The uninspired continuation...clearly wasn't worth the wait.

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue is one of the worst examples of what happens when a movie gets a sequel without the involvement of the original filmmakers.

I'm a huge fan of the first movie, and of the original book. And I can certainly understand how this movie isn't liked in general and especially not by fans of the original one. Still I wouldn't consider it a total "trainwreck", I think there are actually some very nice things in it that are, sadly, ruined by others. Ultimately, it's a not-horrible cute-mice movie, but by far not a worthy sequel to Secret of NIMH. It would've worked better on its own if the pacing issues were fixed. **Short list first, this is spoiler-free:** _The good:_ - I like that the movie has songs, I like songs - Timmy and Jenny both have nice personalities and voice actors, especially Hynden Walch as Jenny does a fantastic, cute job - Nice character designs. The other Brisby family members as teens/adults are interesting and cute designed - The general rescue mission would be nice _The bad:_ - The overall visual quality fits the usual "direct to video" quality. No painting-like backgrounds like in a Don Bluth or classical Disney movie, so, you can certainly see the lower budget, especially in character details (it's not ugly, though! Many characters are really cute.) - It severely lacks the emotion of the first one: no real gloomy sense of danger, no deep moments of hope - The pacing isn't good. The movie could've really needed the additional 30 minutes to reach usual 90 minute movie length: give…

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