Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is available in Australia on Disney Plus, and in the US on Disney Plus right now. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 1,393 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Andy Samberg sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight on Disney Plus and see for yourself.

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former cast mate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life. Between them, Andy Samberg and John Mulaney carry the comedy without ever forcing it. It hit screens in 2022. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Andy Samberg's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.