betty dalton The Rescuers was my first ever visit to a cinema when I was just 7 years old. And it made an everlasting impression! I still think this movie was the beginning of my intense love for movies growing up. My parents didnt even have a colour tv back in the seventies, so the huge colour screen in the cinema with those enchanting mice and horrible crocodiles opened up another world for me. A world of fairy tales came alive right before my eyes. As an adult I couldnt remember much of this movie anymore except that I was really really scared of those crocodiles and that I was incredibly impressed by the whole experience. I have read all the other reviews and it struck me how many adults still cherish this movie to this very day. Because of all the other enchanting reviews I decided to see it again and to my own amazement I was swept away again by the charming characters. I got goosebumps again watching this for the first time since I was 7. I really felt like a kid again watching this adventure for young and old. There is something really simple and pure at the heart of this movie, a real love for storytelling...

idonnowho And that's saying a LOT, since, while I usually have a pretty open attitude towards most (though not all) films I watch, animated or otherwise, I often find at least a FEW things that I, myself, probably would've done differently.This has been at the #1 spot as my favorite animated Disney movie of all time since at LEAST very early 2009. Now, nearly a full decade later, it STILL holds up quite well, and I can still remember those good happy times of falling in love with the film and its characters (heck! Even Madame Medusa, herself, while obviously a mean, nasty woman for the most parts, provides quite a few laughs with her hilarious over the top eccentricity and hamminess! THOUGH I WOULD NEVER TRULY BE "IN LOVE" W HER; Especially not if she were real!)As I finally write this long overdue review of this absolute masterpiece, it is early March 2017, just over 3 months before the film is due to celebrate its 40TH(!!!) Anniversary on June 22. However, due to the current execs of Walt's company giving the impression of biases in favor of SOME films being milked out the wazoo, while others (this one included) are contrastingly shunned in their infamous "Vault" more or less. A real shame that John Lasseter and his posse from Pixar seem to be giving this impression and the impression of wanting zillions more MONEY than they need (I mean "Frozen" ALONE made you guys multi-gazillionaires, so why not try to refute the notion of you potentially being cheapskates and not have these black-and-white biases? Just saying...)Either way, whether or not THEY care about this and several other Disney greats (in MY eyes at least) of the time, nothing will change the fact that I still do... Again, a REALLY perfect film if you ask me, 10/10, Happy (Early) 40th Anniversary, Rescuers!!! May you continue to "never fail to do what's right" for many decades yet to come!

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.

Adam Foidart "The Rescuers" isn't perfect but it's a very entertaining animated film. It's one of those lesser-seen Disney animated films, this one about a society of talking mice who help children around the world. The case in question for this film is of a poor orphaned girl named Penny (voiced by Michelle Stacy) whose call for help comes to the ears of Bernard (Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (Eva Gabor). They have to travel to the Louisiana Bayou to rescue her from a wicked woman named Madam Medusa (Geraldine Page).It's a touching story that at times will get you misty-eyed and you'll be cheering for the cute little mice and the adorable orphan girl to get away from the evil Mrs. Medusa. There are genuine thrills and peril too. It's probably too frightening for young children, so about 7+ is the right age for this one. I found the voice acting to be pretty solid, particularly the mice and Madam Medusa. The area where I was disappointed was actually in the animation. The quality varies at times, with some scenes being of far lower quality than the rest and a few animation models having been created with a few mistakes in them. The story is fast paced and at 1hr 20 minutes it actually feels very short, with the ending coming up a little bit too quickly. Overall though, it's an enjoyable film that you can enjoy with your children without getting bored. If you're a child at heart, it's a great time too. (On Blu-ray, August 30, 2012)