we spent getting both, $14.99 of those were a total waste.The kids loved watching the original and the us did too, the story was sweet and original and it even got the kids emotional at times. Well, this sequel got the kids emotional too. With boredom, that is, because after only about twenty minutes into the film the kids were no longer paying attention to the film and a few minutes later they left altogether. We asked them why didn't they like it and they said that it was because most characters from the original didn't appear in this one and because those who did appear "looked weird." That was from a child's point of view, we watched the film until the kids left, we weren't interested in watching it afterwards. I noticed the film to be pretty much a remake of the original with new settings and characters and a slightly altered storyline, even so, the film wasn't half as charming, interesting or in he least entertaining as the first one was and that's why we are donating this to the library, I regret having it bought on DVD instead of VHS which was much cheaper. If you're considering giving this to your kids for the holidays, skip it. Get the original or something else instead. I agree with the other users in that "The Rescuers" is the better choice.