You won't be disappointed!

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Just perfect...

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

. . . for Clues about what MAY have motivated Steve Paddock to embark upon the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. History, need one look any further than THRU THE MIRROR? Psychiatry long has taught us about the "Irresistible Impulses" sometimes laid down in the brains of susceptible individuals (not unlike "ticking time bombs") by the subliminal programming messages fiendishly embedded within some mass market products. Exactly 7:15 into THRU THE MIRROR, Mickey Mouse begins mowing down scores of "playing cards" (all of whom have tiny human faces, arms, and legs) first Machine-gunning them with a fountain pen, then blowing them away with a fan. By 7:49, the only thing that you hear are frantic cries of "Help! Help! Police!!" Mickey's violent, unprovoked attack on the Little People "playing cards" (what better symbol for a crowd of tourists in Las Vegas?) did NOT come from the mind of THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS author Lewis Carroll. Rather, it stems from Walt Disney's demented id! Since I don't have access to very many Disney cartoons, please help me in screening the whole deplorable mess in order to inform the FBI of the specifics about the NEXT attack upon America. (After all, it's your Civic Duty!)

"Thru the Mirror" is an American cartoon from 1936, so to put this one into perspective it was made 80 years ago when the Nazis hosted the Olympia Games in Berlin. And Mickey Mouse had turned into one of the biggest rising stars from the world of cartoon at this point already. This one here runs for almost 9 minutes, so it's a bit longer than they usually are and thanks to the repeated "Alice in Wonderland" references, it is also among the more known cartoons from back in the day, especially if we exclude Warner Bros. I personally did not find it too great though. I may be a bit biased as I have never been a Lewis Carroll fan, but I have seen many better Mickey Mouse cartoons from back in the day. This one here is just wild, all over the place and the music seems to try to make up for the lack of content. It shows that style over substance existed back then already too. I did not find it too funny or creative and would only recommend it to the biggest Disney or Alice fans. Thumbs down from me.

Fun Disney take on Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass." Here Mickey Mouse falls asleep reading that book, then his spirit leaves his body and goes through a mirror. On the other side of the mirror is a wacky version of Mickey's house where the inanimate objects have come to life. A lot of really cool trippy stuff follows that I don't want to spoil for you. Needless to say it's awesome to watch, especially for the time in which it was made. The animation is top-notch (it was Disney, after all). The characters and backgrounds are all well-drawn and the action is excitingly realized. Love the music, too. Fine voice work from Walt Disney. This is as wacky and creative as it gets for 1936 and I can't imagine anyone not having a good time with it. Just a fun cartoon from start to finish.

"Thru the Mirror" is a fun literary take on the Lewis Caroll classic "Through the Looking Class". While not especially faithful, it is tremendously entertaining for a number of reasons. Whether it is the lovely Technicolour animation, with the colourful backgrounds and interesting character features. Whether it is the wonderful music, it is rousing on the most part, with a little snippet of Schubert's "Marche Millitaire". Whether it is the great scene with the cards chasing Mickey. Whether it is Mickey in the role of Alice, and doing it with gusto I must say. I will say though I do think Mickey has done better cartoons namely "Sorceror's Apprentice", "The Band Concert" and "Symphony Hour". But this is great fun as a cartoon, and works on multiple viewings. 10/10 Bethany Cox