Saw Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers, a film in the vein of Who Framed Roger Rabbit which follows the (fictional) cartoon chipmunk actors behind the hit(?) 1980s TV series of the same name. One of the duo, Chip, has moved on with his life, becoming an insurance salesman. Dale continues to hang on to fading glory, getting a "3D operation" in a desperate bid to stay relevant and marketable. The film is much more on the side of Dale however, both in spirit and in execution.
The film is a fairly straightforward nostalgia cash-in. It features the same old homey characters re-treading the mystery-thriller formula of the TV show. There's some funny jokes involving well-known cartoon characters behaving out character, but nothing your sarcastic friends couldn't come up with. It has a made-for-TV feel to it: the characters are un-nuanced, the plot is straightforward.
But, it's good for what it is. The film attempts to cash in on 80s nostalgia in a self-aware way and it more-or-less does just that in an acceptable way. It's not a film I think I'll re-watch, but it's a film I wanted to see once, which I think is all it's trying for. Not a classic, but a pleasant waste of time.
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