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How sad is this?

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The first must-see film of the year.

In this cartoon short from Walk Disney, Mickey gets a package from Australia: a kangaroo and its baby roo, both complete with boxing gloves (for some unknown reason, Disney characters randomly get animals mailed to them from all over). As a result, Mickey practices boxing with the adult while the baby annoys Pluto to no end. There is really nothing entertaining or funny about this cartoon, just Mickey acting all smiles and cheerful as he gets pummeled in the boxing match, and the annoying baby roo feeling free to eat Pluto's food and to drive him crazy. Basically, very boring. I know I might be analyzing too much on a cartoon short, but, there is really nothing remarkable about the short, except for the fact that Pluto "talks" in this cartoon with a voice-over, which I thought was rather unique. I did chuckle at a few points, but other than that, this cartoon is not a winner for me.Grade D--

"Mickey's Kangaroo" is at 9 minutes an unusually long short film from Mickey's (not very) early days. It is still black-and-white and features the duo as they run into a kangaroo. And of course, also back then 80 years ago, they still had small kangaroos in their belly bag. And boxing kangaroos was also a thing back then already. So Mickey keeps playfully going against the big one, but obviously has no shot at all at winning. Meanwhile, Pluto tries to keep the little one away from his food. No success here either. I must say I did not find this one here as good as some other Mickey cartoons from that era. It was mostly slapstick, but not really smart or funny and maybe it is even true that these films only work for 7 minutes. Not recommended.

This is a Mickey Mouse cartoon produced by the Disney studio. There will be spoilers ahead:There are some very nice animated sequences and some good gags, but really falls flat because of what looks like an experiment which misfires. Pluto is given a speaking voice of sorts, with a voice over which allows the viewer to know Pluto's thoughts. It really doesn't work that well. Pluto is one of the most visually expressive, most fully realized characters Disney created. The voice distracts from that, which is unfortunate, because the short has potential.Mickey gets a boxing kangaroo in the mail (or rather two of them, as a baby kangaroo is in the pouch, which sets up one of the best gags late in the short). The kangaroo sets about taking Pluto's place, which understandably annoys Pluto no end. There's some interaction between Pluto and mama kangaroo, then baby makes an appearance while Mickey and mama box.Mama basically beats Mickey like a drum for the most part, while Pluto has his hands full with baby. Pluto winds up crashing through a greenhouse and leads to a very cute, sweet moment and the ending of the short is very nice, although Mickey is lucky he's a cartoon or he wouldn't have survived.This short is available on the Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume Two and the set is worth getting.

Mickey's Kangaroo is not a bad cartoon, but compared to other Disney cartoons(though it is far from the worst) I didn't care as much as I wanted to for it. The animation is smooth and fluid, and the music is full of character and energy. I also liked how they showed the love Mickey and Pluto share for one another at the beginning, the boxing match between Mickey and the cute kangaroo and the gag when Mickey gets caught in the hay bailing machine. Pluto is great to watch mostly, buy Mickey aside from the boxing is sidelined and is not very interesting as a character here. Other than a couple of gags like the hay bailing machine gag I personally didn't find much funny or of note in Mickey's Kangaroo, and the story is rather routine and not as crisply paced as it has been. Pluto's inner thoughts talking was unnecessary with the menacing tone rather odd, we know from what was already on screen what Pluto was feeling so having the voice as well seemed overly-obvious overkill to me. All in all, moderately enjoyable but at the same time nothing outstanding. 6/10 Bethany Cox