Highly Overrated But Still Good

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

. . . Warner Bros. affirms in its animated short, CANNED FEUD. I've seen mice during waking hours in the midst of family gatherings in my city-based grandpa's living room, my farm aunt's dining room, and my mom's suburban kitchen. Mice were INSIDE another grandma's refrigerator, but at least they had the excuse that SHE was a sloppy housekeeper (unlike the first three families). Warner's Sylvester always seems to be based in a household plagued with mice, and CANNED FEUD is no exception. CANNED FEUD features a CURRENT or ACTIVE mouse infestation, since Sylvester interacts with at least one living mouse. Obviously, the first three rodent invasions I recalled just above were in the same category as Sylvester's in CANNED FEUD. What's particularly aggravating is a situation where you find mouse droppings and half-eaten "food" (which can be almost ANYTHING for a mouse)--as in my sloppy grandma's fridge--WITHOUT seeing a mouse moving around. Unless you're an expert on rodent scat (and how many of us are?), you don't know if these droppings were left by a mouse still extent, or one who passed away Seven Generations earlier. Perhaps Sylvester has the best policy: Always have loads of dynamite at your fingertips!

Sylvester's owners have gone on vacation and left him alone in a locked house. That's pretty messed up! Sylvester does find a stash of canned tuna in a cupboard but the problem is he can't find a can opener. Turns out a little mouse that's a real jerk has the can opener and taunts Sylvester throughout the cartoon, refusing to let him have it and making him do desperate things to try and open the cans. As others have mentioned, this is one short where you really feel sorry for Sylvester. He's the victim here, both of his owners' neglect and this bastard mouse that torments him for nothing. It's a pretty good cartoon with great animation and music. Some of the gags are very funny although, as I said, you really feel bad for poor Sylvester.

Canned Feud (1951) *** 1/2 (out of 4)Hilarious cartoon has Sylvester being left alone for two weeks and thankfully he has a cupboard full of food to eat. Sadly the mouse has the can opener so Sylvester must do battle in order to get it. I'm really not a big fan of Sylvester but this is a great short with one wonderful joke after another. The movie gets off to a very fast and furious pace and never slows down until the final credits come on. There are many great moments but my favorite would have to be seeing the fur-less Sylvester. That site is certainly worth anyone's seven minutes. The final gag at the end also works quite well. The mouse here is certainly the bad guy even though poor Sylvester takes all the beatings.

Watching Friz Freling's Canned Feud, I found myself feeling very sorry for Sylvester for not getting the can opener, to open tuna, from a mean little mouse since no reason is established for his animosity. Still, its pretty funny seeing the cat trying to do nasty things back to the rodent and failing each time. And the twist at the end shows how exhausted Sylvester can get with each obstacle. So, with that in mind, I'll just say that despite the cat being more sympathetic this time around, that doesn't lessen the laughs I got from all his troubles with the mouse, the can opener, and the way things turned out in the end. Frustration can be so hilarious when one calamity builds upon another. So, on that note, I highly recommend Canned Feud.