Disney Movies: The Great Mouse Detective

With the addition of the Disney Character of the Day to our blog, I thought I would add random Disney Movies (hopefully I can keep this up!). The first movie is The Great Mouse Detective which was released on July 2, 1986 and is the 26th Walt Disney Animated Classic.

It is based on the children's story Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, it draws heavily on the tradition of Sherlock Holmes with a heroic mouse who consciously emulates the detective and is set in London, England in 1897. This film did fairly well at the box office and got warm reviews from critics (including a "two thumbs up" rating from critics Siskel and Ebert), a welcome change after the previous Disney flop The Black Cauldron.

We do not currently own this movie on DVD but do have a VHS copy packed away somewhere.