The Rescuers Down Under

The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

  • 65% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 62% of users liked it
    (79,365 ratings)

Bernard (voice of Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (voice of Eva Gabor), the intrepid mouse squad from the International Rescue Society of The Rescuers, return to help a little boy from the Australian outback named Cody (voice of Adam Ryen), who has been kidnapped by an evil poacher named McLeach (voice… More

In Theaters
Nov 16, 1990 Wide
On DVD
May 20, 1997

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    This sort-of sequel to the 1977 hit The Rescuers boasts reasonably solid production values and fine character voices. Too bad they're set against such a mediocre story that adults may duck.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    The film's direction, by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel, is spectacularly inventive even when not fully appropriate to either the film's subject or the very young viewers it can be expected to attract.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    A gorgeously drawn myth made for plucky children and very brave mice.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    The flight sequence and many of the other action scenes in this new Disney animated feature create an exhilaration and freedom that are liberating. And the rest of the story is fun, too.

  • , Entertainment Weekly

    Carries its ambitions with an easy grace, expanding the art of animation to fresh ground without losing sight of the silly fun we love cartoons for.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Decent sequel to the Rescuers, however it lacks the thrills that made the first one so exciting. What made The Rescuers such an entertaining film was that there was always something exciting happening, but with this one, instead of delivering a great sequel to a good film, this is a… More

  • Directors C


    More than worthy of your time compared to some of the straight to video Disney sequels and even a few animated films not made by Disney that get a theatrical release.

  • AJ V


    An okay sequel to the Rescuers, not as good, but okay.

  • Anthony L


    It's not as great as the first but it was great to see (or should I say hear) Newhart and Gabor together again. The voice cast is quite impressive but I'm glad that the planned follow up films were scrapped after the death of Gabor, it just wouldn't have been the same… More

  • Michael E


    This Disney film is one of the movies where i prefer the sequel over the original, The animation is great, The characters are fun and likable, and as i said this movie is much better than the original, though i liked the original when i was younger i watched it recently and it was so… More

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