Diagonaldi Very well executed

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Vimacone The Disney films that were produced after Walt's death really suffered in terms of story and consistency. And while Robin Hood and The Aristocats have their fans, they're generally not put in the same class as say Snow White or Bambi. The Rescuers returns to a compelling narrative much like 101 Dalmatians was years earlier. I've always detected some similarities with both films. The orchestrated rescue plot is reminiscent. And not to mention Madame Medusa is a dead ringer for Cruella Deville and the similarities are not coincidental. Early in production, it was suggested to bring Cruella Deville back as the villain for this picture, but the artists opted to create a new character. Thus both films have a very similar feel in flow and structure.Production actually began when Walt was still alive. Although, the working story-line was considerably different. It involved Bernard and Bianca rescuing a political prisoner from Cuba. This version was reportedly shelved by Walt for its political nature. The story was revived years later with the story-line reworked a few additional times.This film has a feel unlike any other Disney film. When you hear the score and the songs, you know you're watching a film from the 70's. All the incidental human characters appear to be rotoscoped as well as some mechanics (i.e. a scene with an escalator; It's very indicative that the setting is in the then present day. I've always found this jarring compared to other Disney films. Especially, when the main characters are animated like cartoons. Another jarring aspect, considering that this was supposedly done on a budget, is the subtle detail given to some of the characters (such as Penny's crooked teeth). Fortunately, it doesn't create an uncanny valley effect that would unsettle the viewer.While it's generally not held in high esteem as the earlier Disney Classics (which I think is a shame), I've always gotten thorough enjoyment from this film that I felt was lacking from the two Disney films that preceded it (viewing them in chronological order). There's a mix of thrilling action, romance, and sentimentality.

Byrdz Good stuff first.I liked the water color backgrounds, especially the sunsets. I really liked the old cat at the orphanage. For a change the Disney Studio did not make the cat the villain. Going into the United Nations building and then into the mouse meeting was clever. Having Bianca be the Hungarian delegate was A+. Evenrude as the motor also inventive (If you know about boat engines) The alligators with the pipe organ was the very best segment of the film.Other than that ... forgettable songs (even though one was Academy Award nominated), a villain who seemed to have been drawn for a totally different story, a mouse relationship that made no sense... how, why, would the Hungarian representative have even KNOWN the janitor ? The albatross was quite authentic taking off and landing BUT unless he had moved from the FAR West coast what was an albatross doing in New York City ? Then there's all of the stereotypical "hillbillie swamp creatures" voiced by all of the stereotypical Disney hillbilly voices. ARGH ! I saw this in 1977 and I was not a kid so it's not a matter of it not living up to childhood nostalgia. I liked it then but now, not!Perhaps it's just the total rudeness and bullying of the villain and the lack of explanation about how she even knew about the diamond ? If she could not get it herself .. how did she know it was there. AND that "teddy" had a suspicious resemblance to the Disney-fied "Winnie The..." also release in 1977.Not really big on "rude is funny" and "mean bully" and "child in jeopardy and being treated with cruelty" as really fun so ... am sorry I watched it again. For me, it was not the classic it had set out to become. Forgettable at best.

AaronCapenBanner One of Walt Disney's finest animated films, this concerns two mice named Bernard & Bianca, who belong to the Rescue Aid Society, that operates out of the basement of the United Nations building in New York. There is a little girl named Penny being held captive by an evil woman named Madame Medusa and her henchman Mr. Snoops, who need her to lead them to a priceless jewel in the Devil's Bayou swamp, where she is being held on a riverboat. The mice fly atop Orville the Albatross to rescue her, and defeat the villains. Surprisingly touching and thrilling film done with care and imagination, with wonderful songs. To be enjoyed by both children and adults alike.

David Conrad Between the golden age of Disney animation in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s and the far shorter second golden age of the 90s was a period dominated by odd, awkward features like "The Rescuers." Some of the oddness in this movie works to its benefit: Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor are unlikely voice actors, being so understated and somehow "adult", but they are very cute as heroes from a literal mouse United Nations called the Rescue Aid Society. It must be largely due to their chemistry and vocal talents that "The Rescuers" eventually got a sequel. Some of the movie's oddness, though, makes "The Rescuers" an actively unpleasant experience: a maudlin take on child slavery, trailer-trash mice in a dismal bayou, and music that sounds like bad karaoke of B-side 70s folk. The characters and some of the animation seem lifted from earlier Disney films, which was something the studio did all too frequently around this time. The depiction of the main baddie is a trashier, less enlightened version of "101 Dalmatian"'s Cruella DeVille, and much of the supporting cast is straight out of "Robin Hood" (which in turn had imported many of its characters from "The Jungle Book"). In addition to Newhart and Gabor, glimpses of the painterly artistic talents of Don Bluth, who worked for Disney before directing his own darker and more fantastical movies, makes "The Rescuers" just barely worth watching.