Product Details

• Actors: James S. Baker, Erik Bergmann, Connie Champagne, Holly Conner, Laura Erlich
• Directors: Phil Robinson, Dave Marshall
• Writers: Carol Hughes, Chris Fink, Diana Young, Richard Tulloch
• Producers: Alex Engle, Brian Rosen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: March 17, 1998
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304814321
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,739 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Life in FernGully, a 1,000-year-old rainforest, is idyllic for the woodland animals and two fairies named Crysta and Pips. Still, Pips longs to see the world beyond the forest. When two human poachers steal three baby animals under Crysta's care, Pips is quick to declare his intention to travel to "town" and rescue the stolen animals. A bat (appropriately named Batty) offers much doom-and-gloom advice against the trip, but eventually Pips and his band of Beetle Boys head to town with Batty in the lead. Crysta soon finds the poacher's abandoned dog and follows her friends to town in the hopes of returning the dog to his home. The group's first glimpses of town show a grimy dump and a sewer pipe dumping refuse into a local body of water. A carnival changes their perspective, offers a chance meeting with a young clown-in-training named Budgie, and distracts the group from their mission. Batty and the youngest Beetle Boy eventually locate the stolen animals, and, with help from the rest of the group, battle the evil poachers to win the animals' freedom. This 73-minute, animated musical is entertaining but somewhat lacking in excitement and drive. The film also lacks Robin Williams, who voiced Batty in the first film. The film's message comes across crystal clear--uncaring humans are destroying the rainforests without regard for the larger consequences of their actions. (Ages 3 to 8) --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An insult to the original, September 17, 2005

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Gregory Bartz "Gregorius" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FernGully 2 - The Magical Rescue (DVD)

Why do excellent movies like Ferngully and The Land Before Time get such half-baked direct-to-video sequels? The depth, complexity, and offbeat spirituality of the first movie are all painfully absent from this godawful piece of garbage, as is Robin Williams' voice talent.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kids liked it, I was not impressed., September 13, 2005

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Dragonfly "Deb" (Lakewood, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FernGully 2 - The Magical Rescue (DVD)

Although I LOVED the first Ferngulley, this one was pretty sorry. I don't think that any of the actors from the original worked on this movie. The guy that they got to take over for Robin Williams as Batty Koda sounds like a really bad impressionist. The kids loved the story in this one - the fairies trying to save poached baby animals, but I thought the story was weak. Whenever they watch it, I make sure to leave the room!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Amateur effort with redeeming qualities, September 15, 2004

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Christa Hill (Paris France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FernGully 2 - The Magical Rescue (DVD)

The idea is good, but the charm is missing. Mediocre animation, decent plot but poorly carried out, actors that sound like they're reading the script (a badly written script...). For most people involved in its making, their movie experience is extremely limited--in several cases (especially with the actors), this is the only film in their experience at all. In short, not a true sequel to the original. But they get an E for effort, with a few highlights with creative ideas of what happens to little fairies when they get mesmerized by the world of a human carnival and forget about their true mission in life: to protect living creatures. It is a clean film which promotes good values and has nothing inappropriate for young viewers. Songs are so-so, even if they might be a bit catchy in tune. This has some entertainment value for the 3-6 age range, but anyone older than that will be quickly bored.