BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Celia 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.

tavm Since I'm seeing Kong: Skull Island tomorrow, I thought I'd watch this Mickey Mouse cartoon that spoofed the original King Kong. He's hired to watch the animals in a pet shop after the owner leaves for lunch. One of the caged animals is Beppo the Movie Monk. Minnie arrives to see Mickey and they have a little fun before Beppo escapes as he takes Minnie hostage on top of boxes resembling the Empire State Building. Plenty of pretty amusing gags abound. Mick's co-creator Walt Disney was doing his voice at the time though he only has a few lines here. I didn't think of the whole thing as hilarious but I admired the way the gags were presented. So on that note, The Pet Store was a pretty funny cartoon.

Robert Reynolds This is an early Mickey Mouse cartoon produced by Disney studio. There will be spoilers ahead:This is another short using a gorilla named Beppo as a foil for Mickey. This one is a good deal more playful in its confrontations than the others. Mickey sees a sign advertising for "A Boy" to fill a job at a pet store, one Tony's Pet Store. Tony is a rather stereotypical Italian and I suppose it might offend someone somewhere.Tony hires Mickey and then goes to lunch, leaving Mickey by himself, which is unwise. Somehow Minnie finds Mickey in the store. There are some very nice animated sequences in this part of the short which are similar to several earlier shorts, culminating in seeing Beppo, The Movie Monk.Beppo is a cheerful sort, with a movie magazine. There's a beautiful caricature of a notable film comic "aped" so to speak, by Beppo. Beppo then sees a shot of King Kong and decides to imitate Kong. There follows the best sequence of the film, which is also reminiscent of quite a few action sequences in earlier shorts. Tony's store is demolished swiftly. Mickey and Minnie, rather than face the music, re-hang the sign for "Boy Wanted" and beat a hasty retreat at the end.This short is available on the Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume Two DVD set and both the short and the set are worth having. Recommended.

TheLittleSongbird Of the three Disney shorts featuring Beppo the Gorilla, The Gorilla Mystery was my favourite, closely followed by this, The Pet Store. Mickey's Mechanical Man was very good as well. While not quite as good as The Gorilla Mystery, The Pet Store is still one of the finer examples of the gag-filled and slapstick Disney shorts. It is very well-animated, I have always loved Mickey's facial expressions and they don't disappoint, all the character designs are well done and the backgrounds are crisp and not sparse. The music is full of energy and is also beautifully orchestrated, while the story while slightly routine always maintains interest. The Pet Store shows Mickey as the bravest he's been since possibly The Klondike Kid, while Minnie is an appealing and not too dull and I did like that Beppo is gentler than his more antagonistic personality in The Gorilla Mystery. But it was the gags that made The Pet Store so worth watching. Beppo's King Kong imitation was inspired, but the best gags were when Mickey and Minnie run into each other running out of the store, fall down and then off into the sunset and especially when Mickey tries to dodge the boxes, gets clobbered every time, ducking, attempts to throw the cage and gets nailed on the head by the cash register drawer. I could see in these two gags where The Three Stooges got their inspiration from. All in all, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox

MartinHafer Mickey sees a help wanted sign and it being the Depression, he jumps at the chance to work at this pet shop. Soon, the owner leaves to go to lunch and Mickey is in charge. When Minnie then drops by for a visit, Beppo the gorilla escapes from his cage and kidnaps her. It's a scene deliberately meant to imitate the new sensational movie, "King Kong" (1933) and again and again, it looks like a miniature version of this RKO classic. The animals in the shop all help Mickey (including the monkeys, who you'd THINK would be on the gorilla's side) and Minnie is rescued and Beppo is recaptured just before the boss returns. And, Depression or no Depression, Mickey has had enough!! This is a pretty cute little Mickey Mouse cartoon. As usual, the animation quality is great and the film is a nice little parody of Kong. Worth seeing.