A Brilliant Conflict

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

"Tortilla Flaps" is a Speedy Gonzales cartoon from the late 1950s and another example of how the Golden Age of Animation was almost over 65 years ago already. It is not a complete failure as there were maybe two somewhat funny scenes, but even for a 6.5-minute film, it just wasn't enough. One main reason for that may be that the main antagonist was really only stupid and embarrassing instead of interesting for any reason. And he was pretty strange looking. I guess they weren't sure how new villains should look like, so they just changed the color. I am generally not a big Speedy Gonzales fan, so I personally think this cartoon here is an example of how mediocre he was in most of his films and lets be honest, his shtick was getting old really quickly, so I don't think there should be as many cartoons as there were about him. Only positive aspect: Mel Blonc is fine as usual. Overall, a thumbs down from me though. Not recommended.

The story here is fairly routine, but this Speedy cartoon is very watchable. The animation is a considerable improvement over most Speedy cartoons, and the music is a nice touch. Also helping are some sharp dialogue and funny sight gags as Speedy outwits a slow witted crow. Speedy is tolerable and funny, while the crow is a great foil, personally I think he is better a foil for Speedy than Daffy and Sylvester put together. As always, the vocal characterisations from Mel Blanc are absolutely stellar, I love Blanc and always have, he is so entertaining and pretty much immortalises the Looney Tunes cartoons on his own. Overall, if you ignore the routine story line, this is lots of fun for a Speedy cartoon. 8/10 Bethany Cox

When the mice set up a mini-carnival for Cinco de Mayo, a loopy vulture (or crow; I'm sure not totally sure which he was) attacks, thereby prompting Speedy Gonzales to spring into action. And he does...with a vengeance! The great part is knowing what's going to happen, and watching it play out.I noticed that the vulture/crow had a face very similar to Daffy Duck. Maybe this was a preview of the Speedy/Daffy cartoons in the mid to late '60s. Or maybe it's just a coincidence. Overall, "Tortilla Flaps" is a really fun cartoon. They must have had a lot of fun filming it.I guess that lots of things can hurt people's pride.PS: I know that "exito" was just supposed to be "exit" with O on the end, but that word actually is Spanish for "success".

"Tortilla Flaps" is a very good Speedy Gonzales cartoon directed by Bob McKimson. All of the Mexican mice have set up their own little carnival in celebration of Cinco de Mayo, with Speedy as a ping-pong exhibitionist. When a slow-witted vulture drifts over the premises, he figures he can obtain some mouseburgers for supper, thus prompting Speedy to make darn sure that the vulture remains hungry! Highlights: The vulture chases one helpless little mouse, who is somehow funny as he cries, "Help! 'Assistancio'!" before Speedy replaces him with a firecracker. Speedy is quite funny himself as he sneaks up from behind the vulture and shouts, "Eee-ha!!!" causing the vulture to jump up and land in a washtub full of water. The vulture then tries to swat Speedy and chase him, all the while Speedy is rapidly humming a familiar Mexican song. While standing in the middle of some railroad tracks, the vulture prepares to chase Speedy but gets his carcass knocked in the air by a small flatcar. (This scene is actually a lot funnier when watched frame-by-frame.) And finally, the vulture tries to trick Speedy into playing with a ball/string/cup contraption secretly filled with nitroglycerin, but all Speedy does is toss the ball from one side to the other, never in the cup; the vulture becomes annoyed and shows Speedy how to correctly use the toy, only to get himself blasted!"Tortilla Flaps" is such a fun cartoon to watch. The audience already knows that Speedy Gonzales is going to win against this dimwitted vulture, so the excitement stems from observing just HOW Speedy will succeed.