WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

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

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Foreverisacastironmess This is one of those sweet and very special older Disney animated shorts that's very memorable and gives a lovely warm feeling of nostalgia while you're watching it, at least that is what I get from it. It has such a nice fun-in-the-sun vibe to it, and the gorgeous animation is so lovingly well detailed and everything moves so fluidly, it's a beautifully bright short. The sight gags are all quite funny and charming, such as Pluto chasing the cartwheeling starfish that looks like a tiny elephant for a moment as it runs away, and when he and the crab are mirroring each other's scuttle, and it makes me laugh when the tough crab tips up the top half of its shell like a bowler hat! Also there is when Mickey is playing the ukulele with his gloved hands looking like dancing figures very similar to the dancing gloves from "Thru the Mirror." Goofy gets most of the action while trying to hang ten with the rather uncooperative ocean waves which tease him and avoid his ironing-board like surfboard and eventually hurl the hillbilly dog and his board all the way back onto land which creates a rather macabre sight gag of him being buried in the sand with the board looking just like his tombstone! The jokes are so excellently in time to the music but it doesn't feel like that's all the short is about, like with some of the earliest Silly Symphonies. I love Mickey's adorable black dot eyes and the funny old timey bathing suit that Goofy wears. It's a sweet animation that's all about the humour and fun, just a good old fashioned solid cartoon short of pure joy, they surely don't make them like this anymore. "Until we meet again!"

Michael_Elliott Hawaiian Holiday (1937) *** (out of 4) This all-star Disney short isn't a masterpiece but there are certainly enough funny moments to make it worth viewing. Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy and Donald find themselves in Hawaii on a vacation and while Mickey and Minnie dance away, the rest don't find the stay too pleasant. First of all, Goofy tries to go surfing but the water wants nothing to do with him. Second you've got poor Pluto running to a crab. Thirdly, Donald gets a bit too close to the fire. While the "story" isn't all that strong, there's no question that there are some hilarious moments to be had here with the highlight clearly being the sequence between Pluto and the crab. The beating poor Pluto takes is downright hysterical at times and especially as we see him just not being able to figure out what's going on. The animation is quite good throughout so fans of the characters will certainly enjoy this one.

Shawn Watson While on vacation in Hawaii Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto get up to the usual mischief. This short mainly focuses on surfing Goofy (in a ridiculous beach outfit) and his many failed attempts to catch a decent wave break and Pluto who just runs about on the beach getting shells stuck on his head. Donald doesn't do much other than burn his tail feathers in the fire and Mickey just serenades Minnie with his ukulele.Not that funny (actually a bit boring) but vividly animated, as usual, which keeps your attention from drifting completely. Not the best Disney cartoon by far.

Ron Oliver A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.Mickey & Minnie are enjoying their HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY, but the rest of the Gang are encountering troubles in Paradise...Here is another very funny, excellently animated little film from Disney's Golden Age. The Mice have little to do with the plot but Donald's hula, Goofy's attempts at surfing and Pluto's encounters with a starfish & crab are very enjoyable. Clarence Nash supplied the Duck with his unique voice.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures & 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 comic 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 childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.