Why Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers' Reviews Are So Much Better Than Expected
Reviews for Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers have started to come in, and so far, they’ve been surprisingly positive. With both an alienating premise and a format that hasn’t always proved successful for Disney in recent years, it had seemed like Rescue Rangers was being set up for failure. Based on early reviews, however, it would appear that the film might be better than some people thought.
Following its first trailer, Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers was quickly met with negativity from people. Instead of being either a continuation of the original cartoon or a full-fledged reboot, Rescue Rangers is a satirical take on animation that depicts Chip and Dale as actors living in the real world, and that was alienating for fans of the original cartoon. The fact that it was live-action was sighted as another problem, as Disney’s live-action adaptations of animated works have a history of receiving mixed to negative reception; Aladdin and The Lion King are both Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes with scores of 57% and 52%, respectively. While Mulan is Certified Fresh at 73%, it has a much lower audience score of 47%. Add in how the trailers didn’t make it look like the animation would blend well with live-action, and there was little reason to believe that Rescue Rangers would be a good movie.
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Despite what many people thought, however, Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers has been met with largely positive reviews. At the time of writing, the movie has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-rated live-action Disney movie in recent years. Many reviews have praised the movie for having insightful meta-commentary and for simply being a funny film,
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