Product: The Rescuers Down Under [VHS] (1990)
Rating: 5.0
Among my all time favorites
One of the very rare sequels that is better than the original movie. Everything about this movie is just right: the story, the characters, the plot, the message, the animation, the voices, the humor, the suspense, the happy ending... You name the category and it's a winner. Other rare wonderful features: Wow, a Disney flick where the mother doesn't get killed (or is long dead from the onset) and no dad or father figure outshines the actual kid hero?! Don Bluth's favorite neurosis, the evil late middle aged virago, is also absent. The viewer is spared the RAS hymn-singing, as entertaining as it was. This leaves the stage free for a rollicking adventure starring one cool Steve-Irwin style kid and, of course, the world's two coolest mice detectives. A must-see.