Review of Father's Week-end

"Father's Week-end" is an American 7-minute cartoon from 1953, so this one has its 65th anniversary next year and this one including names Kinney², Colvig and Foray in its production makes obvious already that you can expect quality here. And if you do so, not even then, you will not be disappointed. Once again, Goofy plays the average (American) citizen, who not only struggles with his son, but also with his woman, his dog, neighbors and a brute at the amusement park, the tunnel of love to be more precise. I personally thought the frame of the film, i.e. the change between week and weekend and back, was among the best aspects. The way the mother shouts at the boy to leave daddy alone so he can sleep long enough and then bothers him with the hooves is pretty funny, just like the final reference about our man/dog badly needing Monday to relax from Sunday. The father-son trip was not that amazing or funny to be honest. It wasn't bad either, but pretty mediocre and inferior compared to the rest of the film. Shame it takes up so much time. I think I liked this one more when I watched it the first time several years ago, but I still give it the benfit of doubt and elevate it into the exclusive circle of short films from 1953 that were really great and this one is probably among the best the year had to offer, even without awards attention. See this one, one of my favorite Goofy cartoons. The narrator is very good too and adds humor from another perspective. That's all now, you don't wanna miss out here and you should make use of the fact that this one is also really easy to find.