TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Fraidy Cat" is a Tom & Jerry cartoon from 1942, so this one will have its 75th anniversary next year. It is one of the earlier works starring the world's most famous cat and mouse duo and you also see that from the way Tom looks for example. At 8 minutes, it is slightly longer than they usually are. One reason why I did not manage to appreciate this one that much is that the comedy was not really so funny this time. Another reason would be the entire plot. I think these are the best when Tom is the evil guy and Jerry tales revenge, but here all the evil comes from Jerry. Tom listens to a creepy horror story from the radio and Jerry keeps scaring him afterward. The best moments were probably when Jerry gets a fair share of his own like when he is scared in the very end or the scene when he realizes Tom found out about him was probably the best about this little film. Still poor Tom. Even when he is not scared in the end anymore, he gets beaten the crap out of him. I don't recommend this T&J film. thumbs down.

Otavio-clubpenguin It's from this cartoon onwards that Tom and Jerry would start to get that crazy pace that we are used to. This one have some funny moments and some unnecessary.The Story is that Tom is hearing some scary stories on the radio, and he gets really frightened of it, Jerry, takes this to his advantage, to get rid of Tom.There are some funny moments, such as the 9 lives being sucked out of him, or Tom attacking Mammy.But The unnecessary ones are REALLY unnecessary, take as a example a scene of Jerry messing on a vacuum cleaner, making Tom think that it'sa ghost, when Tom realizes the truth, Jerry is turning the switch on and off. Then he laughs. He Looks at Tom. He plays with the vacuum switch again. Then he points at somewhere. He start laughing again. Then he starts playing with the vacuum switch again. Then he start laughing one more time. Then he start switching on and off again. Then he start to slow down and realizes that he just saw Tom. Then he goes a little bit to the front to see if Tom was really there. Then he gulps. Then he looks at the Audience.I Think you get where I am going.Rather Slow, if you don't have nothing else to do, I recommend you to give it a try.

ville-5 Sure, this short has its moments and the animation is OK. The score is also fine with music arranged on what happens on the screen. It's not the worst Tom and Jerry cartoon.Because Tom and Jerry don't speak these cartoons have to rely on visual gags and there's the problem with this cartoon - the writing. The gags are mostly not very funny and they're stretched too long. For example the first two minutes are spent showing Tom listening to a ghost story and being spooked by it - sounds boring and that's what it is.About the previous reviewers... What were they on - and where can I get it? The plot outline in the main page is correct. There's a short gag about Tom's nine lives being 'sucked out' of him; there's also a short chase after Tom has figured out that Jerry is just trying to scare him. The only thing I agree with them is that the cartoon is "good and fun for the kids"! :)

errtu-shard This film is NOT about a cat and mouse fight as stated in the other comment. Its about a cat that has used up 8 of its 9 lives and now lives in fear of loosing its last one. The cat is jumpy and scared to death all of the time, hence the name 'fraidy cat'. Fraidy Cat's previous lives haunt him as ghosts which are from different era's in time and are constantly trying to kill him off, but he is most fearful of the ninth life which is represented as a cloud in the shape of a number 9 and spits out lighting bolts. very old now but would still be fun for the kids if you got hold of a copy. i watched this movie almost every day as a child :o)