Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
ChicRawIdol
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
Sabah Hensley
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Hitchcoc
Mickey once again sells his best intentions to get a date with the fickle Minnie. He has a rival in Pete and Minnie doesn't seem to have any hesitation spending time with him. There are some funny dance things, especially when Mickey puts a balloon in his pants after stepping all over Minnie's feet. This is a pretty minor offering with little new produced.
OllieSuave-007
This is one of Mickey's first cartoons, he and Pegleg Pete fight for Minnie's affections to go out dancing. In an unusual move, Mickey gets quite the share of bad luck in the story, unlike many of his other cartoons where he ends up being the hero or the goody two-shoes.Minnie gets mad at Mickey in this one a lot, so, it's quite interesting to watch. The dance numbers were pretty catchy as well. Not an extremely funny cartoon though, but, one with an interesting plot.Grade B-
Michael_Elliott
The Barn Dance (1929) *** (out of 4) Nice Disney short has Mickey Mouse showing up Minnie's house to pick her up but competition is there for her as well. Mickey and Minnie end up at the dance but of course the third wheel shows up to try and take her. THE BARN DANCE isn't a classic film and it's certainly far from being as great as STEAMBOAT WILLIE but fans of the characters will still want to check it out. What's really so great about these early Mickey shorts is the animation, which was really taking on a life of its own. Even though this was just the fourth Mickey short, there's no doubt that you already came to love the little guy. His drawing is much better here and there's no question that the charm was at a high level even if he does do some naughty things here.
Robert Reynolds
This is an early Disney short featuring Mickey Mouse. There will be spoilers ahead:The dynamic in this one reminded me of the Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto dynamic from the early Popeye Flieschers, where Olive was just as likely to pick Bluto as she was Popeye. Minnie is rather fickle in this one, often for tolerably obvious reasons. Mickey openly displays jealousy and it colors his behavior.The visual gags are quite good here and Mickey's personality is quite different from the one he's best known for to most people. He's a self-absorbed and inattentive clod at points here and it's hardly surprising that he loses out to Pete (who's no prize himself here, but better behaved than Mickey for a change).Pete has his own moments of crude and obnoxious behavior, but they aren't as obvious and pronounced as Mickey's. Minnie, for her part, isn't above petty choices, as she first chooses Pete because he has a car versus Mickey's horse-drawn cart, only to abandon Pete rather rudely when his car falls apart. Not exactly an example of charm and consideration herself in that regard. Mickey winds up on the short end of the stick here.This short is available on the Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume 2 Disney Treasures DVD release and is well worth tracking down. Recommended.
