Overrated

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is a very touching cartoon and it was made during the depths of the Depression. The ending scene saves the cartoon but still leaves you with a tear in your eye.

This is one of my favorite Disney Christmas cartoons, and this short is one of my favorite Mickey Mouse shorts from 1932. I am quite terribly particular about that a favorite cartoon short from which year.In this short, Mickey and Pluto are a hobo and his dog, trying to earn money on the street on Christmas Eve - Mickey playing carols on bass while Pluto "sings". While the pair were playing outside a mansion, a spoiled child spies Pluto and wants him. The father asks his butler to buy him. Of course, Mickey would not sell his best pal, but when he sees a family much poorer then himself and Pluto - a widow and many kids, he made up his mind to sell Pluto and use the money to buy a tree, presents and things for a Christmas dinner for the widow and kids. Oh and don't worry about Pluto, folks. Things will turn out just fine. Just watch this cartoon and see.Overall, all I can say is that I love this cartoon from beginning to end - with humor and warmth that makes it a Christmas favorite.

Just saw Mickey's Good Deed on YouTube. In this one, Mickey reluctantly agrees to sell his dog to a rich man's bratty son in order to buy presents for a poor cat family that ran over his bass violin. Having equal parts humor and pathos (loved the Jimmy Durante Jack-in-the-Box), this is a winning animated short from Walt Disney Productions from the early '30s. What a wonderful first Christmas cartoon from the House of Mouse. While the rich kid was indeed pretty cruel to Pluto, I felt sorry for him when his father spanked him. Nothing more to say except that this Mickey Mouse, far from being the corporate symbol he is presented as today, is very much a Depression-era character whose only companion is his faithful dog he loves unconditionally. Merry Chirstmas, Mickey and Pluto.

A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.MICKEY'S GOOD DEED on Christmas consists of selling his old pal Pluto to a wealthy family and using the money to provide a family of impoverished kittens with a joyous Holiday.This charming little film is a real Yuletide treat. Pay attention to the details which make it special. Notice the photo on the wall which shows that Pegleg Pete is the father of the diminutive felines. That's Jimmy Durante being spoofed by the jack-in-the-box in the mantle stocking. Walt Disney supplies Mickey with his squeaky speaking voice.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.