Three Blind Mouseketeers

True it is predictable, but this is so entertaining that I don't care. The music is terrific, the characters are at least likable- although Captain Katt is evil, there are times when you do feel sorry for him. The silly symphony is beautifully drawn, with excellent character animation and nice backgrounds. There are some truly hilarious bits, my favourite bit has always been the one when Captain Katt is looking for the mousketeers under the three bowls. Considering when it was made, this is an enormously entertaining and beautifully done silly symphony. It is not the best one out there, but it is well worth watching for entertainment value.

All for one, and one for all! 10/10 Bethany Cox

This is a predictable, boring, and annoying cartoon starring three blind mouseketeers, who attempt to banish a cat from its quarters.

There's really nothing in this cartoon short that we haven't seen before. But, there is virtually no humor, unfunny slapstick stuff, unexciting scenes, and unremarkable characters. These three mice were not memorable and sang this really, really annoying song throughout the cartoon short. Their shouts of "one and one for all" were very cheesy.

Overall, this is clearly one of the worst Silly Symphonies.

Grade F

The concept of this short film is a mix between the literary work The Three Musketeers and the children's song Three Blind Mice. The result is a good, quite entertaining short film, with good animation and good character designs. One thing that can be credited is that it seems that this short film had served as inspiration for the animated version of The Three Musketeers, which starred Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It is because of the similarity that the title of the short film has with the movie and the cat that tries to catch the mice resembles Pete. That makes this short film also something interesting to watch because it is in some way comparable to the animated feature film of Mickey and his companions. The truth is another interesting piece of animation that is worth watching out of curiosity. My final rating for this short film is an 8/10.

Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)

*** (out of 4)

The title characters - three blind mice - are hated by a large cat who plans to capture them no matter what it takes. The cat comes up with some very clever traps but will the mice be able to avoid them while at the same time taking the cheese? The traps used in this Disney short were decades ahead of the SAW series that's for certain. With that said, this here is certainly an entertaining short but I think it falls well short of being a classic. Still, there is some great stuff here including the music score, which really pumps you up as you watch the film. Another major plus are the four characters as the three mice are certainly likable and the cat is such a good villain that you love to hate him. I think the first portion of the short works best as we see the mice trying to steal the cheese.

THE THREE MOUSKETEERS gives a cartoon spin to the Alexander Dumas tale of "all for one" as they have to use their combative skills with sword and derring-do to defeat a fat cat bent on their destruction. "My traps are set in every room, those cats are munchin' to their doom." Predictably, the mousketeers outmaneuver the traps either by remarkable luck or skill (or both) and the sleeping cat (who dreams about victory) is soon awakened by the rather boisterous musketeers as they congratulate each other on escaping his booby traps.

The rest of the cartoon is strictly a series of cat-and-mouse chases with the mice winning at every turn. The scene where one of them is hiding under a teacup is reminiscent of the later gag used for Lucifer in Disney's full-length "Cinderella".

Nothing really extraordinary here, although it's clear to see that the animation techniques were undergoing vast improvement by 1936.