Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers - Where is the love?

Honestly I think it just got buried by the insane amount of streaming releases around that time. Movie was way smarter and funnier than people expected, it just never got the big theatrical buzz to keep it in the conversation.

I really liked the movie, but better than Roger Rabbit? I don't feel like that's a common opinion.

Until reading this thread, I didn't even know they made a movie. I'm familiar with the show from the 90s.

I enjoyed most of it, but as someone who grew up with the original show, this movie felt a bit too mean spirited for me. It was so cynical and ovely ironic, which often comes with meta-humor. It can work to be self-aware, but i was missing the sincerity that made me enjoy the original show. Therefore, in a year with a lot of good movies, it was just another movie for me.

I think it was kind of a strange choice to make it really “meta” when that wasn’t really what Chip n Dale were known for previously. There are lots of nostalgic properties that do meta humour (The Muppets probably being the most famous), so grafting Chip n Dale into that kind of story felt really weird to me.

The lonely island guys are behind it. Super talented bunch of people.

Rescue Rangers was also one of the best licensed videogames ever made in my opinion.

I am a fan of that movie. I like to think of it as a sequel to Roger Rabbit, but I don't think it's better.

"I honestly believe it's even better than Roger Rabbit" The movie was great and I love C&D but no, no it was not better than Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

It came out at the height of Disney + trying to push the service and it was released on it when it ACTUALLY deserved a theatrical run. I truly believe that if it was given a proper theatrical run with a proper advertisement campaign (which for some reason Disney is allergic to doing. They seem to think slapping Disney/Marvel/Star Wars is all the product needs), we would be talking about it as a modern classic and we would be making memes about how all these studios that try to reboot old franchises need to pay attention to this movie.

>I'm bummed it isn't getting the recognition it deserves. what exactly do you want to happen? it has an 80% on RT, it won an Emmy and a critics Nest Streaming Movie award and it topped the streaming charts it's so wild seeing all these delusional fictional narratives based on nothing but presented as fact

This movie is hacky as f***. It’s trying to be a spiritual successor to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and it has none of that artistry and sincerity

Everyone loved it when it came out

The movie essentially making fun of Bobby Driscoll is one of the most mean spirited things I've ever seen. And that tone of "haha look at how messed up these characters are now that they're older" is just not fun and reminds me of that leaked Powerpuff Girls script.

I don't think the movie really lived up to the expectations to be honest. It's enjoyable but it doesn't go beyond that.

I feel this is part of a bigger conversation where Disney has just stopped doing anything interesting with its Mickey Mouse & Friends characters. The new DuckTales should have honestly kicked off a new wave of cartoons, whether reboots of Goof Troop and Rescue Rangers, or fresh takes with those characters. They're pretty much glorified mascots now.

>Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers was such a fun movie, and well-made at that. I'm bummed it isn't getting the recognition it deserves. I agree! It was a very fun movie. > I honestly believe it's even better than Roger Rabbit.  You lost me there.

I was INSANELY excited for this movie, but its completely soulless and had almost nothing memorable about it.

streaming era had everyone overwhelmed and stuff came and went in like a week. the movie is actually super fun but it didn’t have that “main character moment” online to keep it alive. feels like one of those films people randomly rediscover later and go wait this was kinda fire

You act like nobody saw this movie. I watched it when it was a new release and people were raving over it. It got good critic reviews as well. What's the problem?

It unreasonably infuriates me that the Muppet character was a CG creation rather than an actual Muppet. Here you've a film that deliberately compares itself to Roger Rabbit in the opening minutes, openly prides itself as being a celebration of animation history and the varying styles the medium has adopted over the years, and not only is the supposed "2D" animation cheated using flatly shaded 3D models that never look like they belong in their environment because Disney fired anyone who could make the real deal look decent ages ago, a completely non-animated technique Disney just plum owns outright can't even represent itself as the real deal. [They had the actual Swedish Chef prop on set](https://beforesandafters.com/2022/06/29/how-the-2d-chip-in-chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers-was-actually-3d/) for texture and lighting reference, and it never occurred to anyone they might just use the consarned Muppet rather than act like c****, mushy CGI is the go-to answer for everything. Honestly. They've the gall to [include the actual Roger Rabbit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgNir57ZlPc) in the opening minutes, put him on a rapidly flashing disco floor that presents even more dynamic lighting than the famous bumped lamp sequence, and not a dot of it shows on his person. Horrible.

I mean, it did really well on streaming when it came out. Not sure why you’d expect people to be talking about it now. It’s really good. But saying it’s better than Roger Rabbit is just lunacy.

A must for connoisseurs of ‘Leo pointing meme’ cinema. (derogatory) Comparing it to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? This thing should be lucky to be compared to Cool World.

Nah, f*** this movie. The way they exploited Bobby Driscoll’s tragic fate was disgusting. Driscoll was the child actor played Peter Pan, who Disney abandoned when he hit puberty and died of an overdose on the street. This movie deserves to be forgotten.

The movie is fine enough but it really annoys me they have a whole plot about Dale getting CGI surgery and Chip still being 2D, when in actuality Chip (and most of the other 2D characters) are just cel-shaded CG. Even the puppet and claymation characters are CG. It's hard to consider it a successor to Roger Rabbit in the sense of it being a celebration of all types of animation when most of it is being faked.

Because it's just shitty corporate Roger Rabbit

I thought you were talking about the original series, which I loved as a kid. I didn't realise they made a film.

I’d likely enjoy watching Chip and Dale more than Rodger Rabbit if I was to watch either again, however Rodger Rabbit is the far superior film.

The one from 2022? I started it but couldn't finish it. Absolutely hated what I did see.

i will disagree that it's better than Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but the parallels cannot be overlooked. i, personally, loved the C&D movie and recommend it to ppl who watched the old cartoon. problem is, it's nostalgia bait so a younger generation with no exposure to the old cartoon might not care.

i actually loved that movie and got so much grief for it, the meta humor was genuinely so good

There was a Rescue Rangers movie? Never heard of it, is that a new thing? I loved all the Disney series of the late 80s, they must have really screwed up their marketing or I'm sure I would have noticed that coming out. And wstched it on day 1.

I love that movie and was surprised to find a lot of hate in certain sublistnooks

Just watched this last night! It was honestly WAY better than I thought it would be. I was still laughing about Jasper the Dead Ghost Kid hours after it was over.

It insisted upon itself...jk it was just boring. And I'm as target of an audience as that movie could have. Grew up with all those characters, love John Mulaney etc...

I liked it okay, but I am also a little bit weirded out by Disney retconning the backstories of all their characters. Those two have been brothers/cousins the entire time, and now “no they’re just two randos who live together and have weirdly co-dependent personalities” It’s just like the Mufasa movie retconning scar to be his adoptive brother, which is even stupider.

I loved it so much. Kept recommending it to people but no one really seemed to want to go for it

There was a movie?

The stinky cheese joke lives rent free in my head

Cheese!

The interesting thing about Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers and a lot of the 90s animated Disney shows is who made it. Disney Animation in Tokyo used to be Topcraft Animation studios who had had a major shake up after Hayao Miyazaki and a large contingent of the talent left and formed Studio Ghibli.

I did a rewatch last year. Always loved those two movies.  Edit: oh you're talking about a remake

Twitter and some parts of Listnook really hate this movie for some reason thinking it’s the bane of all existence. Maybe not that extreme, but from what I’ve seen from others, they hate this movie. I wonder why? I never seen the movie but I’ve seen so much vitriol over this one movie that didn’t score too low (81% to around 66 out of 100).

I would absolutely love a physical release of this.

A fever dream movie...forgot it exists.

I liked it fine, laughed a few times. It's no Popstar.

That movie is absolutely fantastic

Slow Sonic was hilarious. I have big nostalgia for the NES game too as it was one of the few cartridges that would work consistently on my system, and I played it a crazy amount as a kid.

I didn't hate it, but for me it's a far distant third place with Roger Rabbit and the original Chip N Dale's Rescue Rangers in 1st and 2nd. I'll add that excitement was high given my love of the original series, the cameo/origin in DuckTales (2017), and learning about the cast. Shame the movie just didn't click for me.

Do Andy Samberg movies just always get slept on? Hot Rod, Pop Star, and Palm Springs are also great, but didn’t get a huge reception.

Everyone I know who has seen it praises it often.

It’s the closest thing we’ll ever get to Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 (especially since he shows up briefly), but aside from the aforementioned WFRR it’s probably the best example of animation and live action interacting with each other. I was surprised it didn’t get more attention at the time.

1. Saying it's better than Who Framed Roger Rabbit is pure delusion. 2. The film was good, but committed too hard to the whodunnit aspects. Rewatches, unlike Roger Rabbit, yield little value. I like those Knives Out movies, too. I rarely find a reason to rewatch them. THAT is why there's not more love. Because it is functionally-inferior to other films with more rewatchability.

I'm glad other people enjoyed it. It was such a great movie. I loved how they had fun with all the other disney movie stars, the plot, and of course >!Ugly Sonic!< I really hope they can make a sequel to it.

Real ones love it.

Comparing it to Roger Rabbit is asinine. Roger Rabbit is not a fanservice fest. Even if you replace all the licensed characters with the nameless ones, it still would be a great movie, carried by the original characters so good, they immediately became just as iconic as the licensed ones were. Also, Roger Rabbit is a technological marvel – done without CGI, by hand work and some incredible movie sorcery, while the movie in question is about as impressive as any other CGI/live action hybrid out there.

I couldn't get over the character assassinations at the start of the movie. Especially after what Disney had done to Luke Skywalker before that. I hate the idea that characters have to become terrible individuals in-between the old run and new release. The first 20 minutes or so of character assassination was unbearable and I couldn't make it past that.

Wait are we talking about the show or the movie… Neither answer justifies the this… it’s Roger rabbit…. Don’t get me wrong I’m a fan of the show. I did not watch the 2022 movie. Hmmm my opinion may be moot bc of this.

Aside from the bad plot, the faked 2d animation really pissed me off. That weird celshade 3d looked awful

The mouse/fly hybrid thing.

It was a Righteous Kill, yet we didn’t even know the term.

CH CH CH CHIP AND DALE RESCUE REANGERS. My 6 year old ass drove my preschool teacher nutty over that song

Needs more Gadget

It's because it's only on streaming. I've been waiting for a physical release to watch it, but doubt it will come like most streaming releases.

Shit I'm 40 and only remember the tv show not a movie, still remember Gadget Hackwrench. How old are you that you only remember a movie that came out in 2022 about them?

Honestly it just dropped at the worst possible time. Streaming was oversaturated and stuff came and went in like a week. If it had a proper theatrical run people would still be talking about it. And yeah ugly Sonic straight up stole the whole movie 😭

It didn’t flop, it just got buried. That era was a content dump and if you blinked you missed stuff. The movie is actually way smarter than people expected, it just never had a moment to breathe. Ugly Sonic carried hard though not gonna lie

I loved the show as a kid, but I had no idea they recently made a movie. Sounds like something I should check out, though, so thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Finally someone says it, this movie is pure comfort + chaos.

I totally agree! Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers is a hidden gem that needs to be brought back into the spotlight. It's like a time capsule of all the things we loved about the 90s - cartoon animals, catchy theme songs, and adventure-filled stories. I think it's just a case of being ahead of its time, but now it's the perfect time to introduce a new generation to this classic. Plus, who wouldn't want to see a live-action remake with Tim Robinson as Sonic? Count me in!

Thanks for the reminder. I love Samberg, and I loved Rescue Rangers, so it should be right up my alley.

I do think it's very crazy how much risk Disney took with that movie and it's characters. It's really funny and a good movie. I think it's under appreciated for sure.

I’m wish we would get a sequel. It’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. I would also watch that Mr Doubtfire movie with Meryl Streep.

I’m surprised this hasn’t seen a sequel yet, seemed well received when it came out and if you get a free run at Saturday Disney then Lonely Island can cater to a pretty deep audience.

I had a blast with this thing. It's like we finally got a sequel to *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*, and it only took 34 years for this to happen.

The Roger Rabbit comparison is actually fair and I'll die on that hill. Both are doing the same thing of using cartoon nostalgia as a lens to say something slightly darker about show business and fame. Rescue Rangers just didn't have 35 years to become a classic yet.

It falls in the same category as Dora the explorer and at a lower level, the 1st sonic movie. It's written for an audience of original fans who are now adults. It's somehow self deprecating but never crossing the line. The "has been" vibe of the rescue rangers is really well played while maintaining enough novelty for a newer audience. It's a movie my whole family enjoyed and rewatch from time to time. If you haven't done so yet, also look up the dora the explorer live action. It has the same self-deprecating vibe as the rescue rangers, but the caracters are not as aged, dora's a 16 year old, but what you would expect of a 16 year old who grew up with only animals for friends... It really surprised me even though Dora was of my kids' generation, i'm the rescue rangers generation.

I keep saying it, that movie had no business being that good. It was fun, tastefully poked fun at reboots, and it was a movie me and my kid enjoyed together.

Been keeping an eye out for a physical media release. Still no sign of one. This was so good it deserves a place on my shelf. 

I still think about Batman vs ET all the time… honestly LOL!!!

I liked it at the time, couldn’t tell you what happened. It was a strange meta plot with pretty tasteless millennial style humor. I actually liked the Tom and Jerry movie more.

I rec it to erry1

I distinctly remember pauzing it 10 or so minutes in to message all my friends to watch it, because in those opening minutes I had already laughed *hard* half a dozen times. Super fun and indeed very underappreciated movie. I think it's mainly a victim of poor timing.

I agree. Great watch! Also plot twist was kinda crazy😂

The sheer number of cameos they shoved into this movie begs for a physical release, just so you'll actually be able to find them all. https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_cameos_in_Chip_%27n_Dale_Rescue_Rangers

It had plenty of love 35 years ago

I think it's probably technically well made more than Roger Rabbit, but it doesn't have staying power. I was certainly surprised by the amount of cameos, much like my surprise in Roger Rabbit, but the latter was made when all of those cartoons relevancy was still hanging in the ether.