FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998) (V)

Directors:

Phil Robinson
Dave Marshall (co-director)

Writers:

Richard Tulloch (screenplay) and
Chris Fink (additional story ideas)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Tagline:

The Magic, Fun and Adventure Return!

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Kids And Family

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

James S. Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Erik Bergmann	...	Stump, Captain (voice)
Connie Champagne	...	Budgie (voice)
Holly Conner	...	Nugget / Bandy / Mrs. K / Additional Voices (voice)
Laura Erlich	...	Crysta (voice)
Harry Joseph	...	Boss (voice)
Gary Martin	...	Mac (voice)
Matt K. Miller	...	Batty (voice) (as Kermit Beechwood)
Digory Oaks	...	Pips (voice)
Westin Peace	...	Mr. Chuckles (voice)
David Rasner	...	Boof, Slasher (voice)
Phil Robinson	...	Father (voice)
J.F. Rockstar	...	Twig (voice)
K.T. Vogt	...	Bark, Wal (voice)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:G | South Korea:All | Canada:G | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

FAI Films

Movie Connections:

References "Bonanza" (1959)

It didn't work

Ferngully is one of my favorite animated films of all time, I loved watching it while I was growing up, it had great animation, wonderful characters, funny moments, terrific songs, and a touching message. It was such a great movie for kids and I admit that I still watch it to this day. So I figured I would check out the sequel and see if it would be anything like the first Ferngully. Well, it's not just the mismatched voices that disturbed me, but it seemed like this was supposed to be like the TV cartoon that never got lifted off the ground. The story wasn't bad, but without the same voices, it was a bit distracting, and the new characters didn't have the same charm as the first Ferngully. For the kids, at least under age 7, this film would work for them, but for me, it doesn't.

Crysta and her friends are back, Pips is having a bit of a problem excepting his life. He's finding the forest to be a bit boring. But when two evil men come into the forest, they kidnap the baby animals and accidentally burn the forest down. Crysta, Pips, and Batty wanna help restore the forest, Crysta stays home to create her magic while Batty and Pips go to the town to save the baby animals. There Pips meets a pre-teen girl, Twig, and she helps him out to save the baby animals.

FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue isn't really worth the watch, for the kids, yeah, but for those adults who enjoyed the first one, there's no point to it. I think this was just an attempt for the TV cartoon, there were just certain elements that reminded me of the Disney spin off's on TV. But for the kids I would recommend this film, otherwise, just do yourself a favor, save yourself the money or rental. I wish I did, I was hoping for a fun sequel, instead I got Velveeta cheese.

2/10