Filet Meow (1966)
4/10
Jerry fancies a fish!?!
29 May 2017
Jerry fancies a sexy goldfish (with blonde 'hair', blue eye-shadow and pink lipstick) and tries to protect her from a hungry Tom.

After the lamentable Gene Deitch cartoons, I began the Chuck Jones era of Tom and Jerry with just a little optimism. I've slowly come to realise that, although not quite as bad as Deitch, Jones is totally unsuited to the T&J format, his animation and sense of humour completely at odds with the characters.

Filet Meow isn't totally without merit, with at least one funny moment where Tom siphons a shark from a bath-tub, but as a huge fan of the series earlier shorts (some of which won Oscars!), I cannot help but feel disappointed by the rather scrappy animation (Tom's underwater scene being particularly poor) and the generally weak gags.

3.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 4 for IMDb.
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