Mouse Wreckers

1949
7.5| 0h7m| en
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Mice Hubie and Bertie drive Claude the cat insane through an escalating series of head games.

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Diagonaldi Very well executed
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Edgar Allan Pooh . . . is that cats are a waste of space. This oft-repeated message is borne out once again in the animated short, MOUSE WRECKERS. Claude Cat is presented at the onset here as a highly decorated "mouser," with a whole trophy case documenting his exploits against presumably mechanical mice of the sort featured in feline rodeos. But as soon as Claude's exposed to a couple Real Life Rodents, he's driven batty in about five minutes. Most of us can picture the Pope sitting around in His ornate bathrobe, stroking a fluffy white pussycat. (Or am I confusing the Pontiff with SPECTRE's Number One?) At any rate, the Papal Representatives who have censored virtually every American flick released since July, 1934 (see *THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, a 2006 documentary) forced Warner to delete its original MOUSE WRECKERS climax, in which Claude gets toasted in the fireplace after the cheese. The Church was no problem with roasting Saints such as Joan D'Arc, but apparently Fraidy Cats must NOT be fried. I suppose the big fear is that Cat Nips might taste too much like chicken.
slymusic Directed by Chuck Jones, "Mouse Wreckers" just might be the best Claude Cat/Hubie/Bertie cartoon made at Warner Bros. The two wiseass mice pull all sorts of pranks on the slumbering Claude just to eject him from the house they plan to invade. Meanwhile, Claude has absolutely no idea he's being duped! He merely attributes his painful adventures to catnip and nightmares, but his large, expressive eyes give away his paranoia.Highlights: The best and funniest scene in this picture is that of Hubie & Bertie tying a rope onto Claude's tail, causing the audience to greatly anticipate Claude going for a swift, wild drag all through the house, inside and outside (a "delicious moment" in the words of Chuck Jones); I also love Claude's laugh afterwards when he reads about nightmares. When Claude is framed into appearing as if he teased a bulldog's lower lip, the burly canine beats the hell out of him, usually four hits at a time. An exploding stick of dynamite covers Claude with pillow feathers.Hubie and Bertie truly ARE "Mouse Wreckers" in this funny cartoon short. Have fun watching it!
MartinHafer This is one of the all-time best Warner Brothers cartoons--even better than the best of Bugs or Daffy! It's THAT good! Hubie and Bertie the mice are looking for a nice place to live. They come upon a wonderful house they would love to live in, but there's a serious problem--the house ALSO has a cat. So, the incredibly cruel mice decide to drive the cat crazy so he will leave and they can have the house to themselves.What results are some of the funniest evil tricks in cartoon history! At one point they put ear phones on the cat and then proceed to nail everything on the floor to the ceiling and vice-versa! The cat then awakens and tries, unsuccessfully, to walk on what he thinks is the floor! They also tie a rope to the cat's tail and run it all over the house--after which, they drop the weighted end down the chimney and watch the cat being drug all through the house! This cartoon has it all--great animation, great writing, great characters and a bit of an evil streak that makes you laugh out loud. While not quite as good, I also strongly recommend you see Cheese Chasers--with the same cast and high level of fun.
crackerzand_cheez This is a tour-de-force in animation, as well as story line and character study. Hubie and Bertie make Claude cats' life miserable throughout this toon, eventually driving him crazy with the ceiling-floor switch. If you like to see the little guys prevail, this is a treat you wont soon forget. Never a dull moment in the entire film, and filled with belly-laughs from beginning to end. A million stars!