This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Please don't spend money on this.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Mickey and the Seal (1948)*** 1/2 (out of 4)One of the better Mickey Mouse shorts has him at a zoo where he feeds a seal who decides to sneak home with him. Back at the house Pluto notices the seal and starts to go crazy, which gets him kicked out of the house. Soon afterwards Mickey decides to take a bath, which leads to his own encounter with the slippery seal. MICKEY AND THE SEAL is certainly one of the highlights of the entire series thanks in large part to Mickey never being more charming and a seal that is downright lovable. What's so great about this film is that the two are just a terrific comic duo and this is never more true than in the sequence where Mickey is trying to take a bath and doesn't realize the seal is in there with him.

Mickey Mouse goes to the zoo and feeds the sea lions. Unfortunately, one of them takes to Mickey and sneaks home in Mickey's picnic basket. When Mickey returns home, he is unaware and only Pluto realizes that the sea lion has now become a member of the household. Despite trying to tell Mickey repeatedly, Mickey is blissfully unaware. Once the presence of the sea lion is discovered, Mickey takes it all in stride and returns the cute guy to the zoo. However, the little sea lion tells his pals about Mickey's great home and they all decide to come for a visit.This short is very high on the cute quotient. You can't help but love the sea lion and enjoy the film--even if the story is a bit simple. Fun and well made.

This is a very funny Mickey Mouse short. Mickey visits the Seal Park and by accident he is taking a little seal home. He discovers that when he is taking a bath, a very funny sequence. Pluto is not so pleased to see a seal with Mickey. A very nice short with a very funny ending.

This is one of the better of the 1940s era Mickey Mouse shorts and the typical Disney attention to detail is still there, although you can sense that some of the enthusiasm for short form cartoons is beginning to wane just the teensiest bit. The basic premise of the cartoon-feed something and it's yours whether you want it or not-is getting a bit stale, but here it's quite entertaining. This shows from time to time on The Ink and Paint Club. Well worth watching.