Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse" is unusual in that it was nominated for an Oscar. However, when you see it you'll certainly understand. The animation (like all Tom & Jerry cartoons) is top-rate and the story is great fun. As a kid, I loved this cartoon and when I saw it again tonight I found I still do! Much of this cartoon is the typical sort of Tom & Jerry fare--Tom is trying to kill Jerry but with no success. However, this time Tom decides to use his brain (uh, oh!) and makes a concoction designed to kill the mouse--or at least knock him out cold! Instead, the formula is like the Jekyll and Hyde potion in that Jerry changes--into a HUGE and well-muscled mouse who beats the snot out of Tom. In the end, Tom decides to try the potion himself...with hilarious results.

This 'Tom and Jerry' short opens with the milkman delivering a couple of bottle of milk to a house; Tom's arm them emerges from the basement window and grabs a bottle. He pours it into a bowl and starts to drink... then sees Jerry opposite him also lapping up milk. He chases Jerry back into his mouse hole a pushes a chest of drawers in front of it but Jerry just comes out of one of the drawers and returns to the milk. Tom tries many things to keep it from Jerry but whatever he does Jerry gets to his milk. Eventually he heads back to the basement and starts adding a variety of poisons to the milk creating a substance so noxious that it dissolves the spoon he stirs it with. When Jerry drinks it he appears to keel over and die but moments later he springs back to life; he is far more muscular though. Tom tries to swat him with a large book but Jerry just rips it apart and sets about beating up Tom. Eventually he returns to normal and tries mixing the potion himself; Tom swipes it before he can drink it though... the effect it has on Tom is very different though.This short is a fun take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 'Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'; it has a much darker feel than most 'Tom and Jerry' shorts with the characters casting ominous shadows and sinister music, Tom also looks more maniacal than usual as he plots to defeat Jerry. The violence is up to the usual level and much of it is as creative as it is amusing; the highlight being when Tom hides in a safe and the muscular Jerry punches a hole through it and drags Tom through the tiny hole! The ending where Tom drinks Jerry's concoction was rather good; I had to feel a bit sorry for Tom though! The only slight disappointment was that the fly that drank Tom's potion didn't come back in a muscular state later on... I was sure that was how the short would end!

I am actually very fond of this cartoon for what it is: an intentional tribute to the Mickey Mouse cartoon "The Worm Turns" of 1937. That this has been left out of every other post on this message board is utterly amazing! It also makes it slightly surprising that the cartoon itself was nominated for an Academy Award, although many other tributes and parodies have had the honors over the years.The scene with the fly is a direct parody of the Mickey toon, in which a fly is the first to benefit from the newly concocted "Courage Builder" strength elixir. The sound effects, as well as much of the visual popping and sparkling in the mixture, are directly lifted from this cartoon.The complex, and undeniably great result is a cartoon with a unique twist in the ending, which provides a much greater entertainment value for someone familiar with the earlier toon, who can appreciate the contrast and the blatant inter-textual references.

Annoyed that Jerry keeps on 'half-inching' his milk, Tom the cat mixes up a noxious and potentially deadly concoction, puts it in his bowl and waits for the rodent to strike. However, rather than causing Jerry to pop his clogs, the foul mixture of milk and household chemicals turns the meek mouse into a muscle-bound hulk...This one might not be the greatest of Tom and Jerry's escapades (despite being Oscar nominated), but it packs enough laughs to make it worth a go. The animation is above average, with the scenes in which Tom mixes his potion being particularly well rendered (the coloured lighting and shadows cast by the cat are very effective).Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Mouse is silly fun and gets a respectable rating of 7/10 from me.