Best movie ever!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

"Mickey's Good Deed" is a 7.5-minute cartoon from 1932, so this one has its 85th anniversary this year already and it is one of the uncountable directorial efforts by Burt Gillett with Pinto Colvig and Walt Disney in charge of the voice acting and this is actually from the year when Disney won his first Oscar. It is a black-and-white cartoon still, but that is really the only thing keeping it away from the greatness of the Golden Age of Animation. This film really succeeded in his own right and it is an amazing watch for the holidays especially. Its greatest success is the emotional impact really, be it the difference between the rich and poor people's home, Mickey's sacrifice, the way he sits next to the snow Pluto near the end or the touching reunion. There is so much heart in this one here. Sure you can find flaws if you look closely enough for them like how nobody recognizes Santa Mouse despite all the noise he's making, but don't be a Grinch! The music was pretty wonderful too. Without a doubt, this is among the very best 1932 has to offer and I am not just talking about cartoons, but about all films here. I highly recommend the watch.

This is an early Mickey Mouse short produced by the Disney studio. There will be spoilers ahead:This is a warm, charming and funny Christmas short with a plot, which was a comparatively rare occurrence in the early years for Disney shorts. Mickey and Pluto are "busking" (playing music for money in the street) with minimal results. Mickey and Pluto stop in front of a rich man's house, where the most obnoxious brat lives. This poster child for birth control screams that he "wants doggie" and an attempt to buy Pluto is made and rejected by Mickey.Mickey and Pluto watch as Mickey's instrument is destroyed by a passing sled and then sadly walk on until they come to a house where a poor family lives. Mickey chooses to sell Pluto to give the family a merry Christmas.Meanwhile, the brat is happily destroying everything and tormenting Pluto until his father, exasperated beyond endurance, tells the butler to get rid of Pluto and administers some child psychology to his Damien wannabe. Pluto sets out to find Mickey, with a turkey attached to his tail. He finds Mickey and there is much rejoicing. It's a sweet ending to the short.This short is available on the Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume Two and it and the set are well worth finding. Most highly recommended.

For many, this will be an unhappy short, as it has "cruel" slapstick and Mickey Mouse and Pluto are often sad. Other people will find it funny because they will like slapstick. Some people will love it because it is beautiful and emotional.In this Mickey is trying to earn money at Christmastime with some music, with Pluto as (probably) his only companion. Meanwhile, a spoilt and horrible toddler spots Pluto out the window and declares, "I WANT DOGGY!" Later (when poor Mickey's instrument is broken) he sees a poor family with no Christmas merriment and Mickey is determined to do something...This short is emotional, beautiful, sad, well-animated, well-plotted and exciting in places. Good for any Mickey Mouse fan and good for people who are not too upset by sad and emotional things. If you are particularly a despiser of upsetting slapstick (especially with the lovely Mickey Mouse), this is not the thing for you. Otherwise, you will (almost definitely) enjoy the lovely "Mickey's Good Deed" for this coming Christmas day!

A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.MICKEY'S GOOD DEED on Christmas consists of selling his old pal Pluto to a wealthy family and using the money to provide a family of impoverished kittens with a joyous Holiday.This charming little film is a real Yuletide treat. Pay attention to the details which make it special. Notice the photo on the wall which shows that Pegleg Pete is the father of the diminutive felines. That's Jimmy Durante being spoofed by the jack-in-the-box in the mantle stocking. Walt Disney supplies Mickey with his squeaky speaking voice.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.