The Fox Chase

In this fox hunting story, the real star of the show is the fox. While Oswald is bumbling around, trying to get his horse to cooperate, the fox is making fools out of all he hunters and their dogs. There are numerous sight gags and almost a surreal quality to this one. The animators were quite clever in bending the limits of reality.

I have definitely seen better shorts, but The Fox Chase is not bad at all. It is very short at just 5 minutes, perhaps a little too much so and the animation is rather primitive, but manages to pack in some interesting and amusing(if not really hilarious) action like the dogs honing in on the fox, on having his stomach used as a trampoline, Oswald getting separated from his horse(who looks like Horace Horsecollar somewhat), the dogs chasing the fox around the tree and the final sequence with the log and what looks like a skunk. The music has energy, and the characters are engaging. All in all, not much new and primitive but still amusing and likable stuff all the same that does its job reasonably. 7/10 Bethany Cox