Fantastic!

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Boring

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.

"Jack Frost" is an American 8.5-minute cartoon from 1934, so this one is already over 80 years old, actually closing in on 85. The director here is Ub Iwerks and that's not from his very early days of filmmaking, but also for example a long time before his work was acknowledged greatly (even if without a competitive win) at the Oscars. Here in his 30s still he gives us a little tale of a young bear who may be slightly too much of an adventurous rascal for his age. But luckily somebody is out there to protect and help him from the likes of a Jack Frost who is at least as creepy as the ones with the same name in the horror films, even if he is just a supporting character. I am truly surprised this film was named after him as he really doesn't have too much screen time. But he is probably more memorable than the bear, I'll give them that. Anyway, this little movie is getting more attention these days again with Christmas coming up or I should maybe better make a reference to winter as the Christmas component is not existent in here. Overall, I was neither impressed by the story, the animation or the characters (except J.F.) and that includes the little bear especially. The film also came really short on the cuteness scale. I mean come on, the have a young furry animal and that's all the impact they make there? Not good enough. Watch something else instead.

A young grizzly bear, undaunted by his mother's warnings of the coming winter, runs away from home only to be confronted by Old Man Winter himself.This is an enjoyable animated short. I have a problem with the fact that it is "SOLD" in a DVD collection of "Christmas Animated Shorts". this is not a Christmas short. It takes place in Winter. There is no "Santa" or even a "Christmas Tree". However it is an enjoyable thing to watch. This Animated Feature has some very impressive animation (For it's time). It is available;e for free on many streaming sights.

This cartoon is from Ub Iwerks--the guy who did most of the animating in the early Disney Company cartoons, such as "Steamboat Willie". After a few years with Disney, Ub decided to go out on his own--and less than a decade later, he was back with Disney. Although he was very talented, and you can see some of it in "Jack Frost", you can also see why he failed. On the plus side, the cartoon's animation is very nice. Not as nice as the Silly Symphonies and Mickey cartoons coming from Disney, but still very nice. The cartoon also had color. While it wasn't the Technicolor that Disney was using (they had exclusive rights to it for several years), the Cinecolor looks very nice and has a wider color spectrum than many Cinecolor films--with some actual blues. BUT, despite looking good, the cartoon itself is insipid mush! It consists of lots of happy singing animals in the forest, Jack Frost and Old Man Winter singing and cavorting--and not a single trace of humor!! All in all, this is like torture to have to watch today, as the cartoons were amazingly dull (aside from Disney's) during this era. Cute characters and singing...YECCH!!!

Ub Iwerks was a technical genius, but often plots and story were afterthoughts. Exceptionally visual cartoons not needing much plotting work splendidly, while those needing strong characterization, story or plot fare less well as a rule.This one is an exception to that. Visually excellent and technically superb, this is also engaging and has fascinating characters and a good plot. Iwerks was creative in his own area of expertise and one of the reasons that Iwerks and Walt Disney worked so well together was that their strengths were complementary to one another. This is Iwerks Studios near their best. Absolutely beautiful short, it's good to see this in print. Well worth getting. Recommended.