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Dec 05, 2014Nursebob rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
When her famous toy-making father is kidnapped, an overly precious little mouse goes in search of the legendary “Basil of Baker Street”—the greatest mouse detective in all of London. Accompanied by Basil’s new friend and confidant, Dr. Dawson, the three mice discover the abduction is actually part of a much larger and more evil plot hatched by Basil’s archenemy Professor Ratigan; one that has links all the way to Buckingham Palace itself where the Mouse Queen resides in a hole in the wall. Can the three sleuths foil Ratigan’s plans in time to save the Empire? Some nice old-school animation and a couple of bright songs fail to raise this one above the level of Saturday morning cartoon. Still a treat for the little ones despite a few (implied) messy deaths and an evil crippled bat. For older folks it’s fun to hear Vincent Price hamming it up as the voice of Ratigan though, and an old recording of Basil Rathbone (as an animated Sherlock Holmes) elicits a twinge of nostalgia.