Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Mexican Boarders is perhaps a little too short, a little leisurely in the pacing and a little too slight in the story department. However, it is one of the better Speedy cartoons, as it is pretty funny. And I have to say the animation is an improvement over other Speedy cartoons, it is much more thought-out in the backgrounds and colours, and the music is good too, there have been times I have found it too repetitive and annoying, but it was good and authentic here. The dialogue is funny and the sight gags are clever. Speedy is less abrasive here than he has been, which is a good thing, while Slowpoke Rodriguez is an amusing supporting character, but it is Sylvester who steals the show. As always, Mel Blanc's voice work is outstanding. Overall, entertaining and worthwhile, not really a classic but it is an improvement over other Speedy cartoons. 7/10 Bethany Cox

"Mexican Boarders" is an excellent Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. In addition to the star characters Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester, this film allows the development of a secondary character, Speedy's cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez. When Slowpoke pays Speedy a visit, Sylvester figures he can finally have an easier time catching a mouse to eat. He's wrong.Highlights: Slowpoke is hilarious as he lazily sings "La Cucaracha" throughout this short, accompanied by a lazy guitar. When Speedy pours some Tabasco sauce down Sylvester's gullet, Sylvester's body sure as hell reacts! Sylvester also chases Speedy through a screen door and reduces himself into miniature cubes.Slowpoke Rodriguez was first introduced in an earlier Speedy cartoon called "Mexicali Shmoes" (1959), but he doesn't do very much in that film, yet he's still funny! As I mentioned earlier, in "Mexican Boarders" his character was developing, even though director Friz Freleng eventually decided to eliminate Slowpoke altogether because it took so long to animate him. In any case, I highly admire one of Slowpoke's surprising remarks at the end of this film: "Maybe Slowpoke is pretty slow downstairs in the feet, but he's pretty fast upstairs in the 'cabeza'."

Usually, I don't think about whether or not extreme velocity runs in Speedy Gonzales's family. If so, it must not affect everyone, as his cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez is the most unhurried mouse in Mexico. But that gives "Mexican Boarders" an interesting aspect. In this cartoon, Speedy lives in the same house as Sylvester. As the most accelerated rodent in the United Mexican States, Speedy naturally never has to worry about Sylvester catching him (especially since Sylvester apparently suffers from listlessness).Anyway, one day there arrives Slowpoke, who has even less energy than Sylvester. But Slowpoke is desperately hungry, and only Speedy can get the food. I shouldn't have to tell you what Speedy does to Sylvester, but I will say that one trick involves Tabasco sauce! The lackadaisical Slowpoke is certainly an eye-opening counterbalance to the expeditious Speedy, and he eventually plays a bigger role than we assumed. He even sings "La cucaracha" and includes the line "marijuana que fumar"! So I like this cartoon.And yes, Sylvester is kind of stupid. Unfortunately, dictators get stupid people to carry out their evil deeds (of course, I'm not comparing Speedy and relatives to despots).

After making a series of blister-fast duels between Speedy Gonzales ("the fastest mouse in Mexico") and 'El Gato' (Sylvester), director Friz Freleng provided a larger role for Slowpoke Rodriguez (Speedy's slothful but hungry cousin), who he introduced at the end of "Mexicali Schmoes" (1959). Sylvester, who's had enough of getting himself sliced and diced (literally!) while chasing Speedy, is more than happy to make a meal of Speedy's antithesis. Slowpoke, for his part, wants to raid the pantry without protection. This makes for quite a few suspenseful moments, more than you'll find in most other Speedy cartoons.Too bad Sylvester wasn't in Mexicali -- he would have seen that Slowpoke isn't as helpless as he looks. Slowpoke saves himself by performing as fast an act of hypnotism as has ever been shown in cartoons. Sylvester may have nine lives, but only one mind. This atypical Speedy cartoon is further boosted by Milt Franklyn's fine music and Tom O'Loughlin's attractive backgrounds.-Tony