A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Despite Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and his cartoons being popular and well received at the time, they have been vastly overshadowed over time by succeeding animation characters. It is a shame as, while not cartoon masterpieces, they are fascinating for anybody wanting to see what very old animation looked like.After a mostly disappointing standard of the 1931 Oswald cartoons, apart from about seven or eight, 'Grandma's Pet' is a very nice start to the 1932 batch. In terms of basic story and structure, it's not exactly original sure and the beginning is a little too staid, coming to life properly once the dream starts and particularly once the wolf arrives on the scene.However, the animation is good and has some imaginative moments. It is smooth and detailed with Oswald's movements, gestures and expressions still very much natural. Drawings are fine and there is little if any choppiness or incompleteness.Even better is the music, so catchy and has such an infectious energy. All the gags are very amusing and often more so than that and the 'Little Red Riding Hood' story, which has been done a lot in animation, is given a fun if not exactly fresh telling.Oswald is very endearing and the wolf is a character that's both funny and menacing.In summary, very nice 1932 Oswald cartoon though there are better animated takes of 'Little Red Riding Hood' around. 8/10 Bethany Cox